📌After the devastating earthquake disaster we experienced on February 6, Türkiye’s Bilateral Chambers of Commerce have been working together with great synergy to provide the necessary support to disaster areas, both locally and internationally, and we continue our work with the hope to see concrete reflections of our solidarity in the medium and long term as well as in the short term.In this context, we would like to thank search and rescue expert and disaster volunteer coordinator Mr. Rezzak Elazat, the Şişli Belediyesi, Kadıköy Belediyesi and all of the participants who made it possible for us to organize this "Basic Disaster Readiness Training" event respectively on March 7th and March 10th.We wish for the wounds to be healed as soon as possible and for all necessary measures to be taken as quickly as possible to prevent these disasters from recurring.

As we celebrate today International Women's Day, we hope to see substantial achievements in gender equality, freedom, justice, and an end to violence against women.We support creating a gender-equal world, and we celebrate all women worldwide!

The devastating effects of the earthquakes have shaken us all. The rescue work of those affected continues under difficult weather conditions and extreme time pressure. Implementing joint actions to reduce the emergency situation in the earthquake regions is now all the more important. The Belgian Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Türkiye is already in close contact with bilateral foreign chamber representations active in Türkiye and the relevant Turkish authorities. Türkiye Earthquake Donation from Abroad Below you can find handpicked foundations and fundraising campaigns raised for the earthquake that happened in South-East Turkey on the 6th of February 2023. Please browse them for different payment options and currency preferences. AHBAP https://ahbap.org/disasters-turkey Bank : Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. Account Name : Ahbap Derneği TL : TR12 0006 4000 0011 0211 3800 59 USD : TR32 0006 4000 0021 0212 1502 62 EURO : TR15 0006 4000 0021 0212 1502 77 GBP : TR37 0006 4000 0021 0212 2608 49 Bank Swift Code : ISBKTRIS Türkiye based aid organization. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) https://en.afad.gov.tr/earthquake-humanitarian-aid-campaign Bank : Türk Ekonomi Bankası (TEB INC.) Branch : ÇANKAYA ANKARA TL : TR90 0003 2000 0000 0077 3407 66 USD : TR13 0003 2000 0000 0077 3407 94 EURO : TR34 0003 2000 0000 0077 3408 04 Bank Swift Code : TEBUTRIS The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) is an institution working to prevent disasters and minimize disaster-related damages, plan and coordinate post-disaster response, and promote cooperation among various government agencies. Turkish Philanthropy Funds https://donate.tpfund.org/give/465112/#!/donation/checkout US based aid foundation supporting Turkish Americans and Turkey. Founded by a Boğaziçi University alumnus. Needs Map (İhtiyaç Haritasi) https://fonzip.com/ihtiyacharitasi/afet-haritasi-deprem-yardim-kampanyasi Türkiye based charity organization. The donation page is in Turkish. AKUT Foundation https://www.akutvakfi.org.tr/bagis-yap/ NGO for rescue operations in Turkey. The website is in Turkish, however the donation is not earthquake specific. Kind regards, The Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Türkiye

Are you active abroad, or planning to be? Do you have specific questions about starting a business abroad, contracts with partners or administrative procedures in another country?On 8 December, Belgian Chambers is organizing the Chambers Export Day, a free event for companies. You will have the opportunity to ask all your questions during 25-minute online meetings with all participating Belgian Chambers abroad, each of them covering a specific region.Belgian Chambers abroad? Exactly! The Belgian-Luxembourg Chambers of Commerce Abroad represent the interests of Belgian and Luxembourg companies abroad. They are managed by entrepreneurs, like you, who help each other and share their experience in the field. A source of richness that we make available for a whole day. How does it work?If you’d like to participate, it’s easy: log on to the Conversation Starter platform and answer the questions about your activities, the topics you want to discuss and the continents or regions you’re interested in or in which you are already active. Then you can directly book an appointment with the Chamber(s) of your choice. Don’t forget to mention if you’re a member of a Chamber. Everything takes place online, no download is required. Register now! More infoRegistration 

As one of the oldest bilateral chambers of commerce in Turkey, founded in 1926, the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Turkey continues to support the increase of trade between Turkey, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as well as the participation of the new institutions and individuals in trade. We are glad to welcome MERIH INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT, a Turkish transportation company established by Hamdi Kilerci in 2001, among our members. In the business world rapidly globalizing, with technologies developing every day and distances disappearing, Merih Transport has adopted its understanding of the market as the whole world. It has covered great distances in national and international transportation and eliminated borders. Merih Transport, which has determined quality as the first priority since its establishment, serves professionally from its personnel to its vehicles. It offers a smooth and safe transportation service by bringing the insurance concept, the essential transportation element, to the foreground. Merih Transport has prioritized service quality and customer satisfaction and is working to quickly provide international transportation services to its customers with its experienced staff. To reach its goals, it offers a management style that adopts the understanding of quality, transparency, and participatory approach in its organization by using modern information and technologies and adds value to all its business partners.

Reputed historian Prof. Ilber Ortaylı and our Chairperson of the Board, Mr. Tuğrul Şeremet, visited H.E. Mr. Serge Dickschen at the Belgian Consulate General in Istanbul. They discussed the course of the joint event on the bilateral historical relations between Belgium and Turkey that will take place in May under the auspices of the Belgian Consulate General in Istanbul. During the meeting, H.E. Mr. Serge Dickschen had the opportunity to examine the original historical documents in the archives of the consulate building, Palais de Belgique, together with Prof. Ilber Ortaylı. We would like to thank H.E. Mr. Serge Dickschen and Prof. Ilber Ortaylı for their valuable time.

As part of the CEO Lunch: Factory Visit series, we organized Soudal Turkey factory visit on March 18, Friday in Istanbul, Tuzla. There was a factory tour, Fix All product demo, quick lunch, and Soudal Company presentation at the event. Following this, the chief economist of TEB will delivered a speech on the Turkish economy\'s future.We plan to continue this series by targeting different sectors in each visit. We would like to thank General Manager at Soudal Turkey, Mr. Engin Tanrıverdi, for their warm reception and hospitality. We would also like to thank the Belgian Consul General in Istanbul, H.E. Mr. Serge Dickschen; Trade & Economic Attaché at the Embassy of Luxembourg in Turkey, Mr. Nicolas-Koray Namer, and all the participants for their valuable time and contributions. Please click here to watch the event video.

As one of the oldest bilateral chambers of commerce in Turkey, founded in 1926, the Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Turkey continues to support the increase of trade between Turkey, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as well as the participation of the new institutions and individuals in trade. We are glad to welcome Remant Cool Logistics, a Belgian transport and consulting company, among our members Remant-Cool is a transport and consulting company specializing in the transportation of food, beverages, and temperature-controlled cargo, including life science and pharma products. Their head office is in Belgium, with subsidiaries in the Netherlands and the USA. Remant Cool Logistics, dedicated to the cold chain, works as Transport Architect to deliver conditioned products across the oceans. Thanks to a dedicated contact person, customers experience personal attention, both commercially and operationally. Their staff is focus-trained into the more profound knowledge of shipping reefer cargo worldwide with combinations of first and last-mile care. Their team provides professional expertise in temperature-controlled intermodal transport. They evolve proactively along with our customers’ requests and market trends.