14.07.2024 Aksaray
The President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu published a message on the occasion of July 15 Democracy and National Unity Day. Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that as TOBB and the Chamber-Exchange Community, they are always on the side of democracy, the nation and the state, and said, “We pray for the grace of Allah upon our heroic martyrs of the national resistance who lost their lives in this fight for democracy, we extend our condolences to their precious families, and we remember our veterans with gratitude.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu said in
his message:
“We are on the 8th
anniversary of the treacherous coup attempt on July 15, 2016. We have not
forgotten and will not forget this dastardly attack on the independence and
future of our country.
By repulsing a
treacherous and dastardly attack on its democracy and rule of law on the night
of July 15, 2016, Türkiye has clearly demonstrated that we will never accept an
administration which does not derive its power from the ballot box and its
authority from the nation as legitimate. We will not submit to any option other
than democracy and the will of the nation.
As TOBB and the Chamber
and Exchange community, we were the first professional organization to take
action and initiative against the coup attempt. ‘We do not recognize any will
other than the will of the nation and democracy. The day is the day to protect
democracy,’ we said.
The Turkish business
world has always been and will continue to be on the side of our nation, state
and democracy. We gratefully remember the heroic martyrs of the national
resistance who lost their lives in the fight for democracy.”