10.09.2017 Edirne
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, attending the joint award ceremony organized by Keşan Chamber of Trade and Industry, Keşan Commodity Exchange and İpsala Commodity Exchange, thanked the chamber and commodity exchanges of Keşan and İpsala cooperated, “This region, Hamzadere Region, moves in unity and solidarity. That is why this awards ceremony is being held together. That's why I congratulate all three chairpersons.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that Hamzadere region is Turkey's gateway to
Europe. “Today, Edirne's largest and most productive agricultural areas is here.
35% of the rice farming in our country is done here. The most preferred rice,
baldo, is grown here. Keşan is a center of agriculture, tourism and trade.
Wheat, sunflower, barley, corn, sugar millet, rice, vineyard and fruit is found
here. It is my hope that once Keşan and its surroundings attain irrigation
faculties as Hamzadere Dam is completed which will serve 350,000 acres. If you
look at tourism; Saros Bay coast is an idyllic place. There is tourism and
fishing. Enez has a marina project. You are at the crossroads for trade. Keşan
Market is an open-air mall with 50,000 visitors. Greece is shopping from here.
Let's go through Europe as well as the Balkans. The market’s population is as
much as Turkey. There are about 20 cities with populations of over 500.000.
They have grown rapidly in recent years. They import as much as Turkey. They
are our relatives; we have similar cultures. We know their tastes best. We should
be selling them the most goods.”
- Praise for the region's chairpersons
Hisarcıklıoğlu, who praised the chamber and exchange chairpersons, said
that the three chairs are working on the development of Keşan and İpsala.
Hisarcıklıoğlu, who reported that the chairs in the region are working
hard to register the values of Keşan and İpsala, attaining geographical
marking, “I have seen very few places that work so much to preserve their local
values. Therefore, I congratulate each of the three chairpersons again. I want
to emphasize a couple of important things they do. You’ve seen where the chamber-commodity
exchanges came from. However, there are those who are unaware of this transformation,
still commenting on old information.”
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited the Yaman Cheese Factory
Sales Office after the Keşan-İpsala Award Ceremony.