13.08.2025 Ankara

Launched by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) on July 8 in order to alleviate the financing difficulties of SMEs, the Breath Credit has reached 23,515 companies and approximately 30 billion TL support has been provided to SMEs in this way.

The statement made by TOBB on the subject is as follows: “Within the scope of the TOBB Breath Credit, which we launched on July 8, 2025 in order to alleviate the problems of access to finance experienced by our SMEs, we provided approximately 30 billion TL credit to 23,515 companies in a short period of only one month, with KGF equity guarantee and 8 bank cooperation. Thus, the application process was completed by reaching the specified credit limit.

For the continuity of production and trade, it is vital for our SMEs to access financing under favorable conditions. For this reason, it is gratifying for us to see that the demand of our business world for the Breath Credit has not gone unanswered.

We would like to thank the Minister of Treasury and Finance, Mr. Mehmet Şimşek, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Türkiye, Mr. Fatih Karahan, for their sensitive and constructive approach to the implementation of this program.

Due to the high demand for the Breath Credit, we have submitted our request to the relevant authorities to increase the loan amount. If our request is met positively, the additional limit will be made available to our SMEs quickly.

Our SMEs’ access to financing at the right time and at affordable costs means more investment, production, employment and exports, and therefore a stronger economy.”