Turkey's preparations for WEC 2016 underway
The country was named as the host of the congress last November
Istanbul's preparations to host the 2016 World Energy Congress are already under way, Turkish representatives of the World Energy Council (WEC) said yesterday. The WEC General Assembly named Istanbul as the host city for the congress when it met in Monaco last November. Süreyya Yücel Özden, the chairman of the WEC’s Turkish National Committee, said Turkey was very happy to have won.“The Bosphorus is a precious jewel which will form the backdrop for a wide range of social activities as well as technical events.Whoever comes to Istanbul in 2016 will have the feeling of spending a week in a different world,” he said. Özden said that hosting the congress had significant political and economic re
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