10.05.2021 Ankara
A written statement was made by TOBB regarding the slander against the President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), which was featured in the article titled “Al Gülm Ver Gülm” on odatv website.
The description reads:
“The report titled ‘Al Gülm Ver Gülm’ on odatv
website contains slander and misinformation. It is out of the question that
TOBB would ever receive services from the company co-owned by TOBB President
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu. TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu has no partnership in
Tür-Sum, which provides services to TOBB.
The companies of TOBB President and Board
members cannot enter into tenders organized by TOBB and sell their own products
and services to TOBB.
In the tenders organized by TOBB and its
subsidiaries, a written commitment is also obtained from the winning company.
With this commitment, the company that received the tender undertakes that it
will not buy goods from TOBB President’s companies.
Contrary to the allegations, accusations and
comments contained in the report, TOBB's code of ethics has not been violated
in any way. TOBB has applied these rules with great sensitivity from the very
beginning and will continue to do so.
Tür-Sum company mentioned in the report has
provided technical consultancy services in some activities such as school
construction in the provinces and districts of TOBB. This service is intended
for the audit of such activities independently of construction and acquisition
works.
Everyone in the public and private sectors
knows very well that the main importance is the proper execution of the
construction tender. In the selection of technical consultants, which has a key
role at this point, it is very important to know past performance and
competence.
Tür-Sum, which serves the public and private
sectors and has been operating for 44 years, has been preferred due to its
domestic and international business experiences and competent staff.
TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu has no
partnership or ties with Tür-Sum company, of which Ahmet Akpınar is chairman of
the Board of Directors.
Armada and Söğütözü mentioned in the report are
multi-partner companies. Söğütözü is the owner. Armada is only the operating
company. It has 58 partners. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu is one of the minority
shareholders with 9.74%. Ahmet Akpınar is one of the small shareholders with a
rate of 3.2%.
In this context, it is extremely wrong and
misleading to try to ignore all these facts by bringing up the fact that the
owner of the technical consultancy company in question is one of the very small
shareholders in a company where TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu is a
minority shareholder.
Announced respectfully to the public.
Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of
Turkey”