09.05.2019 Ankara
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, in his speech at the Ankara's Bests Awards held at the Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO) in Congresium with the participation of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said, “All that we wish from our government is to stand on equal terms with our competitors; we will do the rest. We will put our country among the most powerful economies again.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that it is a proud day for the business world and thanked President
Erdoğan for his support in the business world. Since New Year, President Erdoğan
and the Ministers have stood with them throughout Turkey Economy Summit, Turkey
Sectoral Economy Summit and the TOBB General Assembly, Hisarcıklıoğlu offered
his thanks on behalf of the country and community.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “We may have problems but we have the will and the opportunity to overcome
all of them. We know that we can overcome them all when we cooperate.”
Celebrating
the awards and wishing success, Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that Ankara will write
new success stories moving forward.
- President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the industrialists and businessmen at the Ankara’s
Bests Awards Ceremony at ATO Congresium. “Internal and external forces who
could not otherwise stop Turkey are attacking our hopes; mobilizing the
exchange rate; no threats nor hidden embargos will stop us; we are determined
to foil this plot,” said President Erdoğan.
Erdoğan's
comments are as follows:
“The
Ankara Chamber of Commerce, which is of an age with the Republic, is one of the
most important economic representatives of our country with its 157,000 members.
Today, our chamber continues to lead entrepreneurs with the understanding that,
'You win, Turkey wins.’ Together with our business world, we have started
mobilizing employment. Our goal for this year is to reach 2.5 million jobs. ATO
promised us 220,000 jobs by the end of the year. As of now, it has provided
60,000 jobs. In the first three months of the year, we achieved a positive but
insufficient employment growth. In the following years we expect a very serious
increase. As the government, we offer various comprehensive incentives on
employment. I invite all our businessmen to benefit from these incentives.”
- ATO President Gürsel Baran
ATO
President Gürsel Baran pointed out that the capital has now become a city of
trade and industry, taking over its identity as a government city. Stating that
they have member companies conducting globally exemplary works , Baran said, “Founded
by three METU graduate engineers, of which our Board is a partner, a company
has implemented the Pharmaceutical Tracking System, a first in Turkey and the
world. selected as one of the 5 best healthcare projects by the United Nations,
the company is exporting it, bringing in foreign currency as well as working to
export it to another 50 countries.”
After
the speeches, President Erdoğan presented the awards in the categories of “Most
Corporate Taxes,” “Most Exports,” “Most Employment,” and “Value Added to
Ankara.”