Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

The aid campaign spearheaded by TOBB for the families of the workers who lost their lives at the Soma disaster has accumulated a total of 16,838,164 TRY. TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu presented the cheque for the current sum of donations to the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to be relayed to the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, in his message regarding the holy month of Ramadan, said that Ramadan is a great opportunity to strengthen feelings of purification and sharing.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Mevlüt Çavuoğlu attended the opening of the MEBUSKENT Residential and Life Complex launch and sales office.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited Bor Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Nurettin Eriç and Board Members.​

TOBB will build the Faculty of Communications which will be situated inside the Niğde University Campus. TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The most beneficent of men are those who are beneficent to others. You may lose money in any business endeavor, but there can never be losses when you invest in education.”​

The Niğde Municipality has granted TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu an honorary fellow townsman. The Fellow Townsman Certificate was presented to Hisarcıklıoğlu by Municipality Director Faruk Akdoğan during the Niğde Municipality visit.​

Niğde University has granted TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu an honorary doctorate. Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that this is a great honor for him which he will carry to the end of his life.​

TOBB Former Board of Directors Vice President and Manisa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chamber Board President Bülent Koşmaz has passed away.​

Former US Ambassador James F. Jeffrey visited TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu.​

Speaking at the Academic Consultants Training closing meeting, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the local data and information production capacity as well as the policy generation capacity of chambers and exchanges organized throughout Turkey can be greatly enhanced by the support of academic consultants. Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Our chambers and exchanges which provide 5-star service to its members will be the focal point of local development as a consequence of the process of accreditation.”​