Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

TOBB Board Member and Muğla CCI Chair Bülent Karakuş attended the East Azerbaijan – Turkey Trade and Investment Conference hosted by the Tabriz Chamber of Industry, Mines and Agriculture on 3rd and 4th of September.​

TOBB Board Vice Chair Halim Mete accompanied Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi to Italy as a part of the various talks which will be held in European countries in order to discuss the events of July 15th and its effects on the economy as well as identifying new opportunities for economic cooperation between Turkey and European countries.​

TOBB Board Vice Chair Halim Mete accompanied Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi to Holland, meeting with high level representatives of world leader companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, ING, FedEx, Rabobank, NN Group, Royal IHC and Fugro.​

IRU TIR EPD Seminars were held in Gaziantep and Trabzon on the 23rd and of 24th of August, respectively, with the attendances of Kazakhstan Customs Authorities and IRU Representatives.​

Turkey Chemicals Industry Council Chair Timur Erk stated that the increased production in the chemicals industry is a positive development, emphasizing the need to preserve the momentum of this development for both the national economy and the development of the industry.​

Coordination Council for the Improvement of the Investment Environment (YOİKK) Technical Committee meetings took place hosted by TOBB to discuss 2016-2017 action plans on August 17-18-19, convening under their respective undersecretaries.​

Under the partnership of TOBB and TÜBİTAK, the National Nuclear Technology Development Program held its first preparatory meeting at TOBB as per the decision made at the Science and Industry High Council (BTYK) 29th Meeting in February in order to achieve naturalization of technology in nuclear plant projects.​

The number of newly established companies, cooperatives and sole proprietorships decreased by 43,60%, 50,59% and 48,28% respectively, according to the previous month.​

113 Exchanges connected to TOBB met in Ankara at the TOBB Twin Towers. Discussed during the consultation meeting were the future of the agriculture market, licensed warehousing and the Product Specialized Exchange planned to be established.​

Economic Cooperation Organization Chambers of Commerce and Industry Committee Meetings took place in Tehran, hosted by Iran Commerce, Industries, Mining and Agriculture Chamber.​