International Memberships
 The Confederation of European Business (BUSINESSEUROPE) TÜSİAD has been a member of the Confederation of European Business (BUSINESSEUROPE), the umbrella organization representing the European private sector, since 1987. TÜSİAD represents Turkey in BUSINESSEUROPE together with the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK). The TÜSİAD EU-Brussels Representative Office serves as a permanent delegation of BUSINESSEUROPE, in which a total of forty industrialists and employer federations from thirty four European countries are represented. |
 Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) TÜSİAD has been a member of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC), which operates within the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), since 1 August 1999. BIAC, an independent organization founded in March 1962 to represent the business world on a voluntary basis, is officially recognised by the OECD. The membership of BIAC is comprised of leading industrialist and employer organizations from twenty eight countries. It conveys its policy recommendations in line with its members’ views to the OECD and OECD member states. Tuncay ÖZİLHAN, former President of the Board of Directors of TÜSİAD and a Member of TÜSİAD's High Advisory Council, currently acts as Executive Board Vice Chairman of BIAC. |
 Union of Mediterranean Confederation of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) The Union of Mediterranean Confederations of Enterprises (BUSINESSMED) was established during the Second Euro-Mediterranean Private Sector Summit held in İstanbul in March 2002. A founding member of the Union, TÜSİAD has been an observing member since 2009. BUSINESSMED is formed by the industrial federations of the 11 Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Morocco, the Palestinian Autonomous Territories, Israel, Cyprus, Lebanon, Malta, Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Tunisia) that take part in the European-Mediterranean cooperation process. The federations of Turkey, Italy, France, Spain and Greece are observer members of BUSINESSMED and the Mauritanian Federation is an associate member. |
 Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of Enterprises (UBCCE) Established in November 2006 in Istanbul with the initiative of TÜSİAD, the Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of Enterprises (UBCCE) is an international union composed by non-governmental, voluntary and independent business world organizations from the countries the Black Sea and Caspian and countries that have strong geographical ties to the region. The principle aim of the Union is to contribute to the economic and social development of the region by fostering institutionalized cooperation among its members and providing an opportunity for its members to conduct collective actions and send representations to their governments and business circles for the adaptation of policies that will enable the market economy to flourish and function in the most effective way. UBCCE aims to become a reliable partner in the region for the international business world and in particular for the representative organization of the European private sector, BUSINESSEUROPE. |
