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Turkey TOBB AI summit and industry support

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In late July 2026, the Turkey Chambers and Exchanges Union (TOBB) hosted a three‑day Business Artificial Intelligence Summit in Ankara, bringing together ministries, chambers, SMEs, industrial firms and software companies to discuss AI’s impact on industry, trade, finance and services. After the summit, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu used the forum to warn warned of a tightening credit environment for Turkish firms, citing high inflation, elevated interest rates and limited loan access, and presented the Ministry’s AI Action Plan for 2026‑2030. On 1 August 2026, Hisarcıklıoğlu addressed a joint chamber meeting in Muğla, praising highlighting the province’s diversified economy and warning that global conflicts, a slowing EU market strategic assets—a 1,500 km coastline, two international airports, and competition strong sectors ranging from China, together with Turkey’s tourism and agriculture to fisheries, olive‑oil production, mining and yacht manufacturing. He warned that high inflation inflation, rising rates and tight credit, credit were squeezing businesses, constraining especially SMEs. small‑ and medium‑sized enterprises (KOBİs). He announced the restart relaunch of the KGF‑guaranteed TOBB Nefes Credit programme, which had already supported 13,382 firms in Muğla, Muğla firms, and called for expanding its expansion capacity nationwide. He also highlighted tourism‑sector relief measures, including a noted the accommodation‑tax cut from 2 % to the accommodation tax 1 % and a Treasury‑guaranteed Treasury‑backed 60 billion‑TL financing billion‑lira tourism support package with wage that includes a 1,270‑lira minimum‑wage supplement and a 3,500‑lira monthly premium supports. The narrative shows TOBB’s shift from showcasing AI potential to actively addressing immediate financial constraints and broader economic support for Turkish industry. certified establishments. He concluded with a call for solidarity, saying “back‑to‑back we will overcome these tough days.”

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