03.07.2020 Ankara

The problems of Turkish industry and industrialists were discussed at the meeting attended by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and Mustafa Varank, Minister of Industry and Technology, via video conference.

TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu, noting the importance Minister Varank's puts on the industry, “His vision of taking our country to the next league with national technology increases our enthusiasm in this critical period. It allows us to look to the future with hope.”

Recalling that they are working with Minister Varank in Turkey's Automobile Initiative, which has become Turkey's prestige project, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Although our country faced many difficulties, the support provided by our Minister was very important and valuable in the main point of this project.”

With the measures taken by the government under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Hisarcıklıoğlu said that they expect this turbulent process to fall behind, "Of course, here, we, the private sector, have a task and responsibility. We must maintain our production and employment capacity. We need to focus on opportunities, not risks. We must continue to move forward cautiously but decisively without losing morale.”