15.11.2013 Kars
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and the Customs and Commerce Minister Hayati Yazıcı attended the Kars Chamber of Commerce and Industry – Kars Commodity Exchange Council Joint Meeting as guests. Hisarcıklıoğlu issued a call to Kars to support women and young entrepreneurs and stated that a market of 18 million would be created just 3 hours away with the opening of the Çıldır-Aktaş Customs Gate.
TOBB President M.
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, in his speech at the meeting held at the Kars Grand Ani
Hotel, celebrated the month of Muharrem and stated that this was a month for
unity and solidarity. Reminding that elections were behind them as the TOBB
community, Hisarcıklıoğlu expressed his wishes for the success of the newly
elected administrators and said that this duty was an opportunity which
required self-sacrifice to provide services.
Emphasizing that the
TOBB community is Turkey’s most democratic institution, Hisarcıklıoğlu said,
“You need the votes of the members with whom you are in direct competition
with. This is no easy business.
If we have succeeded
in any way it is the unity of our 365 chamber and exchanges. If there is peace
within a family then there is peace in its outlook as well. I thank the presidents
of the 365 chambers and exchanges.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
remarked that Kars, which established its exporters union in 1937, could become
the production center of the region.
Customs and Commerce
Minister Hayati Yazıcı reported in his speech that, with the opening of the
Çıldır-Aktaş Customs Gate, a shortcut eliminating 300 km of travel to Georgia
and Azerbaijan, would be instated.
Kars Chamber of
Commerce and Industry President Fahri Ötegen emphasized that production is the
answer to immigration – a great source of problems for many provinces.