Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Reviewing the G20 Leaders Declaration announced at the G20 Antalya Summit, B20 Turkey Chair Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “This action plan represents the Turkish business community as well as the global business community, as such, we wholly support it as B20 Turkey.”​

B20 taskforces reviewed their work conducted throughout Turkey’s G20 Chairmanship at the Antalya Summit. B20 Turkey Chair M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu reported that they’ve broken many records during Turkey’s G20 Chairmanship and that today they are holding their most widely attended meeting to date.​

A cooperation agreement has been signed between B20 and the Eurochambres Global Chamber Platform at the B20 Turkey Gala Dinner prior to the G20 Leaders Summit. Signing the agreement were B20 Turkey Chair and TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and Eurochambres Global Chamber Platform Chair and Eurochambres Honorary Chairman Christoph Leitl.​

The B20 Welcome Reception was held as a part of the G20 meetings at the Belek Tourism Zone of Antalya with the attendances of B20 Turkey Chair and TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and Prime Minister Deputy Cevdet Yılmaz as well as other select guests.​

The G20 expansion groups representing the business world (B20), civil society (C20), syndicates (L20), academics (T20), women (W20) and youth (Y20) called for “support for the development programs of the countries harboring the highest number of Syrian refugees,” in their proclamation regarding the refugee crisis.​

Moderated by Muhtar Kent, the general session taking place following the B20 Summit opening with B20 Turkey Chair and TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu’s keynote speech discussed problems and expectations of world trade and economic issues.​

Speaking at the opening of the B20 Antalya Summit, B20 Turkey Chair and TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that G20 must take steps to reduce ambiguity and ensure stability in global markets.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President and B20 Turkey Chair M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu signed a cooperation agreement with China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Chair Jiang Zengwei.​

At the signature ceremony between the World SME Forum and OECD, TOBB President and B20 Chair M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the World SME Forum would act as the voice of all SMEs.​

TOBB President and B20 Turkey Chair M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the handing off ceremony of T20 Chair to China. Directing the Think-tanks 20 (T20) during Turkey’s G20 2015 Term Chairmanship, TEPAV handed off the duty to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai Institute of International Relations and the Renmin University.​