Mustafa Gültepe. President, The Turkish Association plans to coordinate businesses' recruitment of refugees, from the production process to their social adoption and management of human resources, in order to boost their employment of refugees.
Turkish Association, since 2015 .has been involved in the integration of Syrian refugees to the Turkish workforce. The project will be executed out in 10 cities including Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa.. As a most important sectoral organization with more than 7,000 members representing the Turkish apparel industry, the İHKİB makes significant contributions to the sector and Turkish economy.
Turkey hosts more than 3.5 million refugees from war-torn Syria, the largest Syrian refugee community in the world. The country is praised for its continuous humanitarian aid to displaced Syrians and modern refugee camps in its border cities.