26.10.2020 Ankara
The Union of Chambers of Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the opening ceremony of the Kayseri Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Mediation Center (KATOTAM) and Halls named after the Halls named after the late Hasan Ali Kilci and Mehmet Asaf Mehmetbeyoğlu, former Kayseri CC Presidents.
Hisarcıklıoğlu said at the ceremony,
“Today is an emotional day for me. Because I have a very special history with
both my presidents. In today's era, no one thinks about keeping their word much,
but our Kayseri Chamber of Commerce if quite the opposite. Thank you for this,”
he said.
“Hasan Ali Kilci was an elder of our
community,” Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “After the 70's, we were together on many occasions
and worked together in formative periods. May heaven be his abode. It was one
of five chambers that supported my election as president in the TOBB election.
At that time, there were chambers from Kayseri which did not support me as
countrymen. He was very supportive of me that day. And then we worked close
together. He has greatly contributed to the Turkish business world. I wish his
family all the best. Mehmet Asaf Mehmetbeyoğlu was like a brother and confidant.
Asaf's most important feature was his philanthropy, even though he was a
businessman. He was someone who put everything in service of Kayseri. They are
survived by their children. I hope their children will carry the flags they
received from their fathers further. May heaven be their abode, and God absolve
them of their sins, if any. Kayseri Chamber of Commerce is an exemplary chamber
in Kayseri. They also named a hall after me. I thank them from the bottom of my
heart.”
Noting that Kayseri Chamber of Commerce
has implemented an important project, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “As you know, due to
excessive file load, the slow functioning of the judicial system has always
been the subject of complaints. You've all experienced it; the average case is
two years, then another two years for appeals. Our government has made
significant structural reforms here. It has led to the commissioning of
alternative solutions. The mediation system has launched in our country. In
fact, we, as a nation, are no strangers to this issue. Centuries ago, our
country began to implement it. In Akhism, which forms the basis of our Chamber-Exchange
Community, solved trade disputes with Akhis. Then we forgot about it, Europe
took it from us and developed it. Thanks to our Minister of Justice; he has
adopted this cause. Mediation was made mandatory, first in work-employer
disputes, then in commercial cases. The use of the mediation system has
increased day by day.
The number of files coming here has passed
1.5 million. And 70% of them concluded with a deal. Years of trials in the past
ended in days and weeks. So access to justice has accelerated. It's also a
win-win method. Because people have been freed from a waste of time and a long
period of financial exhausting, and our judicial system has been freed from an
important workload. Thus, the grievances decreased, the sense of justice was
strengthened. Therefore, mediation contributed to social peace. We, as the Chamber-Exchange
community, provide all kinds of support. We are making great efforts to make it
widespread in the business world. In our chambers, we opened Mediation and
Arbitration Centers. Here today, Kayseri Mediation and Arbitration Center is
opened with this beautiful vision of Our Kayseri CC. Thus, our business world
will have resolved its disputes, both faster and cheaper.”
Stating that the legal system is the main
pillar of both the state and the economy, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “If the law is
strong, people's trust in each other, institutions and the system increases. If
a sense of justice and trust is strong in a country, then that country's
economy is strong. In fact, in our culture and faith, the place of law is very
important. We are a nation that believes that justice is at the core of
property. That's why we need to keep the balance of justice. We must take every
step necessary to make it work effectively, quickly and healthily. To the
extent that we make our legal system healthier and better, our country and our
economy become stronge.”
Kayseri Chamber of Commerce Chairman Ömer
Gülsoy said, “We want to keep the name of our two former Presidents that we
recently lost. Our former Presidents Hasan Ali Kilci and Mehmet Asaf
Mehmetbeyoğlu have left us in the past months and at an early age. Since we
believe that ingenuity is subject to compliments, we gave the name of these two
former Presidents to the halls within our chamber by council decision. We must
not forget about our presidents who contributed to the development of our city.
That's how we view keeping our word. We will always keep the names of our
presidents alive in our meeting halls. During his time in office, our two late presidents
worked without the notion of overtime in the name of contributing to our city
and our economic life as a requirement of the harmony culture that we have
always praised.”
In
addition to Hisarcıklıoğlu, Kayseri Governor Şehmus Günaydın, AK Party Deputy
Chairman Mehmet Özhaseki, Türk-İş Chairman Ergün Atalay, AK Party Kayseri Deputies
Taner Yıldız, Mustafa Elitaş, Kayseri Metropolitan Mayor Memduh Büyükkılıç, KTO
President Ömer Gülsoy, district mayors and guests attended the opening ceremony
of the halls.