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GREAT campaign launches in Turkey

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg addresses annual Uluda臒 Economic Summit as part of GREAT campaign launch.

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GREAT in Turkey

皇冠体育app UK鈥檚 GREAT campaign was launched in Turkey last month at the annual Uluda臒 Economic Summit - known locally as the 鈥淭urkish Davos鈥�. As part of the launch, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg addressed the audience for a gala dinner via video message. In his message, the Deputy Prime Minister highlighted the UK鈥檚 ambition to double the volume of bilateral trade with Turkey by 2015.

皇冠体育app Turkish Finance Minister, Mehmet 艦im艧ek underlined his support for this goal, and his belief that the UK would become the EU鈥檚 biggest economy by 2050 (with Turkey in second place).

Five hundred representatives from Turkey鈥檚 business elite attended the summit, making it an ideal platform to promote the UK鈥檚 GREAT campaign trade and investment messages.

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Published 11 April 2013