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16.06.2011
Yağız Eyüboğlu elected as the TOBB Turkey Liquefied Petroleum Gas Council President
TOBB Turkey Liquefied Petroleum Gas Council convened at TOBB Social Facilities with the attendance of TOBB Accounting Member İlhan Parseker. Council President elections took place during the meeting wherein Turkey LPG Association President Yağız Eyüboğlu was elected President, Erciyaz Gaz Inc. Board President Rasim Kahyaoğlu, Shell Gas Inc. CEO Semih Genç and Independent LPGs and Highway Dealers Association President Yılmaz Cömert were elected Vice-Presidents.
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13.06.2011
Textile and garment sectors seek joint solutions to problems
TOBB Turkey Textile Industry and Garment and Ready Made Clothes Industry Councils met with TOBB Board Member Mustafa Boydak’s presiding in order to assess the latest sector developments. With the attendance of the sectors’, NGOs’ and public administration institutions’ high level representatives, the meeting in Istanbul sought joint solutions to the sectors’ common problems.
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13.06.2011
19th BSEC-URTA General Assembly held in Bucharest
The Union of Road Transport Associations in the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Region (BSEC-URTA), of which the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey is an honorary member and the TOBB Vice-President Halim Mete is the Vice-President for the 2011 Term of, held its 19th General Assembly in Bucharest.
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11.06.2011
Turkey’s greatest asset is its young population
Kocaeli Chamber of Industry President Ayhan Zeytinoğlu said that Turkey isn’t rich in natural resources but that its greatest asset is at half its population is under the age of 27 but that the highest unemployment rate is in the young population with 22%.
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08.06.2011
Packaging Council request lab for hazardous materials
TOBB Turkey Packaging Council convened under Council President Oktay Duran in the TOBB Istanbul Service Building. During the meeting the handling of hazardous materials in regards to ADR Regulation, which encompasses laws for land transportation of hazardous materials in the EU, was discussed in order to bring packaging standards up to par by the sector’s representatives. Council members drew attention to the need for a laboratory for the testing of packaging for hazardous materials, a subject that was brought up in the Turkey Economic Council.
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06.06.2011
TİG payment system will also cover private hospitals after 2012
The structural work and training for the TİG system, which calculates the budget needs for permanent illnesses encoded on the system per patient for hospitals, in the hospitals working with the Social Security Institution (SSK) are still ongoing. One of the most important things needed in order to ensure that the systems works properly is personnel who can encode for the system in hospitals.
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06.06.2011
Travel Agencies and Guides Council assess the situation in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya
Turkish Travel Agencies and Guides Council came together with the attendance of TOBB Board Vice-President Halim Mete at TOBB Istanbul Service Building.
With Council President Başaran Ulusoy presiding, the emerging situation in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya was assessed as well as the possible double reservations for the 2011 tourism period and the possible precautions and solutions.
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