Exhibitors

In Turkey, Development Agencies accelerate regional development in line with the policies determined by the President by improving cooperation between the public sector, private sector and non-governmental organizations, ensuring the appropriate and effective use of resources and activating local potential, ensuring the sustainability of development, inter-regional and intra-regional They were established to reduce development gaps. Mevlana Development Agency (MEVKA) was established for this purpose by the Council of Ministers Decision No. 2008/14306 published in the Official Gazette No. 27062 dated November 22, 2008, and operates in the TR52 Konya-Karaman Region, consisting of Konya and Karaman provinces. With the Presidential Decree No. 1, which entered into force on July 10, 2018, the Ministries were restructured and the General Directorate of Development Agencies was established within the Ministry of Industry and Technology. MEVKA, whose General Secretary was appointed in May 2009 and whose expert and support staff were employed in September, continues its activities under the coordination of the Ministry of Industry and Technology within the duties and powers determined by the Law No. 5449 on the Services of Development Agencies and the Presidential Decree No. 4.