Malatya's Potential to Become a Logistics Center within the Scope of One Belt One Road Project

Within the framework of the University-Industry cooperation program, a panel on “Malatya's Potential to Become a Logistics Center within the framework of the One Belt One Road Project” was held.

Governor Aydın Baruş attended the panel titled “Malatya's Potential to Become a Logistics Center within the Scope of One Belt One Road Project” held at İnönü University OIZ Vocational School within the scope of University-Industry cooperation program.

Governor Aydın Baruş, who started his speech by expressing the importance of discussing the Logistics Center, which we believe will have a very important share in Malatya's vision for the future, together with our professors, industry people and other relevant stakeholders at our University, said: I would like to thank our Organized Industrial Zones, Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

As you know, logistics is an extremely important issue in terms of presenting the goods you produce to the world. Since Malatya is a province located in the inner region of Turkey, it needs a healthy transportation and communication opportunity in order to present the goods it has produced in its industry in the world market. In that sense, “One Belt One Road Project” is a topic on the world's agenda. In other words, the transportation of the goods produced in the cities and even the region on the main roads, which used to be called the Silk Road and is now on the agenda of the world, to the ports and to the countries to be exported through the ports, is also very important in terms of transporting the goods necessary for production to the production sites through these roads. subject. We want Malatya to be one of these important Logistics Centers. In today's panel, it is valuable in terms of giving us different ideas, understanding the importance of the subject and creating an awareness. Opening this to the public debate and discussing how Malatya can play a role at this point will give us new horizons," he said.

The panel held at the OSB Vocational School Conference Hall was moderated by Journalist-Author Orhan Çekin; Inonu University, Department of Economics, Professor. Dr. Ali Koçyiğit, Inonu University, Department of Economics, Professor. Dr. Ahmet Uğur, Lean Production and Logistics Association President Assoc. Dr. It continued with the presentations of M. Mustafa Yücel.

Governor Aydın Baruş, 24th Term Malatya AK Party Deputy Cemal Akın, Inonu University Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kızılay, Mayor of Yeşilyurt Mehmet Çınar, Industrialist Business People, Faculty Members and students attended.