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UTEP
UTEP Over Time

2025

600th Trade Matching Meeting

We held our 600th Commercial Matching Meeting, where we generated a trade volume of 163 Million ₺, with our members and guests in Ankara.

2025

Worldef: UTEP Street

We took our place at Turkey's largest e-commerce fair. At UTEP Street, we held a productive fair with the booths of our members.

2025

3rd Workshop: Synergy

We held our 3rd Workshop Program with the participation of all our branches. With over 100 participants, we set UTEP’s goals for 2025-2026 and celebrated our 3rd anniversary.

2025

Iftar Program with Kalbi Selim Association

During Ramadan, we met the clothing needs of orphaned children and organized an iftar dinner together. Our support for orphaned children in Bursa continues in cooperation with the Kalbi Selim Association.

2025

500th Trade Matching Meeting

We held our 500th Trade Matching Meeting, attended by more than 500 businessmen and businesswomen.

2025

Experience Sharing Meeting

We held our first Experience Sharing meeting between our members and our High Advisory Board.

2024

First Meeting with Our Board of Directors

Our newly formed Board of Directors held its first meeting following the General Assembly.

2024

2nd Ordinary General Assembly

UTEP’s 2nd Ordinary General Assembly was held in Istanbul. The presidency of our General Assembly was conducted by Mr. Mustafa Hamarat, AK Party Ordu Deputy and also President of UTEP’s High Advisory Board.

2024

UTEP on TV

Our President, Sami Bektaş, appeared on Bloomberg, A Para, and TVNET broadcasts, presenting UTEP to the business world with the emphasis: “We will transform our companies into holdings, and our holdings into global companies!”

2024

Turkey-Africa Business Forum

UTEP members met with valuable businesspeople at the Africa-Turkey B2B Forum held at Topkapı Hilton, together with TURCAF.

2024

Collaboration with CoSB

In this valuable meeting where our Foreign Trade Presidency met with "Conservaunicorniends of Small Business," the main agenda was enabling UTEP members to access foreign markets. We established valuable connections to support our members’ exports.

2024

Worldef

On June 6, we took our place at Turkey’s largest e-commerce event of the year, held by the WORLDEF platform in Yenikapı.

2024

Cross-Border E-Commerce

On April 30, Haliç University hosted the “Cross-Border E-Commerce Conference.” At the event, which featured distinguished speakers, highly valuable insights and information about the future of e-commerce were shared.

2023

Cross-Border E-Commerce

In the Cross-Border E-Commerce program we organized in cooperation with İZU, we came together to develop and advance Turkey’s e-commerce. We hosted valuable participants and gained significant insights from the event.

2023

Support Muslim Bussiness Forum

We organized a B2B event between our members and the SMBF Business Delegation.

2023

EARTHQUAKE!

Following the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake, we called on our members to mobilize. Together with our branches, we collected and provided all kinds of aid—supplies, food, clothing, containers, generators, lanterns, heaters—and set up soup tents, supplying food for months to support the local population.

2022

From 7 Hills to 7 Regions
From 7 Regions to 7 Continents

With the fair we held at Haliç Congress Center, we achieved success with over 4,000 visitors, 100 foreign participants, and 100 booths. We also became a member of DEİK.

2022

Over 60 Participants from 6 Countries…

With over 60 participants from Tanzania, Egypt, Russia, Bangladesh, Algeria, and Gambia, we contributed to our members’ trade, creating important collaborations and value-added exports.

2022

1st Workshop: Producing Turkey Workshop

We held our 1st Workshop in Ankara. With participation from our branches and significant business leaders, we made important plans and partnerships for the future of Producing Turkey.

2022

Foundation

Embarking on this journey under the slogan “Business Development Platform of Producing Turkey,” we officially started anew, walking together with our brothers who are devoted to our dreams, ideals, and goals.