TÜROB Secretary General Taşdemir visited members of the TBMM Planning and Budget Committee.

İsmail Taşdemir, Secretary General of TÜROB – the Association of Turkish Hoteliers, visited the TBMM – the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, where he held various meetings, conferring with members of the TBMM Planning and Budget Committee: Justice and Development Party Adıyaman Member of Parliament Assoc. Prof. Dr. Resul Kurt, Republican People’s Party İzmir Member of Parliament Rahmi Aşkın Türeli, Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party Antalya Member of Parliament Hakkı Saruhan Oluç, and İyi Party Deputy Chair and Samsun Member of Parliament Dr. Erhan Usta.

During the meetings, developments in the sector and expectations for the upcoming period were discussed, primarily the regulation included in the “Bill on Amending Certain Laws and Decree-Law No. 375” – which was adopted last week by the TBMM Planning and Budget Committee and whose deliberations have begun on the TBMM agenda. This regulation allows the weekly leave of personnel working in accommodation facilities holding a tourism operation certificate from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to be granted, where necessary, within a 10-day period, in line with the general functioning of the sector and in accordance with the written request and approval of the employee, without any loss to employees’ weekly leave rights.