08.08.2017 Bilecik
Speaking at the Bilecik CCI Tax Award Ceremony, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said that TOBB, Chambers and Commodity Exchanges, KOSGEB and Credit Guarantee Fund have reached 600,000 firms in need of finances.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
addressed businessmen at the ceremony attended by Customs and Trade Minister
Bülent Tüfenkci. He said that the chambers and commodity exchanges, along with
TOBB, have ensured respite for SMEs with credit loans with an extremely attractive
rate of 9.9%. Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the government and Minister Tüfenkci
had opened their doors as a big support in this matter and they explained that
they gave respite credit loans to 27,000 companies. Noting that KOSGEB also
financed 260,000 companies with a zero-interest 3-year maturity, TOBB President
underlined that they are acting as guarantors to 313,000 companies via the
Credit Guarantee Fund, vouching for 220 billion TRY in credits. Hisarcıklıoğlu
said that, altogether, 600,000 companies have been reached.
TOBB
President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said he was also proud of Bilecik CCI.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that the chairman of Bilecik CCI is new but very active and visionary, “Bilecik's
attractiveness is increasing. I hope that the future of Bilecik will be as
bright as the past.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
emphasized that while there are good developments in the business world, “We
have the will to overcome all competition; our only request from the government
is equal conditions as those of our opponents. Every company in Bilecik is a
star. I would present each with a medal. I do not say this as a courtesy.”
- The success story of the Turkish
economy
Customs
and Trade Minister Bülent Tüfenkci stated in his speech that the success story
of the Turkish economy will continue without interruption, saying, “We will
eliminate the negative winds that are blowing in the economy while fighting
terrorism.
Speaking
at the award ceremony of Bilecik Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tüfenkci stated
that Turkey's economic success is primarily the success of business people.
Tüfenkci
pointed out that the employment mobilization under the leadership of President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the employment of 1.488 million people.
After
the speeches, the tax record holders received their awards. At the end of the
ceremony, a protocol was signed for the elevator planned to be built in Sheikh Edebali
Sepulcher.