16.07.2016 Ankara
TOBB, Türk-İş, Hak-İş, TESK, Memur-Sen and TİSK chairpersons and representatives condemned the coup attempt during a joint press conference.
The chairpersons and
representatives of NGOs representing employers and workers condemned the coup
attempt during a joint press conference. The Union of Chambers and Commodity
Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, speaking at the press
conference at the Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK)
headquarters, stated that they have come together to condemned the coup attempt.
Congratulating the
Turkish nation for their loyalty to democracy and the will of the people,
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We want this to be the start of an era wherein there will
never again be an attempt against the national will. We do not want Turkey to
be a relic of the past. We thank our nation for their solidarity. I hope that
these traitors receive the highest punishment.”
Türk-İş Chairman
Ergün Atalay stated that the confederation stands firmly against the coup
attempt.
TESK Chairman Bendevi
Palandöken stated that the people have answered the putschists in the strongest
way possible.
Hak-İş Vice Chairman
Mehmet Şahin stated that they are against all coups past, present and future.
Memur-Sen Chairman Ali Yalçın Türk
stated that democracy has reached a new level.
Turkish Employers
Syndicate Confederation (TİSK) Advisor Cengiz Delibaş stated that the uprising
which went agains the fundamental tenets of the Turkish Republic, democracy and
the people’s will, have been rebuked.