Turkey Factfile • Population 80.5 million
• Currently the 8th largest economy in Europe
• GDP: 857.7 billion USD (2016) World Bank
• Imports: 198.6 billion USD (2016) International Trade Centre
• Exports: 142.6 billion USD (2016) International Trade Centre
Flying the flag for Birmingham: Birmingham Chamber president Paul Kehoe (foreground) visits the headquarters of Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry with (left to right) Russell Jeans, Professor Alex De Ruyter (Birmingham City University), Anthony Abrahams, director general of Birmingham Chamber members Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, who was instrumental in connecting with Bursa Chamber, and Paul Faulkner
from Birmingham Airport. I urge anyone with any interest in joining us to reach out as soon as possible.” Chamber membership in Turkey
is compulsory and the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTSO) demonstrated how effectively they can support their 40,000 members. Cuneyt Sener, vice president of
BTSO, said: “We really want to establish serious contact with UK companies and urge them to come here to see what we do. “Bursa is a city of huge potential
and we will shortly be opening offices in Moscow and New York among others to sell goods from our region. We have plans to do similar exercises throughout the world. “It is really important that UK
companies come here and push themselves. They should tell us what they want from Bursa and we will be very happy to help them.” The GBCC delegation also
included president Paul Kehoe and Professor Alex De Ruyter, director of the Centre for Brexit Studies at Birmingham City University. Mr Kehoe said: “Understanding
this area is just an eye-opener and we need to spread the word on the success business out here are having. We need to be their allies. “Between us we can provide links between Asia in the east through
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