Attending the reception held at the Congresium International Congress and Exhibition Palace were Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız and the Customs and Commerce Minister Hayati Yazıcı, Customs and Commerce Deputy Minister Fatih Metin, AK Party Vice President Salih Kapusuz, BBP President Mustafa Destici, DSP President Masum Türker, various foreign missions, chamber / exchange presidents, TOBB delegates and many businessmen.

Hosting the reception, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu greeted the guests along with the board of directors. Various congratulation messages including one from the President Abdullah Gül were shown on projectors.

Afterwards, Ministers Yazıcı and Yıldız, along with Hisarcıklıoğlu, cut the cake with “60th YEAR” and a TOBB logo drawn on it. Hisarcıklıoğlu saw the guests off at the end of the reception and took commemorative pictures with chamber /exchange presidents and delegates from various parts of the country.
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