The Turkish American Chamber of Commerce & Industry (TACCI) hosted representatives of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey over lunch at Bice Ristorante in New York City on Thursday.

Chamber President Ali Kocak, Vice Presidents Celal Secilmis and Mustafa Merc, and Board Member Bahadir Inozu were joined by Murat Yalçintas, the vice president of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey; Ekim Alptekin, the vice chairman of the Turkish American Business Association; Serhan Kara, the commercial attache for the Consulate of Turkey; and other guests.

During the meeting, Kocak discussed TACCI’s mission and goals for the future while Yalçintas acknowledged TACCI's efforts to bring Turkish and American firms together to increase trade and investment between the two countries.

TACCI is a private nonprofit membership organization that promotes bilateral trade potential and investment levels between Turkey and the U.S, according to its website.