Speaking at the TOBB Service Honor Certificate and Plaque Presentation Ceremony, President Erdoğan said: “At a time when protectionist tendencies are on the rise globally, commercial competition is getting increasingly fiercer, and wars and conflicts are followed by water, climate, food and energy crises, we have made the Turkish economy resilient against shocks.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at the TOBB Service Honor Certificate and Plaque Presentation Ceremony in Ankara.
“Over the past 23.5 years, we have elevated Türkiye to an upper league in every area from education to health, transport to trade, and agriculture to security with the support of you and our august nation. We have introduced a firm structure for our economy, which we have raised on the four pillars of production, employment, investment and exports. At a time when protectionist tendencies are on the rise globally, commercial competition is getting increasingly fiercer, and wars and conflicts are followed by water, climate, food and energy crises, we have made the Turkish economy resilient against shocks,” President Erdoğan said.
Citing some recent data from the Turkish economy, President Erdoğan said: “Despite the conflicts in our region, we achieved 3.6 percent growth in economy last year, with our national income climbing to $1.6 trillion and our national income per capita to $18.4 thousand. Our foreign trade volume increased to $820 billion, and our exports in goods and services to $396 billion. We will soon surpass $400 billion, as well. We continue to write new success stories particularly in exports. Last month, our exports reached $25.4 billion, up 22.3 percent from the same month of the previous year, registering an April all-time high as well as the second highest monthly figure in the history of the Republic. Notwithstanding the hardships caused by wars and crises, Türkiye maintained its strong momentum in exports as 166 countries stepped up their imports from our country. In the January-April period of 2026, we conducted $88.6 billion worth of exports. Our annualized goods exports rose by 4.2 percent to $275.8 billion in 2026. Our services exports, which stood at $14 billion in 2002, increased by 8.7 times to $122.6 billion in 2025. We posted some $63.5 billion surplus in services exports in 2025, a significant contribution to our current account balance.”
