02.07.2024 Ünye / Ordu
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the Ünye Chamber of Commerce and Industry Stars of the Economy Award and Ünye Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Center Opening Ceremony.
In his speech at the
program, Hisarcıklıoğlu said that the Ünye Chamber of Commerce and Industry
broke new ground, switched to the ‘Green Energy’ system, being one of the
chambers that will be an example to the world and produces its own energy.
Hisarcıklıoğlu said,
“With the mediation center of our chamber, which we will also open, we bring
another service to your feet. The common complaint of all of us is the slow
functioning of the judicial system. In Türkiye, a case takes an average of 2
years in the first instance court. Afterwards, it goes to a higher court, which
means that at least 4 years are needed for the delivery of the right. This is
where alternative solutions have to come into play. There are solutions that
exist in our culture, but unfortunately we have forgotten about them and then
they were discovered by the West. What are these? In the past, there used to be
ahi quarry. When merchants and its members had problems, they would go to the
Akhi council and the Akhi senior would solve the problems. Unfortunately, the
West has discovered this beautifully. It presents it to the public as arbitration
and mediation. In all the West and America, the place of solutions is the
reconciliation between the people themselves; this is mediation,” he said.
“The defendant and the
plaintiff come together, they finally come to an agreement, and at the end they
part by giving their rights. Can there be a better morality than this?”
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Now many of our issues are resolved here. Nearly 11,000
files were resolved without going to court and without waiting for 4 years.
When we look at the priorities here, employee and employer cases, our biggest
complaint was the late operation of this place and the unfair decisions made by
the court here. Now, we have become separated by making peace. Both sides give
each other their rights. In this context, the ground has expanded, including
many commercial cases have now come to mediation. The top of this is
arbitration, if there is no agreement here, if they automatically say ‘Let’s
apply to TOBB with arbitration,’ the court decision is over in 3 months and the
court does not take 4 years, and the cost is half and half. I hope that our
mediation center will be beneficial.”
- “If we understand what mediation means, problems will be
solved in a short time”
Cemil Çiçek, Chairman
of the Board of Directors of TOBBUYUM, said, “Where there are people, there
will be conflicts, and there are ways and methods to establish peace and
domestic tranquility. They are resolved through the judiciary, through the
court. The judiciary is the sign of independence of a state. Trust in the
judiciary is trust in the state. Since we want our work to take a short time,
we have introduced the mediation system with the support of Mr. Hisarcıklıoğlu.When we have disputes, we apply to the
mediation system. If we understand well what mediation means, the problems will
be solved in a short time. Because the decision made here is the same as the
decision made by the court.”
Ünye Chamber of
Commerce and Industry President İrfan Akar pointed out that they are taking
strong steps towards the future and said, “Today, we are not only opening our
center here, but we are also taking strong steps towards the future. As Ünye
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, we are opening our mediation and arbitration
center in the presence of our TOBB President and President of World Federations
in order to produce various solutions and to do useful work in the business
world. Recently, one of the most important problems of our region was the ‘K
Certificate’ and digital tachograph problem, we conveyed this to our president and
he did not disappoint us and gave us the opportunity to offer these
opportunities to our region. Another important issue is that we have delivered
our 8-class kindergarten and handed it over to the Directorate of National
Education.”
After the speeches, plaques
were presented to the people according to the commercial balance sheet profit
ranking in 2023, and then the Ünye Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arbitration
and Center was opened.