Under the leadership of GYİAD President Mustafa Özer, the GYİAD Board visited Erdal Bahçıvan, Chairman of the Board of the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (İSO). During the meeting, we discussed the integration of young business leaders into the industrial ecosystem, digital transformation, and sustainable growth.

The presidents of Young Business Leaders Associations, members of TÜRKONFED—the umbrella organization for regional and sectoral business representative organizations—gathered in Ankara.

As GYİAD, digitalization is one of our key focus areas within our vision of shaping the future of the business world. In line with this, we are delighted to have launched the GYİAD-Istanbul University Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Project, one of our initiatives aimed at creating value for society.

Our Chairman of the Board, Mustafa Özer, visited Mr. Mustafa Gültepe, President of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM).

As a delegation from GYİAD, we met with the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Mr. Ekrem İmamoğlu. During this valuable meeting, we discussed how we can increase our contributions in areas such as employment, academia, sustainability, digitalization, entrepreneurship, and the economy. Additionally, as representatives of the young business community, we evaluated how we can undertake joint projects in these areas for the future of Istanbul. We thank Mr. Mayor for sharing his valuable time with us.

As a GYİAD Delegation, led by our Chairman of the Board, Mustafa Özer, we visited the President of DEİK, Nail Olpak. Nail Olpak emphasized the impact of DEİK's 152 business councils worldwide on the international representation of our business community, sharing their roles in foreign economic relations in areas such as foreign trade, international investments, services, and logistics. Mustafa Özer, our Chairman of the Board, discussed the comprehensive efforts of our association in employment, sustainability, digitalization, and the economy. Additionally, as a founding member of DEİK, we had the opportunity to evaluate new opportunities for collaboration, especially in areas such as digitalization.