Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

TOBB Board Vice President Halim Mete attended the Senegal Economy Forum held at the Marmara by the Senegal Ankara Embassy which was also attended by Senegalese President Macky Sall and the delegation accompanying him on his state visit to Turkey as part of the centenary of the Battle of Çanakkale.​

Coordinated by TOBB, Turkey’s prominent construction companies and other investors met with Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin in İstanbul for a business meeting.​

The number of newly established companies and sole proprietorships increased by 10,79% and 7,19% respectively, while cooperatives saw no change according to the previous month.​

Russian Federation Penza Region Governor Vasiliy Bochkarev visited TOBB. TOBB Board Treasurer Faik Yavuz hosted Bochkarev during the visit wherein they discussed bilateral cooperation opportunities.​

TOBB Board Member Salih Zeki Murzioğlu attended the International University-Industry Cooperation Conference held as a part of the Project to Increase the Adaptability of SME Employee and Employers in the Global Economy (KUYAP) on the 7th and 8th of April, 2015, hosted by the Samsun Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TSO) and supported by the May Nineteenth University (OMÜ) at the Samsun Sheraton.​

The SME Information Site was visited by 47,813 people in March 2015. The total number of hits between April 2014 and March 2015, a period of one year, was 434,440.​

TOBB Women Entrepreneurship Council and TOBB Youth Entrepreneurship Council Executive Councils held their first Joint Meeting at the TOBB İstanbul Service Building.​

TOBB Women Entrepreneurship Council convened under Council Chair Evrim Aras at the İstanbul Service Building.​

Having opened two courses as part of the UMEM Ability’10 Project in 2015, Polatlı Chamber of Commerce has opened two new additional courses.​

TOBB Board Vice Chairs İbrahim Çağlar and Halim attended the Turkey – Romania Business Forum. Attending the Forum which took place in Bucharest, Romania were President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci, Romanian Economy, Commerce and Tourism Minister Mihai Tudose, Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chair Klaus Iohannis and DEİK Board Chair Ömer Cihad Vardan.​