Şekib Avdagiç re-elected as ITO Chairman with record support

Şekib Avdagiç was re-elected president of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO) for its 22nd term, securing 251 of 270 council votes—his strongest support to date—at the helm of Turkey's largest trade body with over 850,000 members. Avdagiç said the chamber will keep preparing Istanbul's business community to be an active, dynamic and leading player in the national and global economy, and that it will be part of building Turkey's economic future. The size of the mandate matters because İTO speaks for a vast share of Turkish commerce and industry, giving its leadership a strong platform on economic policy matters. What to watch next is how Avdagiç uses that mandate in the chamber's advocacy on behalf of members and in its role shaping Turkey's economic agenda.