Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Office of Turkish Research and Business World Organizations (TuR & Bo) General Assembly and Coordination Committee meetings were held with the attendances of TOBB Vice Chairman Halim Mete, Vice Chairman of KOSGEB Salih Tuna Şahin, Vice Chairman of TÜBİTAK (Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association) Orkun Hasekioğlu, TESK Secretary General Naci Sulkalar and stakeholder representatives.​

TOBB Board Treasurer Faik Yavuz attended the 6th Turkey Kamu-Sen General Assembly. ​

TOBB Secretary General Mustafa Saraçöz and Deputy Secretary-General Ali Emre Yurdakul, held a meeting with Trade Representative of the Russian Federation to Turkey Aydar Gashigullin.​

Under the leadership of Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey and in cooperation with the Habitat Association, Coca-Cola Turkey and Istanbul Technical University, “My Sister” project was launched in İstanbul.​

The Economic Report Review Commission was convened at TOBB Twin Towers for the purpose of examining the “2017 Annual Economic Report” draft to be submitted to the TOBB 74th General Assembly.​

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan initiated work for the OIC Arbitration Center, which was proposed at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Summit in April 2016, entrusted to the Islamic Chamber and TOBB for its establishment.​

Turkey - Macedonia Business Lunchon, hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Board Member Cengiz Günay, was held in Istanbul with the participation of Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Macedonian Economic Chamber President Branko Azeski.​

TOBB Board Member Yahya Toplu met wit the Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Gennadiy Chyzhykov and accompanying businessmen delegation.​

Bringing the business community’s approach to innovation under the spotlight and conducted by General Electric (GE), the GE Global Innovation Barometer Survey results were shared with opinion leaders by TOBB and General Electric at the meeting held at the TOBB Social Facilities.​

TOBB has begun preparing SMEs, which form the backbone of Turkey's economy, for the future with the 'Digital Transformation Movement' project. The project was introduced with the participation of Science, Industry and Technology Deputy Minister Hasan Ali Celik, Customs and Tourism Enterprises (GTI) Chairman Arif Parmaksız and Vodafone Turkey Executive Board Vice Chairman Meltem Bakiler Şahin.​