Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) held the Türkiye Cement and Cement Products Council Executive Board Election and Council Meeting in Ankara, with the participation of industry representatives.​

The second meeting of the 2026 session of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) Women Entrepreneurs Supreme Council was held at the TOBB İstanbul Service Building under the chairmanship of Nurten Öztürk, President of the TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Council (KGK), with the participation of TOBB Board Member Işınsu Kestelli and members of the Supreme Council.​

A cooperation protocol was signed between the Women Entrepreneurs Council of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) and UN Women Türkiye.​

The Tax Advisory Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) convened with the participation of TOBB Board Member Zeki Kıvanç and under the chairmanship of Board Chairman Fatih Dural. ​​

The Türkiye-Armenia Business Leaders Meeting was attended by Ayşe Uzer, Deputy Director General for the Caucasus at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hayk Darbinyan, Advisor to the Armenian Minister of Foreign Affairs; Kadir Bozan, President of the Kars Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KATSO) Kadir Bozan, Saim Özakalın, Member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), officials from the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Iğdır, Ardahan, and Erzurum, and businesspeople from both countries.​

During the first four months of the year 2026 the number of newly established Companies and the number of sole proprietorships increased by 10,1% and 5,9% while the number of cooperatives decreased by 23,1%.​

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2026 Interim Mission Delegation visited TOBB and held a meeting with TOBB Deputy Secretary General Sarp Kalkan and Senior Advisor to the President Çağrı Gürgür.​

Sarp Kalkan and Mustafa Bayburtlu, Deputy General Secretaries of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), participated in the B20 U.S. Leaders’ Meeting, which was held online under the chairmanship of Suzanne Clark, CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and conveyed TOBB’s views and B20 initiatives. ​

The TIR Committee of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) convened via videoconference, chaired by Tamer KIRAN, Vice Chairman of the TOBB Board of Directors, with the participation of TIR Committee members.​

Ahead of the 82nd General Assembly of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), the committees and councils within TOBB held separate meetings with the participation of members of the TOBB Board of Directors.​