Visit to President Halil Balık by the Bartın TSO Women Entrepreneurs Board and Young Entrepreneurs Board
Mine Fırıncıoğlu, Chair of the TOBB Bartın Women Entrepreneurs Board, and Hüseyin Alp Akın, Chair of the TOBB Bartın Young Entrepreneurs Board, paid a visit to Halil Balık, President of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in his office. During the visit, the current work carried out by both boards, activities aimed at strengthening the entrepreneurship ecosystem, and plans for the coming period were discussed. Assessments were made on training, guidance and awareness activities for women and young entrepreneurs, as well as opportunities for developing joint projects. Halil Balık, President of Bartın TSO, expressed his satisfaction with the visit and drew attention to the importance of strong coordination between the Chamber and the entrepreneur boards. 
Balık said: "The work we carry out in line with our shared vision strengthens our province's entrepreneurial capacity more and more each day. The combination of the dynamism of our women and young entrepreneurs with the institutional experience of our Chamber makes important contributions to the economic and social development of our province. I congratulate our board chairs on their dedicated work and emphasize that our support for this process will continue with determination." Mine Fırıncıoğlu, Chair of the Women Entrepreneurs Board, noted that work aimed at making women entrepreneurs more effective in every field continues to grow, and said: "We are very happy to develop our activities aimed at empowering our women entrepreneurs." Hüseyin Alp Akın, Chair of the Young Entrepreneurs Board, stated that they are working intensively to bring the dynamism of young entrepreneurs into the field, and declared: "We are continuing our work with determination to produce new projects and to further invigorate the entrepreneurship ecosystem." The visit concluded with expressions of mutual satisfaction and assessments of the boards' activities.