Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Speaking at the 5th General Assembly of TİMFED, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu expressed his optimism for the future of the construction and contracting sector despite current difficulties. Emphasizing that structural reforms need to be made one after the other in other to have the sector move forward, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The first step we must take is to define the standards of the construction contracting business which is of critical importance for Turkey. Today, we are talking about urbanization. We are renovating the subpar, aging superstructure. However, we still don’t know who can or cannot be a building materials supplier or what the standards of this profession are.​

Antakya Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board of Directors Chairman Hikmet Çinçin and the delegation accompanying him visited TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited Microsoft Turkey and toured their offices.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu met Croatian Chamber of Economy Chairman Luka Burilovic. The meeting which took place at the TOBB İstanbul Headquarters, Hisarcıklıoğlu congratulated Burilovic on his new appointment. ​

USA’s Ambassador to Ankara, Francis Ricciardone visited TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu to bid him farewell as his term in Turkey is coming to an end.​

M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu met with Mahmut Abbas. Afterwards, Economy Minister Cevat Naci and Hisarcıklıoğlu signed the master plans for the organized industry zone to be built.​

Attending various meetings in Palestine, TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu met with the Palestine Chambers Federation Chairman Ahmet Hashim Zugayir to extend him his well wishes.​

The second half of the 10 million USD expropriations cost for the organized industry zone to be built in Jenin by TOBB as a gift to the Palestinian people, which will directly provide employment for 6,000 people was turned over to beneficiaries during a ceremony. TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said in regards to the Organized Industry Zone Project to be built in Palestine, “The dream we’ve chased for years is becoming a reality.”​

In line with the Anadolu Agency’s (AA) centennial anniversary goals and work to strengthen its international operations, the AA Jerusalem Office was opened with a ceremony attended by TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu celebrated the “Insurance Week”, held every year at the end of May to raise awareness to insurance throughout Turkey via various events and stated that insurance shares the risk, not income.​