03.06.2018 Kırşehir
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the iftar hosted by the Kırşehir Commodity Exchange.
Hisarcıklıoğlu thanked the people of Kırşehir for their Akhi
hospitality, “I salute Kırşehir and the people who built the soul of Anatolia,
Akhi Evran, Yunus Emre, Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli, Ahmed Gülşehri, Caca Bey, Aşık
Pasha and all the people of Kırşehir. How joyous that you have values like
Şemsi Yastiman, Muharrem Ertaş, Çekiç Ali and of course, the great master Neşet
Ertaş.”
TOBB President thanked Kırşehir Commodity Exchange Chair Neşet Yavuz,
who hosted the event, and congratulated Neşet Yavuz, for his re-election.
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they worked together at TOBB for a long time
with Necmettin Erkan, a Parliamentary candidate in Kırşehir. Most recently, he
worked very well at the General Directorate of Tradesmen of the Ministry of
Customs and Trade. Today, Necmettin is a part of many changes which facilitate
the work of our craftsmen. Thanks to his successful and self-sacrificing work,
our tradesmen have got the opportunities they need. We also organize Akhi Week
celebrations that you have hosted every year with. Necmettin Erkan is set upon
a path to serve Kırşehir more. Allah willing, may he succeed.”
“Allah granted us opportunity to preserve the Akhi culture,” TOBB President
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The current representative of the Akhi culture are TOBB
and TESK; we provide the largest contribution to the Akhi Complex in which we
stand. We also contributed to science faculty. We are making a female student
dormitory for 500 students at the Akhi Evran University. Neşe Ertaş says, ‘Thos
who work with love never tire.' As today's akhis we are working with love for
our community, members and country. We must love each other and embrace each
other more tightly. We must work to make Turkey one of the world's largest
economies.”