Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

World Turkish Business Council (DTİK) Asia Pacific Regional Committee Meeting was held in Malaysia with the attendances of TOBB/DEİK/DTİK President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, TOBB Board Vice President and DEİK Board Member Halim Mete, TOBB Vice President İbrahim Çağlar, Turkish – Malaysian Business Council President Nail Kurt. ​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu met with the Malaysian – Turkish Business Council President Mirzan Mahatir. ​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi, met with the CEOs of Malaysia’s Petronas and Khazanah Nasional Berhad companies. ​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the Turkey-Singapore Business Forum in Singapore during PM Erdoğan’s Far East visits and stated that the Singapore model could be adopted in regards to healthcare.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu gave a speech during the Yunus Emre Week held at the Turkology Institute in Tokyo and met with the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Toshio Nakamura at the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with TOBB Board Vice Presidents Halime Mete and İbrahim Çağlar, attended the Nikkei Forum in Japan.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the World Turkish Economic Council (DTİK) Asia Pacific Regional Committee Meeting as a part of his program during Prime Minister Erdoğan’s Japan visit. Attending the meeting with him were Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi, TOBB Vice Presidents Halime Mete and İbrahim Çağlar, TİM President Mehmet Büyükekşi and MÜSİAD President Nail Olpak.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with the Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi, met with the CEOs of Japan’s prominent companies. Discussed during the meeting, which took place during the Prime Minister Erdoğan’s Far East visits, were bilateral business opportunities.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited Deputy Prime Minister Emrullah İşler and the Youth and Sports Minister Çağatay Kılıç to congratulate him on his appointment. Drawing attention to the concepts of peace, stability and the rule of law, Hisarcıklıoğlu defined these as imperative for the continuation of the positive development of Turkey in the last 10 years.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited the European Union (EU) Minister and Chief Negotiator Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu at his office. Congratulating the appointment of Çavuşoğlu, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “It is imperative that we strengthen Turkey position as a country of institutions and rules throughout the EU process.” TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed out that Turkey must be powerful both domestically and internationally, “In this regard, we must be diligent in conducting ourselves within the confines of a state of constitutional law.”​