19.12.2022 Kocaeli
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the opening ceremony of the Kocaeli Chamber of Industry Mediation and Arbitration Center.
Emphasizing that
Kocaeli Chamber of Industry has taken a very correct step with this center,
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We all know. Excessive case load, a slow-moving judicial
system and long-standing cases have all been the subject of complaints. At this
point, alternative solutions must come into play. Thanks to Mr. Cemil Çiçek,
during his tenure as the Minister of Justice, he took on this job and started
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 developed rapidly. Our
chambers have also embraced this and opened centers within their own structures
and ensured that it became widespread. Thus, the use of this system has
increased day by day. Currently, the number of applications to mediation across
the country has reached 100,000 per month. And 70 percent of them ended up in a
deal.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed
out that the trials that used to take years ended within days and weeks in this
system, “Access to justice has accelerated. Most importantly, the parties
parted with peacefully. 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 to you by our Chamber.”