{"id":13009,"date":"2026-04-03T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/utep-president-sami-bektas-answered-ahu-orakcioglus-questions-on-ekoturk\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:50:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:50:20","slug":"utep-president-sami-bektas-answered-ahu-orakcioglus-questions-on-ekoturk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/utep-president-sami-bektas-answered-ahu-orakcioglus-questions-on-ekoturk\/","title":{"rendered":"UTEP PRESIDENT SAMI BEKTA\u015e ANSWERED AHU ORAK\u00c7IO\u011eLU&#8217;S QUESTIONS ON EKOT\u00dcRK!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"K\u00f6rfez&#039;de Ya\u015fanan Risklerin T\u00fcrkiye&#039;ye Etkisi\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Up3nUGCEVw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>UTEP President Sami Bekta\u015f was a guest on the &#8220;G\u00fcn Ortas\u0131&#8221; program, broadcast live on Ekot\u00fcrk TV and moderated by Ahu Orak\u00e7\u0131o\u011flu.<\/p>\n\n<p>During the program, the impact of developments in the Middle East on trade, changing balances in exports, the problem of access to finance, and the current state of our industry were discussed with real-world insights.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>While Europe&#8217;s energy costs are rapidly increasing, Turkey is among the least affected countries. What does this equation mean for exporters? <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><em>The sentence spoken from the UN podium years ago finds its full meaning today: The world is bigger than 5. Global balances are shifting. Where does Turkey stand?  <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><em>Production in Asia has stalled. A great window of opportunity is opening for contract manufacturers in Turkey, but seizing this opportunity depends on correct pricing. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><em>In a global crisis environment, capital is seeking new addresses. The opportunity to become a safe haven is at the door; can Turkey assume this role with its legal regulations and defense capabilities? <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UTEP President Sami Bekta\u015f was a guest on the &#8220;G\u00fcn Ortas\u0131&#8221; program, broadcast live on Ekot\u00fcrk TV and moderated by Ahu Orak\u00e7\u0131o\u011flu. During the program, the impact of developments in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[243,125,244,137,184,126],"class_list":["post-13009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-broadcasts","tag-economy","tag-export","tag-industry","tag-live-broadcast","tag-sami-bektas","tag-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13010,"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13009\/revisions\/13010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utep.org.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}