17.01.2019 Erzurum
The twelfth Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) & Turkey Banks Union (TBB) Real Sector & Financial Sector Strengthening Dialogue Meeting was held in Erzurum.
TOBB
President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and TBB President Hüseyin Aydın made
statements to the press before the meeting.
TOBB
President Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they are holding their 12th
meeting in Erzurum as a part of the joint dialogue meetings in Anatolia.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that the meeting is attended by the presidents of the chambers of Ağrı,
Ardahan, Artvin, Bayburt, Erzincan, Erzurum, Hakkari, Iğdır, Kars, Rize and
Van.
“The
general managers and deputy general managers of 10 big banks are here with us
as well. I would like to thank Mr. Hüseyin Aydın, the President of TBB, for a first
in our history. We will develop common solutions. The the private sector and the
banking sector are in the same situation. Both of us are parts of an
inseparable whole. We will overcome this troubled period together.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that companies should open the way for access to finance and that banks
are meeting with the business community for this reason at regional meeting.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
pointed out that in the last 25 years they have survived similar periods
together, “We will get through this period together. We will be more powerful
as a result of this downturn.”
TBB
President Hüseyin Aydın said that they saw that the financial sector and the
real sector as inseparable and are on the same ship. Aydın stated that problems
would be discussed during the meeting, expressed his hopes that it would prove instrumental
in increased prosperity.