10.08.2017 Çaycuma Zonguldak
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended Çaycuma Chamber of Commerce and Industry Food, Agriculture Vocational High School Protocol Signing Ceremony and the Contributors to the Çaycuma Economy Award Ceremony.
Speaking at the event, TOBB President M.
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that he sees Çaycuma progress each and every time
he visits and that the reason for it is Çaycuma’s unity and solidarity.
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “There is there is
grace and prosperity in unity; anguish in dissent. Our parliamentary
representative said, 'Residents of Çaycuma will act together for Çaycuma even
if they are of different political views.’ This is what brings prosperity. What
a happy picture this is; we will win for as long as we can maintain this
state.”
Expressing that Çaycuma is very important
not only for Zonguldak but also for Turkey, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Take a photo
of Çaycuma today and a decade later. It will be a very different Zonguldak and
a very different Çaycuma.”
The TOBB President, pointing out brands
from Çaycuma are all around Turkey, said, “Yurtbay ceramics is an example of
this. This is the city's brand. An application has been filed for the
geographic marker for the region’!s ox milk yoghurt. It is not possible for
cities to develop without branding.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu also referred to the
Fetullahist Terrorist Organization's (FETO) coup attempt on July 15th,
stating that the chairmen of the chambers continued production without
interruption, saying:
“Everyone was at their jobs the next
morning. If this happened in any other country in the world, the government
offices will not open for a week; we were at work the next morning. We
continued to produce, buy and sell. There was an enormous economic cost for us
but it was a trial for us and we succeeded greatly as a nation. This was a
triumph of the nation, a triumph that everyone wrote together; I congratulate
my brethren who are producing, employing and exporting despite these difficult
circumstances.”
Following the award ceremony, the protocol
for the Çaycuma Chamber of Commerce and Industry Food, Agriculture Vocational
High School to be built at Bülent Ecevit University Campus was signed.