Addressing a meeting of Turkish exporters, Erdoğan said: “Turkey’s export capacity is its trump card to feature among the top 10 economies of the world by constantly increasing its investments and production, raising its quality and technology and expanding its spectrum.”

“Our success in exports has become a source of national motivation for us”

Describing Turkey’s success in exports, embodied by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM), as a symbol of the rising power, increasing prestige, and expanding the influence of the Turkish economy, Erdoğan said: “Indeed, the maxim, ‘strong infrastructure, strong human resources, strong exports, strong economy, strong Turkey,’ which you refer to as 5-S, epitomizes our goals for 2023. Shortening it even further, we sum up these goals and more of them as ‘great and strong Turkey’.”

Underlining that Turkey’s success in exports has become a source of national motivation for the country, Erdoğan pointed to Turkey’s success in exports as a primary indicator of its commitment to its goals as well as of its determination to make use of opportunities and face up to challenges.

“Turkey’s export capacity is its trump card to feature among the top 10 economies of the world by constantly increasing its investments and production, raising its quality and technology, and expanding its spectrum. That is why we aim to boost the number of our exports first to 150 thousand and then to 300 thousand,” Erdoğan stressed.