Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

TOBB Women Entrepreneurship Council and TOBB Youth Entrepreneurship Council Executive Councils held their first Joint Meeting at the TOBB İstanbul Service Building.​

TOBB Women Entrepreneurship Council convened under Council Chair Evrim Aras at the İstanbul Service Building.​

Having opened two courses as part of the UMEM Ability’10 Project in 2015, Polatlı Chamber of Commerce has opened two new additional courses.​

TOBB Board Vice Chairs İbrahim Çağlar and Halim attended the Turkey – Romania Business Forum. Attending the Forum which took place in Bucharest, Romania were President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci, Romanian Economy, Commerce and Tourism Minister Mihai Tudose, Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chair Klaus Iohannis and DEİK Board Chair Ömer Cihad Vardan.​

The TRANSPark web app which facilitates access to TOBB TIR Parks has been translated to Turkish.​

TOBB Turkey Fairs Council convened in Ankara under TOBB Board Member Salih Zeki Murzioğlu to discuss the issues of the sector as well as electing the council chairman and vice chairs. The election resulted in Cihat Alagöz being elected as Council Chairman with Hülya Akkaya,Murat Demirtaş, Rasim Mazlum, İsmet Göksel, İlhan Ersözlü and Serkan Tığlıoğlu elected vice chairs.​

TOBB Board Vice Chair İbrahim Çağlar accompanied President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s official Slovenia-Slovakia-Romania visit.​

Polish Chamber of Commerce Vice Chair Marek Kloczko, Polish Chamber Director Jerzy Drozdz and Senior Expert Maria Nowakowska attended the business lunch held at TOBB.​

Nicaraguan Presidential Special Representative on National Policy and Nicaraguan Great Canal Project Director Dr. Paul Oquist Kelley met with TOBB Board Treasurer Faik Yavuz.​

The number of newly established companies and sole proprietorships decreased by 15,48% and 30,78% respectively, while cooperatives increased by 36,84% according to the previous month.​