Bangladesh-Turkiye forms business forum BTBF

At a conference held by the Turkish embassy in Dhaka, eleven enterprises from Bangladesh and six from Turkey joined forces to create the new Bangladesh-Türkiye Business Forum (BTBF).

As a platform for advocacy boosting bilateral ties between Bangladesh and Turkey, the BTBF will bolster support for bilateral trade, investments, and cultural exchanges.

The forum's founding members are: BTBF Chairperson Rubana Huq, managing director of Mohammadi Group and vice chancellor of Asian University for Women (AUW); Co-Chairperson Salahuddin Kasem Khan, chairman of the EC of board of AK Khan & Co Ltd; Deputy Chairperson Kazi Zahedul Hasan, founder and managing director of Kazi Farms Group; Secretary General Ercüment Polat, CEO of the United Aygaz LPG Ltd; Alihussain Akberali, chairman of BSRM; Anjan Chowdhury, key stakeholder of Square Group; Abul Khair Litu, chairman of Bengal Group Ltd and founder of Bengal Foundation; Enayetullah Khan, founder and managing director of Cosmos Group; Mohamed Haniffa Mohamed Fairoz, CEO and managing director of Singer Bangladesh Ltd; Moinuddin Hasan Rashid, chairman and managing director of United Group; Mirza Salman Ispahani, chairman and managing director of MM Ispahani Ltd; Sk Nasir Uddin, chairman of Akij Group; Emrah Karaca, country manager of Turkish Airlines in Bangladesh; Hakan Altınışık, director of technology and innovation at Arçelik; Mehmet Yıldız, administrative and financial specialist at NKY Architects & Engineers; Muhammed Çağrı Ünal, construction coordinator at EPİK Holding, and Özgür Türk, country director of LCWaikiki.