25.07.2017 Ankara
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We have provided 1.2 million additional jobs in Turkey in the last 6 months thanks to the employment mobilization and the historic level of support provided by our government.”
TOBB Chambers of
Commerce and Industry, Chambers of Commerce, Chambers of Industry, Commodity
Exchanges and Maritime Trade Councils Joint Meeting was hosted by TOBB
President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu with the attendances of Economy Minister Nihat
Zeybekci, Customs and Trade Minister Bulent TÜFENKÇİ as well as TOBB Board
Members and Council Chairs and members.
Speaking at the opening
of the meeting, Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that as councils, being a part of all
trade, industry, maritime and agriculture-livestock sectors, they form the
capillaries of the economy in 81 provinces, being able to observe all
developments as they happen, whether it be positive or negative.
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated
that culture of consultation has solved many problems, “Recently, it has been the
biggest factor in the economy's revival, increasing growth, employment, exports.
Seeing the government stand by us, the private sector is working more fervently
with its morale boost.”
Explaining that they
have broken a world record with employment mobilization, the TOBB President
continued: “We have provided 1.2 million additional jobs in Turkey in the last
6 months thanks to the employment mobilization and the historic level of support
provided by our government. Those who achieved this are our Chambers and Commodity
Exchanges community. We have transformed our step-by-step initiative by
listening to the voice of our business world to a worldwide success story.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu reported
that they provide SMEs with TOBB Respite Credit, stating that 27,000 companies have
benefited from the loan, “Our chambers-exchanges in 81 provinces, brought
together all the resources at their disposal, with a 9.9% interest rate for
SMEs TOBB Respite Credit has been benefited from by 27,000 companies. KOSGEB
Business Credit Support has reached 260,000 SMEs.
Finally, the bails
capacity of the Credit Guarantee Fund, which is the founding partner of the
Chambers-Exchanges, has raised to 250 billion liras. 300,000 companies were
granted access to finance. In other words, thanks to the positive approach of
our Minister, 587,000 companies in total have been able to maintain their
businesses in the first 6 months.”
- “I believe we will maintain high growth”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated
that all of these steps led to growth in exports, employment and the economy.
“Economic growth of 5% in the first quarter is a level that can only be reached
by a few countries in the world. In the coming quarters, I believe we will maintain
this high growth rate. I hope that this year will exceed expectations.”
Stating that those
attacking Turkey will never succeed, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Standing together we
will never be defeated. Every time they attack, we, the Turkish business
community, will work harder and produce more for the future of our country. We
will be at the disposal of our nation. Together we will accomplish much greater
undertakings for the real sector. We will put our country among the biggest
economies of the world through cooperation.”
- Customs and Trade Minister Tüfenkci and Minister of
Economy Zeybekci
Customs and Trade
Minister Bülent Tüfenkci also said that under the leadership of President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, employment has reached over 1.488 million as a part of the employment
mobilization.
Tüfenkci said that
Turkey has achieved a high growth rate of 5% in 2017, emphasizing that it is
among the fastest growing economies despite the treacherous coup attempt of
July 15th, and that this figure should be further studied to move on
to higher levels.
Economy Minister Nihat
Zeybekci explained that the bureaucrats of the Ministry have visited companies
in some cases to inform about incentives and supports, and they’ve had the
opportunity to see all the elements they see on the paper in person.
Minister Zeybekci noted
that TOBB has signed an agreement that it should be one of the founders of the
Turkish Trade Centers opened abroad by the Ministry of Economy.