"IMPORTANT GAINS HAVE BEEN MADE IN COPING WITH THE CRISIS"
The Istanbul Chamber of Industry held its August meeting on the Wednesday, the 25th. The agenda for the meeting was:
"The Results of the Survey of Turkey's Second 500 Industrial Enterprises and the Effects of Agricultural Policies
on Our Country's Industry, Economy and Future." Speaking at the meeting, at which Minister of Agricultural and Rural
Affairs Mehmet Mehdi Eker was a guest, the chamber's board chairman, C. Tanıl Küçük, reported the results of
its survey of Turkey's Second 500 Industrial Firms as well as making some assessments regarding the agricultural sector.
Drawing attention to the positive figures that reflect the results of the chamber's Top 500 and Second 500 surveys, Küçük said:
"Our industrialists have fulfilled the obligation that devolved upon them and boosted their productivity in every sense
of the word; the government management of the economy, too, has made possible a reduction in financing costs and prepared a fruitful
groundwork through the policies it has pursued. But, as we always say, at least as important as this is preserving the gains that have
already been made and magnifying them even further. As before, our efforts from here on out are again going to be in this direction.
We hope that the favorable conditions of 2009 will become sustainable and that 2010 and the years to come will bring even more positive
results for our industry."
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text and the Chairman's previous remarks at the Assembly
"TURKEY'S SECOND 500 INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES 2009" SURVEY IS PUBLISHED