18.05.2017 Elazığ
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the opening ceremony of the TOBB Anatolian Imam Hatip High School and Dorm in Karakoçan district of Elazığ as well as the mosque built by Elazığ Commodity Exchange Chair Mehmet Ali Dumandağ. Hisarcıklıoğlu said that today’s biggest capital is educated people, not gold or oil.
TOBB President M.
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that he is asked everywhere he goes why he invests
so much in education, he said, “The way to establish prosperity, unity and
solidarity is through education.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated
that every investment has risk, “You can profit and you can lose. When you
invest in education, you will never lose.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu said:
“Today, the greatest
capital is not gold or oil but educated people. I hope the young people who
will graduate from this school will grow up knowing both national and moral
values as well as having the knowledge and the will to do good for their
families, cities and countries. If we maintain our partnership, none can stand before
us. I hope that this school will benefit both Elazığ and Turkey.”
- Other speakers
Bülent Tüfenkci,
Minister of Customs and Commerce, thanked TOBB for the support they provided,
and congratulated Dumandağ for having his mosque built.
Elazığ Governor Murat
Zorluoğlu, Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Idris Alan and
Elazığ Commodity Exchange President Dumandağ also spoke at the event.
A plaque was presented
to Minister Tüfenkci and Hisarcıklıoğlu following the speeches.
- Elazig Commodity
Exchange Karakoçan Branch opened
TOBB President M.
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and Minister of Customs and Trade Bülent Tüfenkci attended
the opening ceremony of Karakoçan Branch of the Elazığ Commodity Exchange.
Hisarcıklıoğlu and Minister Bulent Tüfenkci took photographs together with the
participants to commemorate the occasion.