Top bosses warn against polarization

ISTANBUL

Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) head Muharrem Yılmaz

Turkey’s top business organization, the Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD), has said political polarization in Turkey has reached “alarming levels,” holding politicians responsible for cooling down the tension.

“We hope all sides of politics will contribute to the establishment of a discourse and attitude that will annihilate the polarization that has reached to concerning levels lately,” TÜSİAD said in a statement released to welcome the local election results. 

“Urgently and with a cross-party understanding, we should steer for reforms that will consolidate our democracy, economy and social structure, and we should accelerate the [Kurdish] resolution EU adaption processes,” the statement read.