Erdoğan receives directors of top German firms

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday received senior representatives of Germany’s largest companies and banks in Berlin.

Erdoğan is paying a three-day state visit to Germany to improve political and economic ties between the two countries.

During the meeting, Erdoğan underlined that those who have invested in Turkey have always won, while international investors will continue to win.

Senior executives of German companies expressed their investment plans in Turkey and asked for Erdoğan’s support on these plans.

Among the participants at the meeting were Rifat Hisarciklioglu, president of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey; Eric Schweitzer, president of Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry; Nail Olpak, head of Turkey’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), and Markus C. Slevogt, the head of the German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Erdoğan is expected to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel for breakfast on Saturday and discuss Turkish-German relations as well as Syria.