27.01.2018 Reyhanlı
Delegation of Non-Governmental Organizations included Presidents and representatives of ASKON, HAK-İŞ, MEMUR-SEN, MÜSİAD, KAMU-SEN, TESK, TİM, TOBB, TÜGİAD, TÜMSİAD, TÜRK-İŞ, Union of Turkish Bar Associations and TÜRKONFED who went to Reyhanlı to support Operation Olive Branch also visited Reyhanlı District Governor Fatih Çobanoğlu.
Making a statement
after the visit TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said that for the world
there is major humanity lesson to be learned from Reyhanlı and Hatay, also
Reyhanlı being the city which paid the price for terrorism in Syria.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
included followings in his statement:
“As leading
organisations of our country also representing civil society and business world
of Turkey; as ASKON, HAK-İŞ, MEMUR-SEN, MÜSİAD, KAMU-SEN, TESK, TİM, TOBB,
TÜGİAD, TÜMSİAD, TÜRK-İŞ, Union of Turkish Bar Associations TÜRKONFED, we are
greeting you with respect.
Turkey,
within Syria’s territorial integrity, is conducting a major operation in order
to clear off the region from terrorist organisations and maintain the peace.
Within the support visit, today paying visit to Kilis and Hatay. This morning
we were in Kilis. We visited our Esteemed Governor. We also paid visit to
families of citizens who become martyr during the villainous attacks by the
terrorist in Kilis and Kırıkhan.
As we visited
tradesmen and merchants in Reyhanlı, we also met up with District Governor
Esteemed Fatih Çobanoğlu. Our Esteemed District Governor is conducting a very
important task during a very difficult period. We thank him. Soon we also will
be visiting Cilvegözü Border Gate and field hospital.
In recent
period our neighbouring cities to Syria took great responsibility. Yet Hatay is
one of those. The population of Reyhanlı is 92 thousand, number of welcomed
Syrians is 125 thousand. So, Reyhanlı is hosting number of guests more than its
own population. When we look Hatay, that figure is 390 thousand. Nowhere in the
world that you can see such similar case.
For the world
there is major humanity lesson to be learned from Reyhanlı and Hatay, also Reyhanlı
is the city which paid the price for terrorism in Syria.
Allah
willing, we shall deal a blow to this terror by the operation conducted by
Turkish Armed Forces. Everyone should realise that being the part of same
civilisation, culture and belief, nobody can destroy the friendship between us
based on brotherhood and neighbourhood. Nobody can stir up trouble between us
and set us against each other, cannot make enemy of each other. As the civil
society and business world of Turkey, we are standing by our state and nation.
Hereby, we
wish for Allah’s mercy and grace for those soldiers and citizens of ours who
become martyr yesterday, may rest them in peace. May Allah protect our Robin
and make our army triumphant. May Allah be our love and guide.”
-Condolences
visit to the home of martyr
TOBB
President Hisarcıklıoğlu and accompanying delegation, going to Kırakhan before
Reyhanlı, paid condolences visit to the home Şahin Elitaş - TEDAŞ worker who
become martyr during AFAD operation.