A committee consisting of HİB and THY President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat, HİB Vice President and Education Services President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, HİB Treasurer Member Mehmet Erdoğan, HİB General Secretary Fatih Özer and T.R. Ministry of Trade International Services Trade Deputy General Manager Alperen Kaçar, visited Republic of Türkiye Central Bank President Prof. Dr. Şahap Kaycıoğlu in his office. Kaycıoğlu made evaluations of current affairs about Türkiye Economy at the meeting.
The consultation meeting of Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly was held on 5th January 2023 hosted by Turkish Airlines.
To the meeting, HİB President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat, HİB Vice Presidents Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın and Salih Zeki Çakır, HİB Treasurer Member Mehmet Erdoğan and prominent representatives of gastronomy-catering and film-series sectors also attended. In the meeting, evaluating the current problems of service sectors and solution offers, plans for recent period works were made.
HİB Vice President and Education Services Committee President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın attended the ceremony which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Foreign Trade Figures for 2022.
To the meeting held in Şişli; with President, T.R. Minister of Commerce Dr. Mehmet Muş, T.R. Minister of Treasury and Finance Assoc. Prof. Nureddin Nebati, T.R. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Fatih Dönmez, T.R. Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank and Türkiye Exporters Assembly President Mustafa Gültepe also participated.
In his statement, President said “Our exports in 2022 increased by 12.9 percent compared to the previous year and amounted to 254.2 billion dollars. This figure is the record of our Republic history.”
“The Services Export Summit: Education Services’ Export” event was realized within the scope of the Turkish Export Mobilization Project. The summit held with the participation of Republic of Turkey Minister of Trade Dr. Mehmet Muş on 29th December 2022 in İstanbul Turkuvaz Media Center.
HİB Vice President and HİB Education Committee President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, Turkish Exporters Assembly President Mustafa Gültepe, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Trade International Service Trade General Manager Dr. Emre Orhan Öztelli and Council of Higher Education Vice President Prof. Dr. Haldun Göktaş participated to the panel consisting of two sessions.
On the efficient panel, important information was given about the services sector, our country’s current situation of education services, and actions to be taken. In this, context, the problems and solution offers on the international student recruitment also discussed with an extensive perspective.
The 19th session of conference series titled “HİB Interviews with Commercial Counsellors” that coordinated online by Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly, was held on 28th December 2022 with the theme of United Arab Emirates.
The online program, which started with opening speech of HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, continued with presentations of Abu Dhabi Commercial Counsellor Hikmet Işıl Deniz, Dubai Commercial Attaches Ersoy Erbay and Hacı Hasan Kaygısız.
In the presentation, which includes detailed information on service export in United Arab Emirates; was given place to subjects such as country profile of United Arab Emirates, foreign trade, UAE-Turkey bilateral business connections and service trade, business culture in United Arab Emirates. After the presentation, the questions from representatives of participating companies were answered.
Education Services Meeting of Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly was held on 23th December 2022 at TİM Foreign Trade Complex.
To the meeting which held under the presidency of HİB Vice President and Education Services Committee President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, HİB General Secretary representatives and committee members attended.
Previous meeting declarations were discussed and action plans for 2023 year of HİB Education Committee and solution offers for current problems of international student recruitment process were evaluated.
The 18th session of conference series titled “HİB Interviews with Commercial Counsellors” that coordinated online by Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly, was held on 21th December 2022 with the theme of Tanzania.
The online program, which started with opening speech of HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, continued with presentation of Dar es Salaam Commercial Counselor Onur Bilge.
In the presentation, which includes detailed information on service export in Tanzania; was given place to various subjects such as general economic data of Tanzania, foreign trade and social security practices, taxes, investment areas, incentives, logistic infrastructure, staple commodities in exportation. After the presentation, the questions from representatives of participating companies were answered.
Education services cooperation protocol signed between Turkish Airlines and Service Exporters’ Association, which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly.
The launching meeting of cooperation protocol signed on 20 December 2022 in THY Head Office was held with the participation of THY Board of Management and Executive Committee and HİB President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat and HİB Vice President and Education Services Committee President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın.
With signed protocol was aimed to increase the education services export which foreign exchange inflow to the economy and has big importance with its contribution as a soft power factor. HİB Vice President and Education Services Committee President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın stated that strategic cooperation with THY has importance in terms of gaining more international students to our country and ensuring that international students and their parents have advantageous flight opportunities.
In his assessment on the subject, “We organize fairs, promotions and activities with our “Study in Türkiye” brand every year in more than 20 destination countries and we aim to get higher our service export income in this way. We are working hard for Turkey to achieve its goal of being a country with qualified knowledge and manpower, and to become into a regional education base. This cooperation with THY is also an important step to close us to our goals. Therefore, to speak, our national carrier THY will soon fly education. Therefore, I would like to express my gratitude to whole THY family, particularly Dear President Ahmet Bolat, and to everyone who contributed to actualized the cooperation between us.” said Aydın stated that “raising the student quality” and “enhancing the international academician mobility” are among their goals.
After Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, speaking HİB President Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat said “THY is making serious effort for not only transportation, but also for the point of promotion of our country. I believe that this protocol we signed today, will be a big power for education services export. I hope this step will be beneficial for our country and service exporters.”
The 17th session of conference series titled “HİB Interviews with Commercial Counsellors” that coordinated online by Service Exporters’ Association which operates under the umbrella of Turkish Exporters Assembly, was held on 7th December 2022 with the theme of Indonesia.
The online program, which started with opening speech of HİB Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın, continued with presentations of Jakarta Commercial Principal Consultant Erkan Kiper and Jakarta Commercial Counsellor Burak Avcı.
Including detailed information on service export in Indonesia in the presentation, the economic indicators in Indonesia, foreign trade and import-export data, Turkey – Indonesia bilateral trade, Indonesia service sector and items subjects discussed. After the presentation, Representatives’ questions of companies were answered.
HİB Gastronomy and Catering Services meeting was held on 1 December 2022 under the presidency of Hib Vice President Assoc. Prof. Mustafa Aydın. Gastronomy and catering sector representatives also attended the meeting. The situation assessment on sector discussed at the meeting and fruitful consultation offered about the problems and their solutions.
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