CONFERENCE WITH TUSIAD IN ISTANBUL


CONFERENCE WITH TUSIAD IN ISTANBUL, JUNE 2003
"THE EFFECTS OF TURKISH LOBBYING ON FORMING FOREIGN POLICY"

The Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists Association (TUSIAD) hosted a seminar in Istanbul
with ATAA, and its president Ercument Kilic.

The opening remarks were delivered by International President of TUSIAD, Mr. Aldo Kaslowski, and
President Kilic. The invited speakers were Mr. Sukru Elekdag of CHP, DEIK (Turkish Foreign Relations
Commission) CEO, Mr Vural Akisik, and Turkish Foreign Ministry's Stratejic Research Center president
Ambassador Murat Bilhan.

A group on about 10o buisness people attended the meeting whcih was covered widely by the media