12.06.2020 Ankara
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the joint meeting of Konya, Karaman and Aksaray provincial/district chambers/exchanges organized via video conference.
Hisarcıklıoğlu
said in his speech, during this difficult period, the Chambers and Exchanges
have a greater duty and responsibility, emphasizing that, “We, by taking on the
role of a bridge between the business world and the government, convey the
problems in the field, as quickly as fast as they are passed on to us. As TOBB,
we have been in constant consultation with our Chambers and Exchanges in 81
Provinces. We worked with my board member, Mr. Selçuk Öztürk, and Mr. Hüseyin
Çevik, chairman of the TB Council, who I worked with at TOBB. Every day, we
have gathered of your issues, our members. Then we talked to the Ministers
one-on-one and made attempts to resolve them.”
In
March, when the outbreak began, Hisarcıklıoğlu noted that they presented a
70-point set of proposals to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Tax and SSI
payments in various sectors have been postponed. The scope of the short work
allowance has been expanded, making work faster. Various loan packages for
companies have been implemented. Finally, the Breath Credits with Denizbank
began. 7.5 percent interest, no payments in 2020, payments start in 2021. Then
we continued to communicate our problems and suggestions in consultation with
you. Because it's a dynamic process, every day a new issue, a new problem
arises. Therefore, we are in contact with our members without any interruptions
and continue to collect difficulties and suggestions.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
pointed out that all the chamber/commodity exchange presidents are working diligently,
“Our members are keeping the pulse, interpreting them, preparing suggestions
and transferring them to us. Today, we will convey every topic you will convey
to the relevant ministers. Thus, we will solve some of the problems of our
members, our community, and relieve them.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
said that since the beginning of the week, restrictions have begun to be lifted,
but the epidemic is not over yet.