DUSHANBE, December 6, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- Tajik Ambassador to Turkey Farrukh Sharipov met with Mr. Rifat Hisarciklioglu, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) in Ankara on December 5.

According to the Tajik MFA information department, the two discussed a broad range of issues related to trade and economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Turkey, investment climate in Tajikistan and organization of business forums and meetings with participation of Tajik and Turkish entrepreneurs.

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) 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.

Currently, the TOBB has 365 chambers and commodity exchanges with a membership of totaling 1.4 million enterprises.  The TOBB members include 178 chambers of commerce and industry, 60 chambers of commerce, 12 chambers of industry, 2 chamber of maritime commerce and 113 commodity of exchanges.

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 Zone Chambers of Commerce and Industry (BCCI).