Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Consultation Meeting of the Chamber / Exchange Chairs of Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia Regions was held with the attendances of TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek, Development Minister Cevdet Yılmaz and Customs and Commerce Minister Bülent Tüfekci.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited Environment and Urbanization Fatma Güldemet Sarı at her office and extended his well wishes for Sarı’s appointment as minister.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited Minister of Health Mehmet Müezzinoğlu at his office and extended his well wishes for Müezzinoğlu’s appointment as minister.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ at his office and extended his well wishes for Bozdağ’s appointment as minister.​

The Alternative Conflict Resolution Methods Symposium Final Declaration was announced by TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu during the symposium in Antalya taking place between the 14th and 17th of October, 2015, which aims to lower the workload of the judicial system through the efforts of the Court of Appeal, Council of State, Ministry of Justice and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey.​

TOBB has stepped forth to take the first step in broaching the 600,000,000€ CERN market for Turkish companies, taking on the first order. TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “This is the first step in a massive market. I am convinced many more Turkish companies will conduct much larger transactions. Innovation and high technology will play key roles in growing our economy. To this end, we put great importance on our partnership with CERN.”​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited Tekirdağ PM and Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Commission Member Metin Akgün, Antalya PM and Public Works, Zoning, Transportation and Tourism Commission Member Çetin Osman Budak, Diyarbakır PM and Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resource, Information and Technology Speaker Galip Ensarioğlu, Mersin PM and Constitution Commission Member Oktay Öztürk, Ankara PM and TBMM Administrative Affairs Supervisor Ahmet Gündoğdu, Çorum PM and TBMM Administrative Affairs Supervisor Salim Uslu and Malatya PM and Foreign Affairs Commission Chair Başkanı Taha Özhan and wished them success.​

Visiting Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak at his office, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu extended him his well wishes.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) was mentioned 28,114 times in printed press regarding economy news in relation to unions, associations and chambers in 2015.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu took over the role of Turkey – EU Joint Arbitration Committee (JAC) Co-Chair from TESK Chair Bendevi Palandöken.​