Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

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.​

TOBB Board Member and Bursa CCI Chair İbrahim Burkay attended the Development Minister Lütfi Elvan’s 19-21 September Kuwait and Qatar visit.​

TOBB – MEYBEM Vocational Proficiency and Certification Centers have been authorized to provide examination and certification in 7 new professions.​

The number of newly established companies, cooperatives and sole proprietorships increased by %44,51, 59,56% and 47,62% respectively, according to the previous month.​

Baltic Business Forum was held in Swinoujscie, Poland, between the 14th and 16th of September, 2016. Attending the forum representing TOBB was TOBB Foreign Affairs Commission Chair H. Ruhi Koçak. Turkey was the guest of honor at the Forum attended by Polish Development Deputy Minister Jerzy Kwiecinski and Swinoujscie Governor.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey has published the 2017 Expo Calendar. A total of 416 expos, 114 of them international, have been approved for 2017.​

TOBB Board Member Memiş Kütükçü accompanied Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi during his visit to London, UK, to review bilateral trade and economic relations, assess possible new fields for cooperation and to exchange views post-July 15th coup attempt.​

TOBB Turkey Cosmetics and Sanitary Products Sector meeting took place with the attendance of TOBB Board Member Cengiz Günay. Current issues of the cosmetics and sanitary products sector and proposals for solutions were discussed during the meeting.​