Sectoral consultation meetings bringing together representatives of the logistics, warehouse, port, tourism, and filter sectors were held at the İskenderun Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the participation of AK Party Hatay Deputy Abdulkadir Özel. The meetings were hosted by Deputy Abdulkadir Özel, İTSO President Levent Hakkı Yılmaz, and AK Party District Chairman Bülent Özer.

The current problems of the sectors and proposed solutions were discussed during the meetings. The main problems that emerged in the logistics, port, and warehouse sectors; These were listed as follows: allowing Turkish vehicles to pass through the Cilvegözü Border Gate until they reach their final destination in Syria; the time-consuming nature of procedures during crossings into Syria; the lack of a truck garage in İskenderun; the lack of overpasses and underpasses at the port area; the necessity of granting the Payas Train Station the status of a customs-paid temporary storage area; and the need to conduct studies to develop highland tourism.

At the meeting, attended by the majority of representatives of the sector manufacturing filters in our region, priority agenda items addressed the sector"s problems: the difficulties created by the application of bank guarantees for imported filter paper; the unfair competition caused by filters imported from China with low taxes; high inflation and increasing production costs negatively affecting exports; the occupancy of organized industrial zones in the region; and the high cost of industrial land.

During the meetings, AK Party Hatay Deputy Abdulkadir Özel contacted the relevant institutions and organizations to resolve the issues raised and conveyed the issues directly to his interlocutors. At the end of the meetings, MP Özel and ITSO President Levent Hakkı Yılmaz stated that sectoral meetings would continue and that the necessary steps would be taken to resolve the problems.