Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

The meeting of the Secretaries General of the Chamber Unions of Member States of the European Union of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (EUROCHAMBRES) was held online on October 2nd, 2020, hosted and organized by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB).​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the Black Sea Region meeting held via video conference and held consultations with the Chamber/Commodity Exchange Presidents.​

TÜBİTAK SME R&D support webinar program took place with the participation of M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal, President of TÜBİTAK. At the meeting, SMEs were informed about TÜBİTAK's 8 individual R&D support for and how they can be utilized.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia region meeting held via video conference and held consultations with the Chamber/Commodity Exchange Presidents.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said that no one should be excluded because of their language, religion, identity, opinion and ethnicity, “Everything Turkey has suffered has been a result of being enslaved by its fears and seeing its friend as ‘other’.”​

Minister of National Education Ziya Selcuk was a guest at the Meeting of the Turkish Education Council, organized via webinar and attended by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu.​

Turkey-EU JCC members Hak-İş, Memur-Sen, TESK, Türk-İş, TİSK, Turkey Kamu-Sen, TOBB and TZOB issued a joint statement condemning Armenia's attacks on Azerbaijan and sent a message of support to Azerbaijan.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu evaluated the New Economy Program announced by Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, covering the years 2021-2022-2023. Hisarcıklıoğlu, "By highlighting the private sector in the program focused on entrepreneurship, technology, high value added domestic production, targeting high growth of 5% and above has given excitement and morale to our private sector. We also welcome the continued steps to support the real sector, SMEs, producers and investments."​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the launch meeting of the New Economy Program 2021-2023, which was announced by Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak with the main theme of "New Stabilization, New Normal, New Economy".​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the Marmara Region meeting held via video conference and held consultations with the heads of the regional Chamber/Commodity Exchange.​