Joint Turkic chambers to promote trade, industry: Op-ed

Member states of the Turkic Council took a historic step in May in Kazakhstan by establishing the Joint Turkic Chambers of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) to institutionalize existing economic cooperation. The TCCI held its first-ever General Assembly meeting in İstanbul on July 31 where it elected its first president, TOBB Chairman Rıfat Hisarcıkoğlu. Establishment of TCCI, along with other similar efforts, will promote trade, industry, investment, technology, services and other economic sectors among Turkic-speaking states.