The business community discussed etatism, taxation, foreign trade, bureaucracy and centralism, and demanded the withdrawal of several restrictive policies and the restructuring of the chambers as an autonomous organization (Birtek, 1985; Buğra, 1994). Although the congress did not demand the abolition of the etatism completely, it signaled the emergence of a strong opposition to CHP and its interpretation of the etatism. They requested a nonpartisan economic commission to carry out a new economic plan to foster rapid industrial development.