31.12.2013 Ankara
The President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited the Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekçi and the Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ to congratulate them on their appointments. Stating that the Turkish private sector is closely following the developments of the recent days, TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The esteem of our companies and businessmen, which are assets of our country, should not be so easily besmirched. We must be diligent in conducting ourselves within the confines of a state of constitutional law.”
TOBB President M.
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, indicating the developments, said, “The developments of
the recent days are known to all. On top of all this, the Central American Bank
has decreased the flow of currency. These two developments have caused
fluctuations in the exchange and interest rates of our country.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
stating that the private sector has a foreign debt volume of 277 billion USD,
went on:
“We have a national
credit debt of 1 trillion TL in the domestic market. Both the increase in
exchange rates and the increase of interest rates to the double digits present
significant risk for us. We must conduct enough investments each year to
provide employment to 1 million new people each year. In just the first 9
months of this year, we have invested a total of 125 billion TL as the Turkish
private sector. With this, we have provided employment to 470,000 people. We
must focus on preserving our companies who have made possible this success even
more now than previously.”
Pointing out the
importance of moving past day to day troubles and continuing to work,
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Peace, stability and the rule of law have been
indispensable for the positive progress of Turkey in the last 10 years. We
believe that 2014 will be the year of Turkey.”
The Economy Minister
Nihat Zeybekci stated in his speech during the visit that he is of the opinion
that the troubles recently afflicting Turkey are the a natural by-product of
Turkey’s increasing influence in the region and that these would pass quickly
enough.
During his visit to
the Minister of Justice Bekir Dozdağı, TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu presented
him with a compendium of Necip Fazıl’s complete works.