Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges

I never thought I would ever be interested in Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) presidential elections. But I became interested with the recent vote. 

More than 3,700 new businesses were established in September, according to a report released by the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) on Oct. 21.
But the number of start-ups has declined by 29.03 percent since September 2015, falling from 5,219 to 3,704, the union said.       

I first met the late Shimon Peres more than 12 years ago. Israeli disengagements on Gaza were just a theoretical construct under discussion then. I was there to find a way to privatize the peace process. 

The world needs to boost trade and the Trade Facilitation Pact of the World Trade Organization (WTO) should be ratified by all countries in this vein, said the chairman of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) and the Business-20 (B-20), Rifat Hisarc?kl?o?lu, in a meeting at the G-20 Summit in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Nov. 15. 

Rifat Hisarc?kl??olu, the head of Turkey's largest trade organization, has traveled to Egypt to attend the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (ICCIA) meetings at a time when relations between the two countries are interrupted due to political problems.

Turkey and Russia have signed an action plan to promote bilateral trade in a bid to boost the trade volume between the two countries by up to $100 billion by 2020, daily Hürriyet reported on Sept. 6.

One in three foreign companies founded in the first half of 2015 in Turkey are Iran and Syria-invested companies, according to data released by the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) on July 20.

With the first round of negotiations to form a coalition government having started, demands voiced by the business world have been increasing, mostly saying that a ?broad-based coalition should be formed soon.?  

The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) held its general assembly last Saturday. In every general assembly, we try to hold the pulse of the business world by observing the reactions and applause from the audience.

No crisis or chaos took place within the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) ahead of a deadline to finalize party candidate lists, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said, claiming the opposition was disappointed by the fact.