TURKISH BUSINESS HEAD SEES TWO PROBLEMS IN FRONT OF TURKEY

ELAZIG (A.A) - 21.09.2010 - The head of Turkey's main business association said on Tuesday that she saw two problems in front of Turkey that needed a solution.
Umit Boyner, chairperson of the Turkish Industrialists' & Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD), said there were two problems Turkey should solve.
"One of them is preparation of a constitution, which gives more priority to citizens than the state and protects citizens against the state, with a broad-based and social compromise, and the other is to find creative, constructive and unifying approaches to the solution of the Kurdish problem," Boyner said during a meeting in the eastern province of Elazig.
Boyner said the method and process of preparation of a new constitution could be a remedy to that rooted problem. 
TUSIAD's head defined terrorism and security as important problems that created a serious obstacle before investments in the east and southeast of Turkey.
"If the potential of the east is not used, the west cannot progress more," Boyner said. 
Boyner said Turkey should grow and develop as a whole, and fair distribution should be everyone's priority.
"Therefore, solution of security problem and Kurdish issue and ensuring peace in this region are of utmost importance for us," she said.
Boyner said infrastructural investments should be made, incentive systems should be reviewed, and a better investment climate should be ensured.
"Maybe, we are talking about re-arranging relations between the state and citizens. If this region has experienced various problems so far, we should look into the problem in the perspective of the state for citizens, and the perspective of citizens for the state," she said.
Boyner said Turkey had left behind a referendum which clearly indicated all segments of Turkish society's demands for amendment to the Constitution of 1982, which she defined as an important factor that prevented Turkey's direct or indirect change in the last 30 years.
On September 12, Turkish nation approved a constitutional amendment package with 58 percent of votes.