05.06.2022 Karadeniz Eregli / Zonguldak
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu opened the TOBB UYUM Compliance and Mediation Center at the Karadeniz Ereğli Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Hisarcıklıoğlu then
attended the Karadeniz Ereğli Chamber of Commerce and Industry Consultation
Meeting. After the meeting, Hisarcıklıoğlu toured the land where the school
will be built by TOBB in Karadeniz Ereğli.
Hisarcıklıoğlu, who
spoke at the consultation meeting, stated that he came to Karadeniz Ereğli for
the seventh time and said that Ereğli is the district of the future with its
steel, strawberries and historical plane trees. Stating that Karadeniz Ereğli
is the most developed district of Zonguldak and a district where industry,
agriculture and tourism develop, the TOBB President emphasized that 40% of
Turkey's steel needs are met from Karadeniz Ereğli. Reminding that there are
three companies from Karadeniz Ereğli among the top 500 industrial enterprises
of Turkey, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I would like to thank Chamber President Arslan
Keleş and his management, council, secretary general and our working brothers
who work for the development of Karadeniz Ereğli. Karadeniz Ereğli provides
services at the same standards as CCIs in Paris, Berlin and London Chambers. It
is a 5-star accredited chamber.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated
that they have requested many times to provide vocational education to the
chambers, and that 116 vocational high schools across Turkey are patronized by
chambers and commodity exchanges affiliated to TOBB, and a vocational high
school in Karadeniz Ereğli is patronized by Karadeniz Ereğli CCI.
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that while the occupancy rate in vocational high schools
under the auspices of chambers and commodity exchanges affiliated to TOBB is
97%, the occupancy rate in vocational high schools under the auspices of the
state is at the level of 70%, “The nation trusts you. Our children who go to
schools believe that there will be a job guarantee.”
Stating that there are
problems all over Turkey and that unity and solidarity are needed more than
ever, Hisarcıklıoğlu advised the members of the Karadeniz Ereğli CCI not to
marginalize anyone because of their political opinions, ethnicities, sects and
different opinions.