ASEAN and European Market

When Turkey meets Germany

On the 23rd January, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey had a meeting with Technical University of Munich International GmbH (TUM), Asia Center of Excellence for Smart Technologies (ACES) and TAPiO Management Advisory. This meeting was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Menara Tan & Tan where Her Excellency Ambassador Dr. Merve Kavakci, Her Excellency Elif Haliloğlu Güngüneş the Commercial Counsellor and Ms. Zeynep Havva Rafique Ali the Press Counsellor were present from the Turkish Embassy. On the other side, the representative from Technical University of Munich International GmbH (TUM) was Dipl.-Kfm. Daniel A. Gottschald the Managing Director of TUM and Mr. Tan Heng Siang, Manager of ACES, was the representative from ACES. Representatives from TAPiO were Mr. Bernhard Schutte, Chairman, and Nur Redzlan Nur Jazlan, Junior Associate. TUM is interested to work with Turkish start-ups in Malaysia and Germany. This is because Malaysia can assist Turkey to enter the ASEAN market whereas Germany can assist them to get into the European market. During the meeting, it was noted that Ambassador Dr. Merve is very interested in what Malaysia has to offer.