21.09.2018 Bursa
Attending the opening of the Bursa TOBB Anatolian Imam Hatip High School, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that nobody who has invested in education has ever incurred a loss, “If we educate our children well, maintain our unity and solidarity, nothing can stand against us.”
Speaking at the opening ceremony hosted by Bursa CCI Chairman İbrahim
Burkay, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We, as TOBB, are endowing
a new training facility to Bursa. As the Chamber-Exchange community, I am
proudest of these schools. From time to time they ask me; ‘President, why do
you give so much importance to educational investments?’ Look, I'm a
businessman. Every investment you make in the business world has risk. You make
the investment, you profit or you incur loss. But there is only one investment
that you will never incur loss: That's investment in education. That always
brings profit. You win, the city wins, the country wins. The way to prosperity,
unity and solidarity is through education. According to our belief, the record
of person's deeds will not close in three instances: a good son raised, leaving
behind knowledge and good works. Even after death will these bring you
blessings.”
- TOBB invested in education in
81 provinces
Thanking Governor Izzettin Küçük for providing encouragement to them in
this regard, and Bursa CCI President Ibrahim Burkay and Bursa Commodity
Exchange President Özer Matlı for enabling this school to be built in Bursa, Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “Bursa is indeed a very lucky city. Many of our members made very serious
contributions to education in Bursa.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that TOBB always puts education first and said
that they invested in education in all 81 provinces and they continued to do
so. Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they established TOBB ETU, one of the best
universities of Turkey, and went on: “We know that investing in education is
the greatest service to the country. Because the more educated a country is,
the richer it becomes. So, mothers, fathers: We will make sure our daughters
are educated; We will make sure our sons are educated. They're not just yours, they
are the children of this country! We need them. I hope that with the opening of
this school, young people will receive the best education. It will provide
further development for Bursa and our country.”
After the opening of the school, Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the opening of
the mosque by the Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, right next to the
school and conveyed his well wishes.