Taçoy: “Production reform will take place through autonomous industrial zones”

Economy and Energy Minister Hasan Taçoy carried out inspections and meetings at the Gazimağusa Industrial Zone, visiting craftsmen and industrialists operating there. According to information released by the Ministry of Economy and Energy, Taçoy listened to the problems being faced and exchanged views on possible ways out of them.

In his remarks, Taçoy said production problems were only being discussed, while permanent steps had not been taken for some reason. He said escaping this situation would require abandoning day-to-day policies and setting out broader, long-term visions. He noted that improving the existing infrastructure would lead to a very different level, and said the time had come, and had even passed, to transfer industrial zones to the industrialists and craftsmen who are their true owners, under an autonomous management approach.

Taçoy stressed that if infrastructure problems were overcome, external political factors such as embargoes and isolation could easily be neutralised. He said industrial and manufacturing output was an important export item, and that large steps would be possible if the state and private sector acted in coordination. He thanked businesspeople who had not given up production despite all difficulties.