Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Ali Kopuz, Vice President of the Board of Directors of TOBB, represented the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) at the Türkiye-EU High Level Agriculture Dialogue Meeting held in Brussels.​

Şekib Avdagiç, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), met with Sergey Katyrin, President of the Russian Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The meeting was also attended by Vladimir Emmer, Representative of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Türkiye. ​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) Cosmetics and Hygiene Products Industry Council Meeting was held at TOBB Istanbul Service Building under the chairmanship of Ahmet Pura, Chairman of the Council with the participation of Cengiz Günay, Member of the Board of Directors of TOBB, with the intense interest of senior representatives of the private sector, public and non-governmental organizations.​

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) Real Sector R&D and Implementation Department visited Prof. Dr. Muhammed Zeki Durak, President of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.​

Faik Yavuz, Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), was received by the President of the Republic of Maldives Dr. Mohamed Muizzu at the Çankaya Mansion. During the meeting, issues of strengthening bilateral trade and investment relations were discussed. ​

Within the scope of the Registry Academy Project, which is carried out in cooperation with TOBB and the Ministry of Trade, General Directorate of Domestic Trade in order to ensure unity of practice and increase the service quality of trade registry directorates, the joint meeting of the sub-workgroups formed regarding the Trade Registry Practices Handbook module was held under the chairmanship of Dr. Ahmet Can Balak, Deputy General Directorate of Domestic Trade, and hosted by TOBB on 24-25.11.2023.​

On November 23, 2023, Seyit Ardıç, Member of the Board of Directors representing the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye, attended the Trade Facilitation Coordination Committee General Assembly Meeting held at the Ministry of Trade. At the meeting, Mr. Ardıç conveyed TOBB's views on the Trade Facilitation 2024-2028 Action Plan. ​

During the first ten months of the year 2023 the number of newly established Companies and the number of sole proprietorships decreased by 5,7% and 24,2% while the number of cooperatives increased by 72,8% with respect to the same period of the year 2022.​

Climate Change and Adaptation Coordination Board convened at Ankara İlbank Social Facilities under the chairmanship of Mehmet Özhaseki, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change.​

Vocational Education Forum was held in Antalya on 21-22 November 2023 within the scope of the Operation on Improving the Quality of Vocational and Technical Education through the Establishment of Sectoral Centers of Excellence, financed by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye, the operation beneficiary is the Ministry of National Education, General Directorate of Vocational and Technical Education and the contracting authority is the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Department of European Union Financial Assistance.​