06.10.2025

The meeting of the TOBB Türkiye Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Council was held in Ankara, chaired by Council President Kutlu Karavelioğlu and attended by TOBB Board Member Mehmet Büyüksimitci, who is responsible for the Council.

The opening speeches of the meeting were delivered by Kutlu Karavelioğlu, Chairman of the Türkiye Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Council; Mehmet Büyüksimitci, TOBB Board Member; Volkan Bahşi, Director of the Turkish Standards Institution (TSE); and Umut Can Gök, Deputy Director General of Product Safety and Inspection at the Ministry of Trade.

The main agenda items of the meeting included: increasing opportunities for cooperation with the sector in product safety inspections, evaluating foreign trade data and key sector indicators for the first three quarters of 2025, the impact of recent regulatory changes on the sector, and preparations for the 2026 foreign trade regime.

Zühtü Bakır, Advisor to the Türkiye Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Council, gave a comprehensive presentation on the sector’s foreign trade performance, key indicators, and regulatory developments.

In addition, it was decided to establish a Machinery Sustainability and Efficiency Committee with the aim of achieving a more sustainable and efficient structure for the sector in the coming period, and the committee members were determined during the meeting. Information was also provided on the work of existing committees active in the areas of legislation, machinery rental, energy efficiency, and the circular economy.