29.08.2022 Bursa
At the dinner held at GUHEM, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu was presented with the Bursa City Service Order Certificate by the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality for his contributions to Bursa.
TOBB President
Hisarcıklıoğlu, in his speech at the dinner, said that on the occasion of the
Victory Day, which is the 100th anniversary of this year and the
epic of the rebirth of the Turkish nation from the ashes, he remembered Gazi
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, his comrades in arms, all the martyrs and veterans with
gratitude and respect.
Stating that he was
honored to be presented with the Bursa City Service Order certificate on this
special day, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I will experience the happiness of this
throughout my life. Bursa is a city that has become the apple in Türkiye’s eye
with its agriculture, industry and entrepreneurs; its name has become a brand,
and it is a city entrusted to us by Osman Gazi, of which we are all proud.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
emphasizing that Bursa, which adds value to the economy, is a city that always
produces value for Türkiye with merchants and industrialists, said, “The
industrialization of Anatolia started in Bursa. Türkiye's first organized
industrial zone was established in the 1960s under the leadership of Bursa CCI.
Today, Bursa has become the locomotive of our country's economy with its
qualified human resources, R&D and innovation-oriented production with high
added value, logistics facilities, agriculture based on advanced technology and
detailed export structure.”
- “TOGG opens its doors
on October 29”
Reminding that Bursa is
Türkiye's production center in many sectors, especially in automotive,
machinery and textile, Hisarcıklıoğlu continued: “As a result of all this, we
had a dream that was left unfinished 60 years ago. We are realizing our dream
of producing a domestic and national automobile in Bursa. Under the leadership
of our President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, this historic initiative opens its doors
on October 29, if God willing, and the factory officially goes into production.
In the first quarter of 2023, we are going to sell domestically. In other words,
we will start to see TOGG together on the streets of Bursa very soon.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
pointing out that TOBB has brought many works to Bursa, said: “We have ensured
its preservation by restoring the Green Mausoleum, the gift of Mehmet the
First, who made the rebirth of the Ottoman Empire possible. Again, we carried
out the restoration of Bursa Cumalıkızık houses, one of the first settlements
of the Ottoman Empire. One of the largest schools we have built so far is Bursa
Osmangazi Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye Anatolian Imam
Hatip High School with 50 classrooms. Now, with the request of Bursa chambers
and commodity exchanges, we have started a new initiative as TOBB. We will
build 7 new schools in Gemlik, İnegöl, İznik, Karacabey, Mustafakemalpaşa,
Orhangazi and Yenişehir in our 7 districts here, Allah willing. May these
schools be auspicious for Bursa.”
Following the speeches,
Bursa Governor Yakup Canbolat, Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Alinur Aktaş,
Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry President İbrahim Burkay and Bursa
Commodity Exchange President Özer Matlı presented Hisarcıklıoğlu with the Bursa
City Service Order certificate.
Hisarcıklıoğlu also
presented books to Governor Canbolat and Aktaş.
Later, Hisarcıklıoğlu
and his companions toured GUHEM.