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Ekrem Demirtaş,Chairman of the Executive Board of Izmir Chamber of Commerce (ITO) and President of Izmir University of Economics, stated that the first congress gained a significant meaning by the attendance of Jean Michel Daclin, President of DELICE Network of Gourmet Cities.Demirtaş said that it was not easy for Izmir to join Network of Gourmet Cities formed by 24 leading cities from 4 continents, that the network was very selective when it came to new members. President Demirtaş said, “We want to promote Aegean to the whole world. There are Chinese, Italian restaurants worldwide, why wouldn’t there be Aegean restaurants. We can open up Aegean restaurants in important centers worldwide in time. We want to have a say in gastronomy worldwide by highlighting our values with the support of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality”.
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