Taliya Minullina in Turkey, Day 2: Presentation of the potential of Tatarstan in the industrial center of the country, meeting of the President and the Governor of Kocaeli

TIDA Chief Executive Taliya Minullina attended a meeting of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Governor of Ila (province) Kocaeli Hasan Basri Gyuzeloglu.
The event was also attended by Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Radik Gimatdinov, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Tatarstan Shamil Ageev and others. The delegation of Tatarstan is in a two-day working visit in Turkey.
The President expressed his gratitude for the special hospitality and warm welcome in the land of the Turkish province of Kocaeli, and noted the active and long-term cooperation between Russia and Turkey.
"We pay great attention to the development of interregional cooperation. Good business relations between our republics – is a great example of this", - said Rustam Minnikhanov.
The President recalled that in Tatarstan today successfully operating Turkish company "Koluman", "Plentmak", "Kastamonu Entegre", "Dzhoshkunoz" and many others.
"I am confident that with the Kocaeli province will be implemented many joint projects", - he said.
The governor of the Kocaeli Province Hassan Basri Gyuzeloglu also expressed confidence in the strengthening and expansion of inter-regional relations. He noted that the province of Kocaeli today - one of the fastest growing industrial regions of Turkey. Up to 70% of the province's GDP is industrial production. In the province there are about 300 industrial companies, and 18 of them are included in one hundred largest companies of Turkey, mainly in the chemical, metallurgical, machine-building industry. Here are the largest oil refinery "Tyuprash", car production "Ford Otosan", "Hyundai", "Honda", "Goodyear" and "Pirelli" companies, "Hayat Kimya"  plant. There are 13 industrial zones, 3 technoparks and 2 free trade zones in the province.
Taliya Minullina also presented investment potential of Tatarstan in the framework of a working breakfast with Turkish business circles.
During the event was signed an Agreement on twinning between Tyulyachinskiy municipal region of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Municipality of Gebze of Kocaeli province, and the Agreement between Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Kocaeli Chamber of Industry.