Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

The Logistics Coordination Council held the last meeting of the year in Ankara under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Selim Dursun. Deputy Minister of Commerce Riza Tuna Turagay, Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology Hasan Büyükdede, TOBB Vice President Tamer Kıran and TIM Board Member Başaran Bayrak attended the meeting, TOBB Truck and ATA Card Director Aslı Çalık gave a presentation on road transportation problems and solution proposals and EU policies. ​

Turkey Spatial Strategy Plan 2nd High Level Guidance Meeting was held in Ankara chaired by Deputy Minister of Environment and Urban Development Fatma Varank with the participation of TOBB Board of Directors Vice President Selçuk Öztürk. ​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Defense Industry Council Meeting was chaired by Council President Yılmaz Küçükseyhan, with the participation of Mehmet Büyüksimitçi, Member of the TOBB Board of Directors responsible for the Council, Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir, Head of Defense Industry, and senior representatives of Turkish defense and aerospace industries. ​

The Turkish Maritime Council Meeting was held in Istanbul with the participation of Tamer Kıran, Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB). ​

The Uzbekistan Tourism Investment Forum 2019 was held at TOBB Istanbul Service Building in cooperation with the State Investment Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan and within the scope of the activities of the Turkic Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB).​

Digital Tachograph Training was held at TOBB on the 16th and 19th of December, 2019, with the participation of personnel working in the field of digital tachograph from 82 chambers. ​

The number of newly established companies, the number of sole proprietorships and the number of cooperatives decreased by 7,44% , 4,68% and 8,93% respectively according to the previous month. The number of closed companies and the number of closed cooperatives decreased by 13,68% and 6,85% while and the number of closed sole proprietorships increased by 3,21% according to the previous month.​

The 9th Coordination Meeting was held in Ankara with the participation of Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Selim Dursun, TOBB Vice President Tamer Kıran and senior representatives of the public and private sectors. ​

Turkey Durable Consumer Goods Council held its year-end meeting in Istanbul chaired by TOBB Board Member Oğuzhan Ata Sadıkoğlu and Council President Fatih Kemal Ebiçlioğlu.with the participation of and Council Members. TOBB Board Member Sadıkoğlu expressed his satisfaction that the durable consumer goods council meetings are continuing and that members bring up the current issues that are extremely important during these meetings. ​

Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sevinc Hasanova and the accompanying delegation visited the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and met with Tamer Kıran, TOBB Board of Directors Vice President. During the meeting, bilateral relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan were discussed and a detailed presentation was made to the visiting delegation about TOBB's activities. ​