Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Erciyes University Rector Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çalış said that the University senate has awarded Hisarcıklıoğlu a Doctorate in International Trade and Management for their work on Turkish economy, regional development and entrepreneurship and their successful management.

Speaking at the ceremony, TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu, attended hundreds of meetings every year, but the happiest I was to be among the students at the university, he said.

Stating that Erciyes University has written a separate success story, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Today you are among the 11 research universities in Turkey. With 39 research centers, from nanotechnology to biochemistry, you're doing research in all the areas the modern era needs. And a nice one, and I’m not going to do it you have come up with ideas: 'university on campus, not university in the field'. Thus, you are with the Kayseri industrialist and the merchants. In addition, you have a great share in the development of not only our students, but also the region and Kayseri economy.”

Stating that this is only befitting of Kayseri, a center of trade with a 6,000-year history, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I follow your work closely towards becoming a university focused on university-industry cooperation and entrepreneurship. Of course, it is a great honor to receive an honorary doctorate from such a dynamic university in the field of international trade and management. I'd like to thank the senate and the board of directors for honoring me in this way.”

Hisarcıklıoğlu talked about the importance of entrepreneurship, stressing that the way to prosper is through entrepreneurship and that the power of nations is measured by their entrepreneurial power, not by their cannons and rifles.

Hisarcıklıoğlu noted that the 20 richest countries in the world are the 20 most entrepreneurial countries; that countries are now importing entrepreneurs.

Hisarcıklıoğlu stressed that entrepreneurship is the solution to unemployment; that an entrepreneur employs 10 people, emphasizing the need to increase the number of entrepreneurs.