31.12.2015 Ankara

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated in his condolatory message for the Chief Editor of Yeni Akit Gazette Hasan Karakaya who lost his life in Medina, stating that the Turkish press has lost one of its prominent writers.

Stating that Karakaya was an important ideas man of his profession, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I would like to express my grief for Mr. Karakaya’s loss.

I pray for the grace of Allah upon him and extend our condolences to his family, colleagues and the press community.”

Accompanying President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his Medina visit at the time of his death, Karakaya was raised in his profession and rendered services unto many institutions, Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that he shares the grief of Karakaya’s readers and loved ones.