24.08.2017 Çanakkale
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed out the importance of the entrepreneur and business community being strong at the Contributors to the Gelibolu Economy Award Ceremony.
He stated that managers and politicians should always look out for business
people. “I want to give the opportunity to our young people and our women as
business people. We have to support our women in business in particular. Why? For
the prosperity of our country. Today, every new business means an additional 10
jobs. This means that if 150,000 new business are established each year, we
will barely be able to provide jobs to 1.5 million people. What if we do not
get jobs for them? There would be an army of the unemployed and we could not rest
easy in our homes or our workplaces.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu reminded that Gelibolu is the place where the existence
and the legend of Turkey are written. “If it were not for Gelibolu and
Çanakkale, we would not be in this geography. Allah preserve us from living
those days again. Whenever I come to Gelibolu and Çanakkale, my hair stands on
end; an excited pride comes over me.”
Reminding that the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Gelibolu are
accredited, Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that they provide the same quality of
services as the chambers found in Paris, London and Berlin.
Hisarcıklıoğlu said that the Gelibolu business community wants the
academy in Gelibolu to be transformed into a faculty as well as the
establishment of a maritime and fisheries faculty in Gelibolu.