Turkish Industry and Business Association

Turkish Industry and Business Association
Türk Sanayicileri ve İş İnsanları Derneği
AbbreviationTÜSİAD
FormationMay 20, 1971 (1971-05-20)
Legal statusAssociation
PurposeTo promote welfare through private enterprise.
Location
Secretary General
Ebru Dicle
President
Orhan Turan
AffiliationsBIAC, BusinessEurope
Websitehttps://www.tusiad.org

TÜSİAD, the Turkish Industry and Business Association (Turkish: Türk Sanayicileri ve İş İnsanları Derneği), is Turkey's top business organization.

Founded in 1971, TÜSİAD is a voluntary, independent, non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting public welfare through private enterprise. TÜSİAD promotes principles of participatory democracy, a competitive market economy, environmental sustainability, and universal freedoms and human rights. The Association supports independent research and policy discussions on important social and economic issues in Turkey and abroad. TÜSİAD is composed of CEOs and executives from major industrial and service companies in Turkey, including Fortune 500 companies. The current Chairman is Orhan Turan and the Secretary-General is Ebru Dicle.