04.06.2022 Devrek
Devrek Chamber of Commerce and Industry Award Ceremony was held with the participation of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu. Following the award ceremony, the Mediation and Arbitration Center was opened.
Speaking at the
ceremony, Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that this day is a day of honor for all of
Devrek and said, “We present awards to those who contribute value to Devrek. I
wholeheartedly congratulate all our entrepreneurs. I am proud of all of you
individually. I wish you continued success.”
Emphasizing that Devrek
has a special place people’s hearts with Mesut Özil, with its cane, cranberry
and white baklava, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Forest products and ceramic industry
are also developing and growing rapidly. There is also an important potential
here in nature tourism. I hope that with your efforts, my entrepreneur
brothers, you will evaluate them and enrich Devrek. We will always be with
you.”
Reminding that they
will open the Mediation and Arbitration Center, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The
long-lasting courts were one of our biggest complaints. Now you will be able to
resolve all your trade disputes here, both faster and cheaper. As you know, in
employee-employer, commercial and consumer disputes, mediation has been made
compulsory. The use of this system has increased day by day. 63% of the
applications to mediation resulted in an agreement. The parties parted with an
agreement. Be sure to use this opportunity offered by our Chamber. You'll be
able to see cases that took months or even years come to a conclusion here in a
matter of weeks. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my chairman
Haldun Hacıkulaoğlu, our board of directors and council members, our secretary
general and all my working brothers who work for the development and
development of Devrek.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu said
that Devrek CCI is an accredited Chamber and offers 5-star service to its
members.
TOBB President said,
“As TOBB, we put the investment in education first. The only investment without
risk is in education. With this understanding, we promised 81 schools to 81
provinces. We have reached the final stage. We are starting to build schools in
153 districts. Now you have the task. You have the task of laying the
foundation. We are waiting for the land.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
continued as follows: “In the troubled period brought by the pandemic,
President Haldun has been an interpreter for your troubles. He collected your
troubles and suggestions. Together, we conveyed them to the government. And 95%
of them have been solved. Our duty is to advocate for you.
But our troubles are
not over; of course there are problems. We are constantly voicing these and
trying to provide solutions. But I'm not hopeless. We have a tremendously
dynamic entrepreneurial power. We know that it can survive in all kinds of conditions.
The only thing we lack is that we do not work systematically.
Trouble is not solved
by fighting. It is solved by common sense and dialogue. When they are one and
together, Allah gives mercy and blessings. Don't marginalize each other. Do not
marginalize anyone because of their religion, language, sect, idea or political
opinion. Embrace each other. If we discriminate, we lose prosperity. We bond
very quickly in difficult days. But on good days we immediately fall apart. If
you want to develop your business, combine your capital and forces. If we
develop a partnership culture, there is no one who can best us.”
Haldun Hacıkulaoğlu,
President of Devrek Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, “We have
accelerated our work since the day we took office because we are an accredited
chamber. In the accreditation made by the union of chambers, we pay attention
to the development of our members and staff in their work and I would like to
thank you for the support you have given us.”