ANKARA - Turkey-Slovenia Business Council convened in Ankara on Wednesday with participation of Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Slovenian PM Janez Jansa and the Union of Chambers & Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Chairman Rifat Hisarciklioglu.
Hisarciklioglu said that trade volume between Turkey and Slovenia was nearly half billion Euro in 2006, adding that they want to further increase this figure.
Hisarciklioglu said that Turkish economy is the 17th biggest economy of the world and 6th in the EU.
Noting that Turkey has the most competitive and dynamic private sector in its region and can compete with powers in European and world markets, Hisarciklioglu said that also there is a developed foreign contractor services sector in Turkey.
Hisarciklioglu noted that Turkey has undertaken construction projects worth of 100 billion USD in 65 countries so far. He added that 22 Turkish companies took place among the world's biggest 225 international contractor companies in 2006.