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22.07.2011
Hisarcıklıoğlu: “We are following the organized industry zone establishment project in Jenin closely”
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, met with Palestine National Administration President Mahmut Abbas for dinner. The dinner, which took place in Istanbul, was attended by Palestine Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad Al Maliki, Palestine Ankara Ambassador Nabil Maruf, Turkish Jerusalem Consul Şakir Özkan Torunlar, TOBB BİS Inc. Board President Ahmet Şekeroğlu and TEPAV Director Prof. Dr. Güven Sak.
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16.07.2011
USA Secretary of State Clinton met with the Turkish business world
As part of her Turkey visit, USA Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with the President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TÜSİAD) President Ümit Boyner, Private Industrialist and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD) President Ömer Cihad Vardan, All Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TÜMSİAD) President Hasan Sert, TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Council President Aynur Bektaş and Coca Cola Turkey President Galya Molinas at the Conrad Hotel in Istanbul.
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21.07.2011
Alliance between Hisarcıklıoğlu and Minister Şahin to increase the number of women entrepreneurs
TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu visited the Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Şahin and wished her success in her new duty. While Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized the need to increase the number of women entrepreneurs, Fatma Şahin said, “A bird with one wing cannot fly, an athlete wing a one leg cannot run. We have to use the power, the mind and the experience of half the population.” After the meeting, together with Minister Şahin, the TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu made an announcement, saying that the largest organization of women entrepreneurs in Turkey was part of TOBB and Minister Şahin’s contribution to their activities has been great.
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20.07.2011
We can’t abandon nuclear energy
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited the Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yıldız. In his statement with Minister Yıldız after their meeting he emphasized that the most important issue of the next 20 years would be energy and that it was not possible to abandon nuclear energy.
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20.07.2011
The private sector took on a very critical role in the development process
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited the Minister of Development, Cevdet Yılmaz and expressed his well wishes and wished him success. Hisarcıklıoğlu said that the new Ministry would play an important role in Turkey’s development, to which Minister Yılmaz emphasized their view of TOBB as a very important partner in the development process.
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20.07.2011
Promise of support for the private sector by Minister Bayraktar
Visiting the Environment and Urbanism Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that Bayraktar has accomplished many important achievements to date and went on, “I believe that the Minister’s practical and goal-oriented approach will enable both environment and urbanism to aid the development of the Turkish industry.”
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15.07.2011
We must focus on the relationships of entrepreneurs with the USA
Speaking at the meeting conducted by DEİK in Istanbul, attended by the USA Foreign Affairs Undersecretary in charge of Economy, Energy and Agriculture Robert Hormats, TOBB and DEİK President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed out the importance of entering the USA market and working actively in said market was a matter of development for Turkey.
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14.07.2011
A new constitution is must for Turkey
The President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The present system in Turkey is obsolete and decayed. This is why a new constitution is a must for Turkey.”
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14.07.2011
TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu: “We condemn terror which thrives on crimes against humanity”
In his message regarding the heinous attack in Diyarbakır which resulted in the death of 13 and wounded 7 of our soldiers, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that terror was a crime against humanity and that those who committed it would not be allowed to threaten the unity and solidarity of this country, but would go down in history as the perpetrators of these vile acts.
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