20.09.2022 İzmir
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu opened the İzmir Chamber of Commerce Compliance and Mediation Center.
Speaking at the opening
ceremony, TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu, emphasizing that they have taken an
important step for the business world in İzmir today, said, “We all know, due
to the excessive file load, the slow functioning of the judicial system has
always been the subject of complaints. The average case lasts 2 years in court
of first instance. Then for another 2 years, the second instance continues in
court. At this point, alternative solutions must come into play.”
Reminding that in Akhism,
which forms the basis of the Chamber-Commodity Exchange Community, the Akhi
solve commercial disputes, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “What it says in our culture; facilitate,
don't exacerbate.
Then we forgot about
it, Europe took it from us and developed it. Thanks to Mr. Cemil Çiçek, during
his term as the Minister of Justice, he took on this job and introduced the
mediation system. In worker-employer, commercial and consumer disputes,
mediation was made compulsory. We have also established an UYUM Mediation and
Dispute Resolution Center within TOBB. Its chairman was Mr. Cemil Çiçek, the
Speaker of the Assembly. And under his direction, it has developed rapidly.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu said
that the chambers also embrace this issue and open centers within their own
structures and spread it, so that the use of this system is increasing day by
day.
Hisarcıklıoğlu informed
that the number of applications to mediation across Türkiye reached 100,000 per
month, “And 70 percent of them resulted in an agreement. Trials that used to
take years were over in days or weeks. So access to justice has accelerated.
Most importantly, the parties made peace and went their separate ways. Now you
will be able to resolve all your trade disputes here, both faster and cheaper.
You'll be able to see cases that took months or even years come to a conclusion
here in a matter of weeks. Be sure to use this opportunity offered by our chambers.
Already in commercial life, time is the most important capital. Any regulation
that will facilitate trade and strengthen the economy and our judicial system
is important and valuable to us.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
congratulated İzmir CE President Mahmut Özgener for his vision that brought
this center to İzmir and said: “Mahmut is my brother and my colleague in the
TOBB administration. He represents you in the best way in Ankara. At the level
that TOBB has reached today, in its service capacity, it has great effort and
contribution. He is also the director of TEPAV, Türkiye's largest think tank.
Here, we advise both the private and public sectors and draw a road map. I am
very happy to work with him and to be my companion. In fact, İzmir CE is the
first in Türkiye with the highest accreditation level among the chambers of
commerce. I say may Allah be pleased with my brother Mahmut Özgener, who works
with determination to serve İzmir in the best way.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu said
that he was in Azerbaijan at the weekend and that they organized a Business
Forum with 200 businessmen in the city of Shusha and supported the
reconstruction of Shusha and Karabakh, which were liberated from occupation.
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Then we went to Baku to receive the State Order awarded
to me by President Aliyev. We have returned to our country by receiving this
precious award on behalf of our community and you. This pride belongs to all of
us and therefore I wanted to experience the happiness of it here as well.”
Stating that the TOGG
factory will be opened on October 29, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Our dream of
producing a national car, which was left unfinished 60 years ago, becomes a
reality in a month. As of March 2023, we start to see our car on the roads of
İzmir. To have succeeded in this initiative, of which our Chamber and Commodity
Exchange community is the founding partner, is a source of pride and pride for
all of us.”