Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Before the meeting, the opening ceremony for the M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu Meeting Hall was held at the Kayseri Chamber of Commerce Service Building. Kayseri Governor Şehmus Günaydın and Kayseri Metropolitan Mayor Memduh Büyükkılıç also attended the ceremony.

Speaking at the meeting, TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that is greatly honored in having his name given to the Kayseri Chamber of Commerce Conference Hall and thanked the Kayseri Chamber of Commerce President Ömer Gülsoy, the Chamber administration and Council, “You had also named the meeting hall in the previous building my name, I would also like to express my gratitude and thanks to Mr. Hasan Ali Kilci, our President of the Chamber at the time. I would also like to thank you again for your magnanimity in the new building. I would also like to thank Veli Altınkaya. Kayseri always shows commitment in this spirit. May Allah bless you all.”

TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that he has always been immensely proud of being from Kayseri.

Speaking about a survey conducted by the Yıldız Technical University and Turkey Reputation Academy, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I have been elected as the most prestigious business world leader of Turkey's civil society organizations. I received this award on behalf of all of my Chambers in 81 provinces and 160 provinces. What we have done, what we have accomplished, is a team effort. There is grace and blessing in unity; anguish in dissent. As the saying goes, birds of a feather stick together. I would like to congratulate our Chamber-Exchange Presidents, who are the opinion leaders of their cities.”

Referring to the unity and solidarity of Kayseri, the TOBB President said, “In fact, Kayseri is an exemplary city; a role model for the whole country. We wrote a success story with our own means. Kayseri has long been a city of commerce. We have become one of the most important industrial cities in Turkey by the labor of our own people. Not content to sit on our laurels, we came a city of tourism. It has also become an education center and a city of universities. All this was done with the efforts and endeavors of our own entrepreneurs, the philanthropists of Kayseri. In this sense, we are singular in Turkey. We did not ask for anything from the government. We came to this point through our own efforts.”

Hisarcıklıoğlu, touching on the fact that Kayseri boasts of 3 companies in Turkey’s fastest growing 100 companies announced in Samsun on May 19^th, 2019, and 18 companies in Turkey's largest 500 industrial companies announced yesterday, said, “I wholeheartedly congratulate all our companies who made us proud with their success.”

“May Allah accept our fasts,” said Hisarcıklıoğlu. “On this occasion, I would also like to thank our security forces, soldiers and police for their service. I pray for the grace of Allah upon our martyrs, and wish speedy recovery for our wounded veterans. The entire Islamic world is now going through a difficult and troubled period. But no matter how hard times are, the month of Ramadan means grace, blessings and mercy. Great Allah has the power to turn all evil into good. May Allah preserve our country and our nation from evil, oppression and darkness. May the entire Islamic world attain peace, prosperity and brotherhood.”