
A meeting was held at the Presidential Complex with the participation of Treasury and Finance Minister Şimşek and relevant ministers.
A high-level economic and policy meeting was held at the Presidential Complex, where issues such as strengthening human capital, impact analysis of state aid and net errors and omissions were discussed.
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A meeting was held at the Presidential Complex with the participation of high-level officials of the economy and bureaucracy.
The meeting at the Presidential Complex was attended by Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat, AK Party Group Chairman Abdullah Güler, AK Party Deputy Chairman Mustafa Elitaş, Council of Higher Education (YÖK). President Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar, Presidential Strategy and Budget Director İbrahim Şenel, Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, AK Party Deputy Chairman Nihat Zeybekci, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) President Fatih Karahan and some deputy ministers attended.
At the meeting, where efforts to strengthen human capital will be evaluated, the impact analysis of state aid and the impact of revisions on the net errors and omissions item will be discussed.
A written statement is expected to be made after the meeting.
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