06.10.2016 Ankara
The 9th Turkey Commerce and Industry Summit was hosted by TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, presided over by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and attended by Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci, Customs and Commerce Minister Bülent Tüfenkci, Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Faruk Çelik as well as the board and council chairs of 365 chambers of commerce and commodity exchanges at the TOBB Conference Hall.
During the Summit,
board and council chairs of 365 chambers of commerce and commodity exchanges
from 81 provinces relayed their issues and suggestions for solutions to Prime
Minister Yıldırım and the various Ministers.
PM Yıldırım stated
that all issues are being diligently noted by the ministers attending the
summit and said, “It is one of the primary duties of the 65th Term
Government to solve these issues you present us with and the open the way for
you, the industrialists and merchants of our country, in progressing to the
level of modern civilizations. This is what the AK Party as ruling party has
done for the past 14 years.”
Stating that most of
the complaints are in regards to implementation of legislation, Yıldırım said that
there is a need for better accountability and implementation.
Yıldırım assured that
the requests for development of industry, establishment of new OIZs and
logistical centers as well as removing various bureaucratic obstacles are all
reasonable, “I’ve yet to hear anything for luxury or waste. These are all
consistent and reasonable requests which will contribute to the GDP of the
country, which aim to invest more into the region. We cannot refuse these;
nobody can.”
Touching on the issue
of the coup attempt of the Fetullah Terror Organization on July 15th,
PM Yıldırım stated that the whole country was in the streets in solidarity
against the putschists and that the largest civil society organization of
Turkey, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey stood by democracy
with all of its members, “You gave the putschists the best answer possible.
Thank you all.”
Greeted by TOBB
President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu prior to the, PM Yıldırım planted a memorial
tree in TOBB’s garden.