MÜSİAD, Turkey'sIndependent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association announced on July 17 that they are going to establish a trade centre and a branch of the association at the Syrian regions where Ankara had commenced the Operation Olive Branch and Operation Euphrates.
MÜSİAD noted that they aim to develop trade in the region for the well-fare of the people.
İbrahim Uyar, the head of the overseas organisational board of MÜSİAD, said that they especially target regions around Azaz city of Syria, where Turkey had extended its offensive after Afrin. Noting that their negotiations with the businessmen around that region are continuing, Uyar said their investment plans will "create a bridge between Syrian and Turkish businessmen."
Uyar also said, "Hopefully, our Syrian brothers living both in Turkey and in this region are going to develop trades by means of this centre, establishing security and stability in the region." Adding that around a million of people are living in the region, Uyar said the needs of these people are met from Turkey.
According to the statements of Uyar, the initial aim of MÜSİAD is to invest in basic consumption goods like food and textile, and then in construction materials. MÜSİAD is to assume a very important role in the establishment of welfare in the region, added Uyar.
Acting with the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a terrorist organization, Turkish AKP government launched Operation Euphrates in August 2016 till March 2017, and Operation Olive Branch in January 2018, displacing thousands of Syrians and violating Syria's sovereignty.
Turkey is growing long-term roots in its northern Syrian enclaves, modelling the zones on its own towns and bringing in its own administrators and military, financial and security institutions.
Turkey now holds sway over more than 4,000 square kilometres (1,500 square miles) of Syrian territory.
