About Isparta Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Chamber of Commerce and industry was founded in Isparta by Law Possessor Şevket Bey in 1867. Şevket Bey , the law possessor of Isparta between 1867 – 1868, was the initiator of Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Çallızade Hacı Mehmet Efendi was appointed as the president of Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1867. Vanlızade Hacı Ahmet Bey,Yunuszade Fevzi Bey and businessman Bakkalzade Hacı İbrahim Efendi and two Roums and an Armenian were the first members of Chamber Assembly which was formed by six people.With a regulation which was published in 1911,Isparta Chamber of Commerce and Industry got its legal identity.

With the beginning of Independence War and because of the immigration of Roums to other cities in 1921,the functions of chamber were stopped. The public didn’t have enough capital because during the deportion of Roums after the Independence War, their belongings were bought by the public.

With the efforts of worthies of Isparta who didn’t want the capital owner’s to rob the public by usury and wanted businessmen to get bank loans the chamber because active againin 1924.Sarı Hacıoğlu Süleyman the president, Arapzade the secretary, Kaçkınzade Hasan Hüseyin Bey, Ciğerzade Hacı Ali Bey, Bakkalzade İbrahim Bey the members were chosen for the management of re-active chamber.

Our chamber, which has been active since that time, has been an organization as public association, having juristic personality, according to the law. (5174 no.)

Our present Chamber Assembly was chosen to the board on 09.03.2005.It has continued its activity by chosen Bedri Ayhan as the president of Chamber Assembly and Hasan Hüseyin Kaçıkoç as the president of Executive Committee. Our chamber has its own 5-floor building and it maintains its activity on the 2^nd and 3^rd floors with 15 personnel in a modern and internet sourced offices.