The presidents of leading nongovernmental business organizations met under the chairmanship of Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci to address Turkey's economic road map for trade with the world following the July 15 attempted coup. By the beginning of August, Turkey will have carried out studies to promote Turkey around the world. Government representatives and heads of nongovernmental organizations will visit various countries to remove "black marks" created by the attempted coup of July 15. "July 15 was a defamation of Turkey's democracy, economic development and progress on the way to becoming a contemporary civilization. We must have a road map to eliminate this black mark."The closed-door meeting titled "Strong Democracy, Strong Economy, Goal 2023" lasted for nearly one-and-a-half hours. Addressing a press conference after the meeting, Zeybekci said Turkey's atmosphere of unity and solidarity had manifested during the meeting. He defined the attempted coup as a betrayal of democracy, national will and human freedom, including the freedom of investment.Zeybekci said, "There is a need to explain to the region and the world about the nation's embracing of democracy, a historic revolution in civil democracy, given they do not properly understand what happened on July 15."Zeybekci says it is necessary to explain to the whole world that Turkey's economic attraction for investments is rising following the incidents of July 15. The ministry has decided to mobilize around the world, and use all available channels to this end.According to Zeybekci, had it not been for the July 15 attempted coup, an economic coordination board meeting would have been held on July 18 presided by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. The "groundbreaking" decisions that would have been made during the meeting would be topical issues on Turkey's agenda, as it would have broken taboos in the investment environment. The meeting would have also addressed investment and export incentives. Zeybekci said statements will soon be made concerning these issues.