Determining the development of gender equality as one of its focal points, TÜRKONFED announced that on the occasion of March 8, it has made a commitment in the name of all associations and federations within its structure to change the phrase "businessmen" to "business people". TÜRKONFED, until the end of 2023, the 100th anniversary of our Republic, also declared its will to increase the female representation in the executive boards of federations and associations to a minimum of 30 percent.
Orhan Turan, President of TÜRKONFED, said, "With these commitments, we will continue our efforts to take a very important step towards gender equality in the Turkish business world." Reyhan Aktar and Hasan Küçükkurt, co-chairs of the TÜRKONFED Women in Business (İDK) Commission, started a social awareness campaign in order to remove sexist expressions from our language, as IDK considers the change starts in the language.