Economy

This section brings together economic priorities focused on sustainable growth, price stability, and improving productivity.

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BEAUTIFYING AND STRENGTHENING OUR CITIES

Proposal 59
Encourage local governments to spend two percent of construction budgets on art in public spaces

Proposal 60
Mandate that fifty percent of tourism revenues must be transferred to cities sourcing these revenues, and that these transfers must be invested in city development

Proposal 61
Commission a thorough post-event analysis for a potential earthquake in Istanbul under auspices of an international committee of experts, and mandate this committee with disaster preparedness and recovery planning; and start executing the recommendations of this committee within three years

ENERGY

Proposal 62
Develop plans for an Anatolian Gas Center within three years to set an international and regional market standard for infrastructure, volume, and price

Proposal 63
Develop plans for an oil and natural gas company that can be a global player with a minimum annual volume of 100 million barrels of oil or natural gas

Proposal 64
Prepare a roadmap to ensure that solar power provides at least 25% of Turkey’s energy consumption

Proposal 65
Encourage energy-optimized and ecologically friendly construction with energy-based smart solutions

Proposal 66
Develop a strategy to put Turkey on track to join the group of ‘zero-carbon economies’

AGRICULTURE

Proposal 67
Develop an action plan to triple agricultural production by increasing agricultural productivity through economies of scale, enlarging irrigated areas, enhancing irrigation management, and introducing global best practices aimed at increasing added value

Proposal 68
Develop new data sets to inform regional agricultural planning

Proposal 69
Increase agricultural R&D to 2% of agricultural GDP, and establish an internationally respected agricultural training and research institute

Proposal 70
Develop an action plan to quintuple organic farming

TOURISM

Proposal 71
Brand 10 cities or regions, and encourage earmarking 1% of tourism tax revenues to brand these cities/regions through a network of independent tourism offices (e.g. convention and visitors’ bureaus) established by public-private partnerships

Proposal 72
Develop plans for topical tourism centers, for example, cultural tourism, winter sports, and medical tourism; and a Cruise Tourism Action Plan to become a leading European actor in this field

Proposal 73
Develop plans for a National Taxi Regulatory Agency governing the operation of taxis, tourism taxis, and app-based car services, certification of taxi drivers, and resolution of complaints on related services

Proposal 74
Develop a plan to brand the Turkish cuisine to compete with existing global cuisines and to use its export potential

FINANCIAL MARKETS

Proposal 75
Prepare legislation to set banks’ responsibility at 10% for check payments to increase transparency and strengthen payment discipline

Proposal 76
Prepare legislation to incentivize institutional capital market investments through, for example, tax measures, stock payments, and asset issuance in foreign currency

Proposal 77
Develop an action plan to increase IPOs by strengthening corporate governance, risk management, minority shareholder rights, and market transparency

Proposal 78
Encourage financial innovation by a sound and flexible legal, technology, and financial infrastructure

INFRASTRUCTURE

Proposal 79
Develop a plan for a Mega Port in the Eastern Mediterranean, connected with rail and land roads to the Anatolian tigers and industrial areas in the Balkans

Proposal 80
Commission a plan to expedite the execution of an expanded national railroad expansion plan, including new connections to southeast Anatolia and the eastern Black Sea region, and an expanded high speed train infrastructure to the entire country

Proposal 81
Develop an action plan to fully transition to self-driving electric ground transportation

FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND ALLOCATION

Proposal 82
Increase total tax revenues to the OECD average of 35% of GDP

Proposal 83
Increase the share of local government expenditure to 40% of total public spending; and expand local governments’ tax mandate

PUTTING TURKEY ON THE WORLD MAP

Proposal 84
Anchor Turkey’s foreign policy on economic integration and free trade, and international law and justice; and ensure that both domestic policies and national agencies’ actions abroad support this policy

Proposal 85
Encourage the appointment of female ambassadors in at the least five of the following posts that are of relative importance for Turkey: China, EU, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iraq, NATO, OECD, Russia, UK, UN, and US

Proposal 86
Develop the idea of a Virtual EU Membership Framework, including an expanded Customs Union (including also services and agriculture), convergence on foreign policy, and visa-free travel

Proposal 87
Pursue membership in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to cement Turkey’s ties with the US and the EU

Proposal 88
Building on continued economic relations, restore full diplomatic and military relations with regional powers in the Middle-East, advocating a transnational, nonsectarian approach

Proposal 89
Adhere to international conventions on uses of international watercourses and show regional leadership in the sustainable use of natural resources

Proposal 90
Develop a road map to attain membership of the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate (DAC) and to assert global leadership in international development and aid, leveraging Turkey’s increased financial contribution for international development

Proposal 91
Continue to boost trade integration and infrastructural projects across the globe to bolster Turkey’s growing global soft power and to enlarge prospective markets for its exports

Proposal 92
Develop an action plan to strengthen diplomatic and trade relations with global emerging economics including Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs)