Britain will be presenting its technology credentials to Turkish business at a one-day event in Istanbul on Monday, 17 February. The Department for International Trade (DIT) is hosting the UK Technology Conference 2020, which aims to bring together “thought-leaders from business, university, research centre and government” through exclusive keynote briefings, panel discussions and workshops covering […]
Dr Andrew Murrison, Britain’s Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, visited Ankara and Gaziantep, Turkey, on February 5th and 6th 2020, to discuss a raft of regional issues, with the worsening humanitarian crisis in Idlib, Syria, topping the agenda. In Ankara, the Minister met with Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal, […]
Turkey has congratulated Boris Johnson on becoming the new Prime Minister of the UK, with hopes that he will use his Turkish heritage to further strengthen ties between the two countries. The congratulations were led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who wrote on Twitter (in Turkish): “I congratulate Boris Johnson [on becoming] the 77th Prime […]
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will arrive in London on Sunday for a three-day visit where he aims to bolster ties between Turkey and the UK. It will be his first visit to Britain since being elected Turkish president in 2014. He is scheduled to meet the Queen and will see Theresa May, the prime minister, on […]
British-based businesses seeking quality, competitive and innovative packaging solutions should book themselves into a special industry event taking place at the Business Design Centre in London at the end of this month. They will be able to meet a dozen of Turkey’s top suppliers over a networking lunch and face-to-face meetings. The Istanbul Exporters’ […]
While British politicians and media squabble over how best to manage ‘Brexit’, entrepreneurs are busy eyeing-up new trade opportunities. Turkey and Britain already enjoy significant trade levels – bilateral trade volume between the two nations reached £13.22 bn in 2016 – which is set to grow after the UK’s exit from the European Union […]
Theresa May and her Turkish counterpart have announced new trade talks between Britain and Turkey that could generate billions more pounds for their economies. Mrs May is the first major Western leader to visit the Turkish capital following the coup attempt last summer. During her one day visit to Ankara on Saturday 28 Jan, the […]
