Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Hisarcıklıoğlu told reporters at the press meeting held before the “Real Sector and Financial Sector Dialogue Strengthening Meeting" held in a hotel in the city that they will talk discuss problems and forward their proposals directly to the bankers.

Stating that it is important for bankers to come down into the field in order to listen to the problems of the real sector, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “With these meetings, the real and financial sector will understand each other better and develop common solutions.”

Hisarcıklıoğlu said: “Both sectors need to be strengthened. We have forwarded our suggestions to the government and to do so. It is of vital importance that access to finances are kept open to the real sector and SMEs. This is also vital for the Turkish economy. Recently, we observe the positive developments in our economy, but the economy is not at the point we want, and we have many suggestions from our chambers and exchanges, some of which have started to come into effect. This gave us vitality for the markets, after which the Short Run Allowance became active, and then the taxpayers of the SSI received a 60-month postponement and maturity, which allowed us to breathe. We believe that this turbulent period is temporary. Turkey's foundations are solid; we've been through similar things many times in the last 25 years, we have overcome them all and we continued on our way.”

Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the real sector and the finance sector are working hand in hand, “This is a first in our history. We are looking into what we can do. In this context, we are all dedicated to Turkey. We are inseparable. The finance sector exists with us and we exist with the finance sector. We will not be stuck on this bump in the road, we will overcome it.”

- “We will all contribute to the growth of the country”

Turkey Banks Union (TBB) Chairman Hüseyin Aydın said ,”We will discuss what we are doing and what we can do better. We will engage in introspective self-criticism. I hope we will contributed to the growth of the country together. There can’t be growth without us and we can’t exist without you. We're all on the same boat.”

Chamber and commodity exchange presidents and senior bank managers from Adana, Mersin, Gaziantep, Hatay, Osmaniye and Kilis attended the meeting held closed to the press.