The Turkish Contractors Association with its 136 members whom realized 70 percent of the domestic infrastructure contracts and 90 percent of the works done by Turkish contractors abroad; held the 32nd Ordinary General Assembly. The General Assembly, which was attended by the participation of all the members and Mehmet Şimşek the Deputy Prime Minister, held in the Ankara Headquarters Building. The new board of directors were chosen and Mithat Yenigün was elected president again.
Speaking at the opening of the General Assembly, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimsek emphasized that the construction sector is of great importance in the Turkish economy. Şimşek said, “I especially want to congratulate the members of the Turkish Contractors Association for their efforts abroad, because our time now is the time of export mobilization.”
Şimsek said, starting with a global crisis in 2008 they started going through a difficult period due to events such as terrorism, coup attempts and elections in Turkey and its surrounding areas; “If any economy is confronted with half of these shocks, they would be in a big crisis and Turkey, with the right policies and practices, demonstrated a great resistance and performance, “he concluded.
Mehmet Şimşek: “You are doing great things in the most difficult countries”
“Your sector is affected a little by what has happened in the recent period we would have been very surprised if it didn’t. We have taken many steps for it to remain limited, we will continue to do so in the future. But there is no need to be pessimistic at all. You are doing tremendous things under the toughest conditions. You are doing great things in the most difficult countries.
If you consider that the doors of Europe, where law works so well are opening to us, with the soon to be updated Customs Union this, in turn will open wide and new areas.
In the next couple of years, we are going towards a very different atmosphere, perhaps a place where you have more than enough additional business opportunities. I wish your 32nd Ordinary General Assembly will be good. I wish you success. “
Mithat Yenigün: “We are targeting a new project worth $ 50 billion annually”
Mithat Yenigün, who has been serving as the President of the Turkish Contractors Association for three more years, said, “In the coming years, we aim to raise our share of the contractor market which is 4.6% today by %50 to 7% levels. We also aim to bring our new project total to 50 billion dollars.”
Yenigün reminded that 65 years ago, the first contractors of the Republic of Turkey set up the foundation of the industry organization by establishing the Turkish Contractors ‘Union with a common vision of the future, “The Turkish Contractors’ Union is one of the first non- governmental organizations of our republican history. It is a deep-rooted organization born from these precious earth working with the consciousness of building the world of the future with active members across the world’s 115 countries. “
Yenigün, in summary, said: “Like all the executive boards that have served to this day from the day the Turkish Contractors’ Association (TMB) was established, we also worked with an awareness of the responsibility of carrying the TMB flag to higher heights every step of the way. During the last three years, we have served as the Board of Directors of the TMB, at a time when the world and our country have been undergoing an extremely important process of change. We once again express our gratitude to all of our members who have created and maintained common values that we believe to be the greatest treasure of the TMB in its 65 years of valuable history.
A thank you, to the government who took an interest in our problems, the bureaucrats in the sector who perform labor in the executive units; to our media members who always give us great support to reflect our messages to the public; Finally, I would like to express our sincere thanks to the sister professional organizations we cooperate with.
