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The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Turkey Economic Council was hosted by TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, with the participation of Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz and relevant ministers and heads of chambers and commodity exchanges at the TOBB Twin Towers.​

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that real sector companies have had great difficulties in accessing finance in the recent period, "Especially the fact that SME loans do not increase in real terms has a negative effect on the whole country and sectors with a chain effect." said.

In addition to Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Chairman of the Board Cemil Demiryürek representing the Yalova Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and other chamber-exchange presidents, the TOBB Turkey Economic Council hosted by Hisarcıklıoğlu; Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of Treasury and Finance, Ömer Bolat, Minister of Trade, Vedat Işıkhan, Minister of Labor and Social Security, İbrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology, Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and İbrahim Şenel, Head of Strategy and Budget at the Presidency. joined. Y

In his speech, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said that the economic councils initiated by the order of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are a very important platform where the public and private sectors come together and can directly convey their problems and suggestions to the executive authority.