We wanted to inform the members of our community that TACAM helped organize the subject seminar “Turkey-Strongest Link in Your Supply Chain” in Dearborn on February 26, 2008 — this automotive seminar was organized by the Turkish Consulate General in Chicago and Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT) and it was geared toward the executives of automotive firms, who were interested in obtaining information for investment opportunities in Turkey. Our visitors were Hon. U. Kenan İpek, Consul General of Turkey and Mr. Süleyman Sözeri, Commercial Attaché of Consulate General of Turkey in Chicago. We also hosted three very distinguished guest speakers at this event: Mr. Alpaslan Korkmaz, President of ISPAT, Prof. Dr. Ercan Tezer, General Secretary of Automotive Manufacturers Association of Turkey and Mr. Ufuk Güçlü, Deputy General Manager of Ford-Otosan. We had about 20 company representatives present for this event.
The seminar started with opening remarks of Hon. U. Kenan İpek, followed by a presentation by Mr. Alpaslan Korkmaz. Mr. Korkmaz’s presentation was focused on Turkey’s role in the supply chain for global business as well as top reasons to invest in Turkey. Then, Mr. Ufuk Güçlü gave an overview of Ford-Otosan and described its competitive advantages in Turkey. Lastly, Prof. Ercan Tezer concentrated on describing the automotive industry in Turkey in context with global delocalization.
This was a very exciting event for TACAM — we were able to support a seminar that promoted our country as a global business location and aimed to attract many investors. We also were able to get the word out about TACAM, as the local contact organization. We hope to host many more events like this in Michigan to help promote Turkey and its economic and cultural welfare.
If anyone is interested in obtaining the presentation materials from this seminar, please contact Didem Şeyhoğlu or Serkan Özdemir know so that they can provide you a copy of the distributed materials.