President Gül carried out several important economic and cultural activities as well in New York. Delivering an address at the working breakfast hosted by Merrill Lynch, one of the most important financial institutions of the US., President Gül also made a speech at the working luncheon hosted by the US-Turkey Business Council in New York. The President, at Turkish House in New York, further received a group of Ahiska Turks living in America and met with Turkish expatriates. President Gül also hosted a reception at the same place for heads of state and government to promote Turkey’s candidacy for non-permanent membership in the UN Security Council for 2015-2016.