08.11.2019 Edirne
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the Joint Consultative Meeting of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of the Thrace Region hosted by the Edirne Commodity Exchange.
TOBB
President Hisarcıklıoğlu, in his speech at the opening of the meeting, expressed
his greetings to the Turkish military and law enforcement forces fighting
terrorist organizations at home and abroad, “May Heaven welcome our martyrs. We
fully supported our government as a community in all operations with the latest
being Operation Peace Spring. We met with the President of the Republic as well
as the CHP and MHP leaders, our Minister of National Defense. We told our
interlocutors and international organizations in 190 countries that the
operation is legitimate and justified. As the president of The Turkic CCI, the
joint business organization of Turkic-Speaking countries, we met with Turkic
business organizations in Baku. We have their support. Together with you, we
made simultaneous statements all over Turkey. Allah bless you for acting
together and in unity on this national issue.”
“As
your countryman, I am very happy to be with you in Edirne, my hometown,” Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “Thrace is a center of agriculture and livestock with its fertile lands.
Tekirdağ, with its industry; Edirne, with its history and culture; Kırklareli
has very important values with its natural beauties. There's a port here,
there's an airport, there's railways, there's a highway; Thrace is also the
gateway to Europe and it's right next to a rich population of 500 million
people.”
Noting
that as TOBB, they’ve made significant investments in 3 areas of Thrace, Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “We have modernized the customs gates of İpsala, Hamzabeyli and Kapıkule
in the field of logistics. Now we're increasing their capacity. The United
Nations has registered this. They cite our projects as role models for the
whole world. We also started to work on Dereköy. By building the Kapikule TIR Park,
we have solved the problems experienced here. We've put an end to outdated practices.
Secondly,
we have made significant investments in history and tourism. We finance the
maintenance of the Selimiye Mosque, one of the greatest monuments in our
history. By establishing the Sinan and Selimiye Foundation, we have ensured
that this ancestral heirloom will be passed on to future generations.
Thirdly,
we worked in the field of education. We built schools in our cities in Thrace.
Today at noon we visited the faculty we have built for the Thrace University.
We did all this on the requests of our Chambers and Commodity Exchanges. We did
it together, with unity of power. Therefore, I thank you from the bottom of my
heart.”