The Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (), best known by the abbreviation TUSKON, was an

employers' organization An employers' organization or employers' association is a collective organization of manufacturers, retailers, or other employers of wage labor. Employers' organizations seek to coordinate the behavior of their member companies in matters of mutu ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, with about 40,000 members. It was founded in 2005 by seven business federations. Ninety percent of the TUSKON members were small or medium establishments with fewer than 50 employees. TUSKON engaged in

lobbying Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agency, regulatory agencies or judiciary. Lobbying involves direct, face-to-face contact and is carried out by va ...

all decision-makers at the local, regional, national and global levels.Tuskon Website
/ref> Rızanur Meral, the managing director of SANKO Automotive Group, was the last president of TUSKON. TUSKON was closely connected to the Islamic

Gülen movement The Gülen movement () or Hizmet movement () is an Islamist fraternal movement. It is a sub-sect of Sunni Islam based on a Nursian theological perspective as reflected in Fethullah Gülen's religious teachings. It is referred to by its membe ...

of the Turkish preacher

Fethullah Gülen Muhammed Fethullah Gülen (27 April 1941 – 20 October 2024) was a Turkish Ulama, Muslim scholar, preacher, and leader of the Gülen movement who as of 2016 had millions of followers. Gülen was an influential Neo-Ottomanism, neo-Ottomanist, A ...

. The movement controlled many businesses and organizations around the world, with many of their leaders having membership in TUSKON, such as

Bank Asya Bank Asya was a former Turkish participation bank that operated between 1996 and 2016. It was established on October 24, 1996, with its head office in Istanbul, as the sixth private finance house of Turkey and an Islamic participation bank. Ban ...

. TUSKON was closed following the coup attempt in July 2016.

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* 2005 establishments in Turkey 2016 disestablishments in Turkey Employers' organizations Business organizations based in Turkey Gülen movement Organizations established in 2005 Organizations disestablished in 2016 Defunct organizations based in Turkey {{Turkey-org-stub

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