Rıfat Hisarcıklıoğlu
President
TOBB
(Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey)
M. Rifat Hisarciklioglu is the President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), which is the largest non-profit business organization in Turkey, covering 365 Chambers and Commodity Exchanges and representing the country’s 1.3 million firms and companies. It also acts as the most effective professional organization with a network of members reaching into every community, great or small in the country.
Within the context of its organic law and other applicable legislation, TOBB aims, parallel to the developments elsewhere in the world and in its capacity of the highest level representative of the Turkish private sector, at ensuring unity and solidarity between chambers and commodity exchanges, enhancing development of the professions in conformance with general interest, facilitating professional work of members, promoting honesty and confidence in the relations of members with one another and with the general public, and preserving professional discipline and ethics.
TOBB performs the following functions:
Leading and guiding the Turkish entrepreneurs.
Submitting opinions and comments to the political power in line with the requirements of the private sector.
Striving for expanding the idea and ideals of private sector.
Ensuring that the small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) which constitute the backbone of the economy, receive is equitable share.