Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists

Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON)
Formation 2005
Extinction 27 July 2016
Type Union of employers
Headquarters Şişli, Istanbul
Location
  • Turkey
Leader Rızanur Meral
Website www.tuskon.org

The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (Turkish: Türkiye İşadamları ve Sanayiciler Konfederasyonu), best known by the abbreviation TUSKON, was a employers' organization in Turkey, with about 40,000 members. It was founded in 2005 by seven business federations.[1] Ninety percent of the TUSKON members were small or medium establishments with fewer than 50 employees. TUSKON engaged in lobbying all decision-makers at the local, regional, national and global levels.[2] Rızanur Meral, the managing director of SANKO Automotive Group, was the last president of TUSKON.[3]

TUSKON was closely connected to the Islamic Gülen movement of the Turkish preacher Fethullah Gülen.[4][5] The movement controlled many businesses and organizations around the world, with many of their leaders having membership in TUSKON, such as Bank Asya.[4] TUSKON was closed following the coup attempt in July 2016.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Christopher Holton; Clare Lopez (December 2015). "The Gulen Movement" (PDF). Center for Security Policy. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Tuskon Website
  3. 1 2 "TUSKON tarih oldu". Sabah (in Turkish). 24 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 Pinar Tremblay (28 April 2014). "Clash of the Anatolian Tigers". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Businessmen quit Gülen-affiliated organizations". Daily Sabah. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.