02.09.2025 Balıkesir

The seventh TOBB Provincial Young Entrepreneurs Council Marmara Region Meeting was hosted by Balıkesir Chamber of Industry on September 1-2, 2025 with the participation of TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board Members and Regional Representatives.

In the panel moderated by Ceyhun Ercan, Chair of TOBB Balıkesir Young Entrepreneurs Council on the first day of the program, Mert Kavşut, Chair of TOBB Kocaeli Young Entrepreneurs Council and Marmara Region Representative, Bora Caldu, Vice Chair of TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Council, TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board Members Pelin Tuncer and Selim Akın took part as speakers. In the panel, the ongoing and planned activities of TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Council were discussed.

On the second day of the meeting held at Balıkesir Chamber of Industry, opening speeches were made by Nazmi Yarış, President of Balıkesir Chamber of Industry, Turgut Konukoğlu, Chair of TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Council, Ceyhun Ercan, Chair of TOBB Balıkesir Young Entrepreneurs Council and Mert Kavşut, Chair of TOBB Kocaeli Young Entrepreneurs Council.

In the meeting that continued with presentations, Engin Akyüz, Secretary General of Balıkesir Chamber of Industry, and Akın Ünal, Director of Balıkesir Organized Industrial Zone, presented information about Balıkesir and investment opportunities.

TOBB Sectors and Entrepreneurship Department Head A. Saygın Baban, who attended the meeting, thanked the Council for their active work and participation and touched upon the work done as TOBB.

At the meeting held with the participation of TOBB Young Entrepreneurs Supreme Board Members and Marmara Region Provincial Executive Council Members, the G3 Summit planned to be held in Kocaeli on November 18, 2025 was discussed and ideas were exchanged.