13.08.2022 Kırklareli
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the Facebook station opening program and the groundbreaking ceremony of the new service building of the Kırklareli Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).
In addition to
Hisarcıklıoğlu, Kırklareli Governor Birol Ekici, Trakya Development Agency
Secretary General Mahmut Şahin and chamber commodity exchange presidents and
business world representatives from the surrounding provinces attended the
meeting hosted by Kırklareli CCI Chairman Soner Ilık.
TOBB President
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated in his speech that 93 percent of Turkey uses mobile devices,
“63 percent is on social media. We are among the countries that use social
media platforms the most in the world. We know and follow every development in
the digital world. But we use all these technologies not to produce work, to
develop our business, but mostly to produce words. We want to turn this around,
to move entrepreneurs and SMEs to the digital environment to do business.
Because that's where the world goes. Now everyone is shifting their business,
trade, social life to the virtual environment.”
- We need to adapt to
change
Reminding that the
world population is about 8 billion, the TOBB President stated that there are 5
billion mobile device users, 4.5 billion internet users and 3.5 billion social
media users. Stating that these figures continue to increase rapidly,
Hisarcıklıoğlu said: “In Europe and America, 95 percent of the population has
access to the internet. On average, he spends 6 hours a day on the Internet. We
need to adapt without missing this change. Thus, we can reach the whole world
with a single button. As TOBB, we aim at the digitalization of the private
sector and the development of the new generation of entrepreneurship and we are
working for this. We produce projects in this context with the world's largest
global technology companies. We collaborated with Facebook in this center.
Because Facebook, with its number approaching 3 billion, is the world's largest
social platform. More than 80 million SMEs also have pages. Therefore, Facebook
offers good opportunities for inter-company trade and reach out to consumers.
As TOBB, we wanted our entrepreneurs to use this giant platform better. Here we
have everything that the new generation of entrepreneurs need. Facebook Station
is a great opportunity to reach information and customers, to network. This
will also pave the way for our businesses to reach the global market. It will
host workshops on the digital environment. The station's programs will be open
to everyone. Most importantly, all activities here will be free. I would like
to thank Facebook Turkey executives and all our stakeholders who contributed,
the Trakya Development Agency for their support, our host Kırklareli Chamber of
Commerce and Industry for bringing this important investment to our country. I
wish it to be beneficial for our country, our entrepreneurs and all our
citizens.”
- Foundation laid for
Kırklareli CCI’s new service
building
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated
that they came here to lay the foundation of the new service building of
Kırklareli CCI as an occasion for a beautiful work, and said, “The new service
building is a vision work. It is the work of a contemporary management approach
that aims to serve its members in the best way and enrich its city. For these
visions, I wholeheartedly congratulate President Soner, Management, Assembly
and all employees. Our chamber is accredited Chamber, so it is certified that
it offers you 5-star service.”