International Politcs Platform

"The Platform contributes to the shaping of TÜSİAD’s views, policies and activities in the fields of relations with global and regional organizations, the EU accession process, foreign trade policies, and relations with the US, Far East, Asia and regional economies."

International Politics Platform maintains TÜSİAD's regular relations with its partner business organizations abroad, and leads the process of the formulation of TÜSİAD's view on the basic issues of Turkish foreign policy. 

The Platform works closely both with other Committees within TÜSİAD and with BUSINESSEUROPE and EU institutions in order to convey messages of the Turkish business world with regard to the EU harmonization process and to identify future issues and solutions. At the same time the Platform coordinates joint activities and relations with TÜSİAD’s representatives and offices abroad.

The Platform cooperates with the Boğaziçi University – TÜSİAD Foreign Policy Forum.

The work of the Platform is supported by the External Relations Department at the TÜSİAD Secretariat General. Chaired by TÜSİAD Board Member Volkan VURAL, the Platform has the following working groups: