Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Turkey Packaging Council met with the Council members at the TOBB Istanbul Service Building to conduct a sectoral assessment of 2019 and to discuss current issues, chaired by TOBB Board Member Engin Yeşil and Council President Mustafa Tacir. ​

The Meeting of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Turkey Paper and Paper Products Industry Council was held at TOBB Istanbul Service Building with the high participation of private sector representatives and chaired by TOBB Board Member Engin Yeşil and Council President Erdal Sukan. TOBB Board Member Engin Yeşil relayed TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu’s greeting salute in his opening speech and stated that TOBB is always following up on the problems of the sector. ​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Board of Directors Member Hakan Ülken attended and participated in the 2nd Istanbul Geographical Marker Summit Conference organized with the participation and support of TOBB, TURKPATENT and MEB and hosted by Metro Turkey.​

EUROCHAMBRES Secretary General Arnaldo Abruzzini, in Ankara for the Turkey-EU Business Dialogue Project Monitoring Committee Meeting, attended the breakfast hosted by Mustafa Saraçöz, Secretary General of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB). ​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Board of Directors Vice President Tamer Kıran attended a meeting organized as part of the Southeast European Cooperation Process hosted by the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce in Pristina, Kosovo, with the participation of Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Rejhan Vuniqi. ​

The 28th Term TOBB Chamber/Commodity Exchange Council Members Information Seminar was held at TOBB Twin Towers on 13th and 14th of December. TOBB Secretary General Mustafa Saraçöz, who gave the keynote speech of the seminar, wished the participants success. In the seminar, which lasted 2 days, information was given about the institutional structure and affiliates of TOBB. ​

Bashkortostan Deputy Prime Minister Ilsat Tacitdinov attended a working dinner held at the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB).​

The Board of Fairs of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) convened at the Union headquarters, chaired by TOBB Board Member Salih Zeki Murzioğlu. ​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Board Treasurer Faik Yavuz stressed that education is a matter which focuses on the future, not the past or the present, and said, “Today's decision will affect not only today, but future decades.”​

On December 12, 2019, a delegation of members of the Kazakhstani press visited Turkey and met with the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Board Treasurer Faik Yavuz, and received information about the work of TOBB and the Chamber system in Turkey. ​