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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 Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
. 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 ofte ...
in
Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, maki ...
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 Chambers (ABC), and Association of the
Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Rom ...
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 non-profit foundation university in Ankara, Turkey. History Tobb University is a private non-profit cooperative education university established in 2003 by The Turkish Chambers and Commo ...
* World Trade Center Istanbul *
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, ...


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