The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey () is a confederation of all local chambers of commerce, industry and maritime as well as commodity exchanges in
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
.
Overview
The union was founded on March 8, 1950, as an
umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry-specific) institutions who work together formally to coordinate activities and/or pool resources. In business, political, and other environments, it provides resources and iden ...
in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
as the country's highest legal entity representing the private sector. Its president is
M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu since 2001.
The TOBB has 365 chambers and commodity exchanges, such 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.
Affiliations
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
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Zone Chambers of Commerce and Industry (BCCI).
See also
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TOBB University of Economics and Technology
TOBB University of Economics and Technology is a Private university, private Nonprofit organization, non-profit university in Ankara, Turkey.
History
It was established in 2003 by the :tr:Türkiye_Odalar_ve_Borsalar_Eğitim_ve_Kültür_Vakfı ...
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World Trade Center Istanbul
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List of company registers
This is a list of official business registers around the world.
There are many types of official business registers, usually maintained for various purposes by a state authority, such as a government agency, or a court of law. In some cases, ...
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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