Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Turkey Education Council Board visited the National Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz to congratulate him. The meeting attended by Council Chair Yusuf Ekinci, Vice Chair Faruk Köprülü, Council Advisor Alipaşa Ayas as well as TOBB Representatives saw discussion on teacher assignments, textbook publishing and training qualified teachers. İsmet Yılmaz emphasized the importance of public and private sector cooperation for increasing education quality.​

TOBB Board Vice Chair Halim Mete accompanied Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek on his Luxembourg visit.​

TOBB Turkey Clothing and Ready-made Garment Council held its Council Chair Election Meeting in İstanbul presided over by TOBB Board Member İbrahim Burkay. As the only candidate Turkey Clothing Industry Association Chair Şeref Fayat was unanimously elected as Council Chair. ​

TOBB Turkey Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Council meeting took place in Ankara to discuss the issues facing the sector. During the meeting, current issues, possible solutions and legislative changes were discussed.​

TOBB Turkey Durable Consumer Goods Council held its September meeting at the TOBB Twin Towers, presided over by Council Vice Chair Ahmet Kaya. During the meeting a presentation by prominent foundations on the subject of home appliance exports was given.​

The expo sector has locked onto the goal of becoming the meeting platform of the global business community and branding. TOBB Turkey Expo Council Chair Cihat Alagöz emphasized the fact that incentives provided by KOSGEB would bring momentum to international expos organized in Turkey.​

The SME Information Site was visited by 40,855 people in August 2016. The total number of hits between September 2015 and August 2016, a period of one year, was 488,431.​​​​

TOBB Board Vice President İbrahim Çağlar attended the round table meeting of TOBB and the US Chamber of Commerce held in New York with the attendance of Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci. Speaking at the meeting attended by the representatives of prominent US companies, İbrahim Çağlar provided information regarding the efforts to proliferate economic relations with the US Chamber of Commerce since 2012 in light of the coup attempt of July 15th as well as general information in regards to Turkey’s economy.​

Following the resignation of the Denizli Chamber of Commerce (Denizli CC) Chair Necdet Özer, Aydın CC Chair Hakan Ülken has taken over as a Member of the Board of Directors of TOBB in his stead. ​

2,255 capacity reports verified in August by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey.​