The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Odalar ve Borsalar Birliği, TOBB for short) is a confederation of all local chambers of commerce, industry and maritime as well as commodity exchanges in
Turkey. The union was founded on March 8, 1950 as an
umbrella organization in
Ankara as the country's highest legal entity representing the private sector. Its president is
M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu since 2001.
Currently, the TOBB has 365 chambers and commodity exchanges as:
* 178 chambers of commerce and industry,
* 60 chambers of commerce,
* 12 chambers of industry,
* 2 chamber of maritime commerce and
* 113 commodity of exchanges
with a membership of totalling to 1.4 million companies.
The TOBB is affiliated with
Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres), Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI),
Association of the Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME), Association of
Balkan
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Chambers (ABC), and Association of the
Black Sea Zone Chambers of Commerce and Industry (BCCI).
See also
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TOBB University of Economics and Technology
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World Trade Center Istanbul World Trade Center Istanbul (WTCI) ( tr, İstanbul Dünya Ticaret Merkezi, İDTM) is a service company established in 1982 and based in Yeşilköy, Istanbul, Turkey, which, to promote international commerce and world trade, provides commercial infor ...
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List of company registers
References
1950 establishments in Turkey
Organizations based in Ankara
Trade associations based in Turkey
Organizations established in 1950
Industry in Turkey
Chambers of commerce
Commodity exchanges
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