TSPB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

18 TCMA 2019 ANNUAL REPORT OVERVIEW OF 2019 Markets Board of Turkey and the main sponsor Borsa Istanbul and it attracted intense interest and participation. Our Summit hosted nearly 8 thousand people, with the participation of policy makers, local and foreign experts, academics, students and investors, as well as employees from the sector. Sponsored by 30 institutions, it was supported by 26 non-governmental organizations and 4 communication partners. We Continued our Activities on Financial Literacy As one of the main tasks of our Association, we continued our works throughout the year to increase the level of financial literacy in our country within the investor trainings. Within the scope of the World Investor Week events, celebrated in 87 countries and started on 1 October 2019, we brought investors, university students and real sector representatives together, in order to process the aspects of investor education and protection and the importance of informed investment, in cooperation with the Capital Markets Board of Turkey and Borsa İstanbul. One other activity within the scope of investor education is our traditional “Camera in Your Hand, Future in Your Pocket” short film competition. In the competition, where applications will continue until March 2020, short films that best describe the importance of savings and investment will be rewarded with great prizes. We have lost cinema critic and successful journalist Cüneyt Cebenoyan in a traffic accident; our jury member of our short film contest since 2014. We will always remember Cüneyt Cebenoyan with gratitude for his contributions to our country’s cultural life and our industry. As the Association, we have decided to donate regularly to the “Cüneyt Cebenoyan Child and Cinema Platform” every year, in order to keep his memory alive. We Briefed the Real Sector Representatives on the Capital Markets Institutions and its Tools “Foreign Currency Risk Management for Export Companies” panels were conducted under the co-operation between the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) and members of our Association, throughout the year. A total of 715 persons attended the panels, which we have organized in Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, Izmir, Mersin, Gaziantep and Denizli, in 2019, in order to raise awareness for the employees, investors, and those who are interested in the subject of exchange risk. 55 B2B meetings were also held between the companies’ top OUR PRIORITY THIS YEAR WILL BE SEEKING SOLUTIONS FOR THE PROBLEMS OF OUR INDUSTRY, INVESTIGATING WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF OUR MARKETS AND DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES IN DIFFERENT PLATFORMS.