22.12.2014 Denizli
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited chambers and exchanges in Denizli’s counties. Hisarcıklıoğlu was accompanied by Denizli Chamber of Commerce President Necdet Özer, Denizli Chamber of Industry President Müjdat Keçeci, Denizli Commodity Exchange President İbrahim Tefenlili, Buldan District Official Hacı Uzkuç, Buldan Municipality Director Mustafa Gülbay during his visit to Buldan county.
Visiting Buldan Municipality Handicrafts and Culture Center,
Hisarcıklıoğlu toured the various booths and visited the Buldan Chamber of
Commerce PresidentHalil Baştürkmen at his office.
- Support for miners’
families
In reply to the questions directed to him by press, TOBB President M.
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu reported that they would be presenting the families of the
miners who perished in the mining incidents, 17 in Ermenek and 1 in Zonguldak.
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “As TOBB, we will not be handing out any extra
presents to our presidents and members. We have decided to provide the families
with houses. According to the decision we’ve made, we will be providing 17 houses in
Ermenek and 1 in Zonguldak to the families of the miners who were martyred
during the mining incidents there.”
Stating that they mobilized the business community to support the
families of the miners who lost their lives at the Soma mining incident, Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “A record number. We presented the 17 million TRY to the government. May
we never experience such anguish ever again.”
Afterwards, Hisarcıklıoğlu visited craftsmen and tradesmen,
Hisarcıklıoğlu examined local goods made out of Buldan cloth. TOBB President
Hisarcıklıoğlu left the county for Denizli.