Delegates from the Turkey 25 companies paid a five-day visit to the US, one of the toughest markets in the world.

BOSTON/WASHINGTON – Turkey’s 25 fastest growth companies, selected by the “Turkey 25” program, paid a visit to the US between July 9 and 13, 2012 in order to strengthen their global economic connections.

The visit was organized by TOBB, TEPAV, AllWorld Network, and the Aspen Institute that executes the secretariat of the Partnerships for New Beginnings (PNB). Delegates from the fastest growing Turkish companies selected through a program last year attended to the AllWorld Network Harvard Summit at Boston between June 9 and 11, 2012. On July 12 and 13, delegates were in Washington DC and attended a series of events at the Aspen Institute, US Department of State, the US Congress and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

The Turkey 25 delegation, accompanied by Turkey 25 Coordinator and TEPAV Economic Policy Analyst Ozan Acar and TEPAV Economic Policy Research Associate Hasan Çağlayan Dündar, was composed of;

Turgay Çelik of Ada Dryers, Gizem Özyıldırım of AHAD Consumer Durables, Karaoğlu Peyzaj’dan Nesrin and Yasin Otuzoğlu of Karaoğlu Landscape, Furkan Bayazıt of Kayaş Dry Ice and Packaging, Başar Akpınar of PIWorks TR Information Services, Yavuz Eroğlu of Sem Plastics, Elçin Karatay of Tabim Computer, and Haldun Aksoy of Timsan Industrial Solutions.

What is Turkey 25?

Turkey 25 is a project carried out last year by TEPAV in cooperation with TOBB and the AllWorld Network and aims to identify the 25 fastest growing companies of Turkey. Eligible companies were ranked on the basis of gross sales revenue growth between 2008 and 2010. Winners were announced during the 2^nd Global Entrepreneurship Summit held in Istanbul, on December 3, 2011. Awards were given by Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek, Minister of Economy Zafer Çağlayan, Minister of Development Cevdet Yılmaz, and TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu. The project aims to bring worldwide attention to Turkish entrepreneurs and expand their business opportunities.

The chief objective of the Turkey 25 project is to increase the visibility of fast-growth Turkish firms and strengthen their global connections. After the announcement of the list, visual and written media featured a number of stories on the listed firms. Executives of listed firms had the chance to talk about the secrets of their success on various television shows. During the 2^nd Entrepreneurship Summit events, Turkey 25 companies came together with successful companies from MENA and Asia, within the network of the AllWorld.