01.06.2014 Hakkari
The new service building of the Hakkari Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HATSO) was opened with a ceremony attended by TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Minister for Development Cevde Yılmaz, AKP Vice Chairman Hüseyin Çelik, TOBB Board Vice President Çetin Osman Budak, TOBB Presidential Council Member Faik Yavuz, Hakkari Governor Yakup Canpolat, Hakkari TSO Board President Servet Taş, Council President Nazım Demir and the presidents of the region’s chambers and exchanges.
Speaking at the ceremony, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, having
attended the foundation for the Hüseyin Çelik Anatolia Religious Vocational
High School which will take on 320 students to be built by TOBB in Hakkari,
stated that it was not their first investment into Hakkari; preceded by a rug
workshop and the ongoing modernization of the Esendere Customs Gate.
Reporting that the Esendere Customs Gate modernization will be completed
by the end of the year, Hisarcıklıoğlu said that it is possible to modernize
the Üzümlü and Derecik gates as well.
Thanking the former President Ahmet Şen and President Servet Taş for
their contributions to the construction of the new service building of the
Hakkari TSO, Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasizing that people in these kinds of public
offices do not work for monetary benefits.
Hisarcıklıoğlu, stating that chamber and exchange president are the
opinion leaders of their regions, said, “They work with the principle that the
most beneficent of men is he who is beneficent to men. I’m sure that they will
be rewarded for it in the afterlife.
Prosperity in unity; anguish in dissent. When we work together there is
prosperity. That is the way to achieve riches. There will only be anguish if
everyone pulls in a different direction.
There can be no prosperity without trade. If Hakkari wishes to prosper,
it must open the way for trade. There can be no trade without peace. Without
trade there is no prosperity. Hakkari’s prosperity is Turkey’s prosperity.”
- HATSO President Taş
Hakkari Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board President Servet Taş
spoke during the ceremony, touching on such matters as the turbulent period of
the region in the last 30 years, the hope for peace for the future as well as
the need for the involvement of the state and NGOs to make it possible for the
province to develop.
Taş emphasized the need to reopen the Çukurca-Üzümlü and
Şemdinli-Derecik customs gates as soon as possible in order to contribute to
the economic development of the province.
President Taş stated that there are many issues ranging from education,
health, transportation, agriculture and livestock husbandry needing solutions.
Taş went on to say, “The steps towards peace taken during the spring
celebration last year have shone on the hearts of all our people.”