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TOBB M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with Customs and Commerce Minister Bülent Tüfenkci visited the families of the victims of the terror attack which took place in Gaziantep and extended their condolences. Taking part in the delegation were Governor Ali Yerlikaya, Mayor Fatma Şahin, Parliamentary Representatives and Municipal Directors.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu issued a statement regarding the attack on the convoy escorting CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in Artvin by terrorists.​

In Malatya with the Minister for Customs and Commerce, Bülent Tüfenkci, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited Malatya Commodity Exchange Chair Gürsel Özbey at his office, following which he attended the opening of the Malatya CCI’s new building. Hisarcıklıoğlu praised the unity and solidarity of the people of Malatya, pointing out that the traders and industrialists of Malatya have opened up to the world.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with the Customs and Commerce Minister Bülent Tüfenkci, paid a condolatory visit to Elazığ. The visit began with Elazığ Governor Murat Zorluoğlu followed by a visit to the Provincial Police Headquarters.​

TOBB’s customs gate modernization project, hailed as best-in-practice by the UN, has mobilized to improve trade in Van and its environs. The foundation has been laid for the modernization of the Van Kapıköy Customs Gate. The project will be undertaken by TOBB and the Customs and Commerce Ministry and will aim to expand the trade volume of the region. TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that this investment is the most important step in actualizing Van and its region’s year of 46 years.​

In Van to attend the foundation laying ceremony of the Kapıköy Border Gate in Saray, Van, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu expressed his condolences for the bomb attack perpetrated by PKK in the İpekyolu County.​

In a message regarding the violent terror attack which caused many civilian deaths in Gaziantep, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that he vehemently condemns this inhumane attack.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with Uşak Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chair Suat Selim Kandemir and the Board Members accompanying him, visited Customs and Commerce Ministry Minister Bülent Tüfenkci.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu met with Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı at the business dinner held at TOBB.​

Biga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board Chair Şadan Doğan and the delegation accompanying him visited TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu. ​