Second Board of Directors Meeting of BAKKA for 2026 Held
The second Board of Directors Meeting of 2026 of the Western Black Sea Development Agency (BAKKA) was held online. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Halil Balık, attended the meeting.
The meeting, held under the chairmanship of the Governor of Bartın, Dr. Nurtaç Arslan, was attended by the Governor of Karabük, Oktay Çağatay; the Governor of Zonguldak, Osman Hacıbektaşoğlu; the Mayor of Zonguldak, Tahsin Erdem; the Mayor of Bartın, Muhammet Rıza Yalçınkaya; the Mayor of Karabük, Özkan Çetinkaya; the Chairman of the Bartın Provincial General Assembly, Turhan Kalaycı; the Chairman of the Karabük Provincial General Assembly, Ahmet Sözen; the Chairman of the Zonguldak Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Metin Demir; the Chairman of the Karabük Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fatih Çapraz; the Secretary General of the Agency, Mehmet Çetinkaya; and Agency staff.
At the meeting, the Secretary General of the Agency, Mehmet Çetinkaya, delivered a comprehensive briefing on the Agency's ongoing work. While the activities carried out in line with the decisions taken at the previous Board of Directors meeting were reviewed, institutional development efforts, financial and technical support programmes, results-oriented programme activities and strategic topics that will contribute to regional development were discussed.
The meeting concluded after views and suggestions were exchanged.