18.04.2019 Ankara
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Board Member Saban A. Karamehmetoğlu participated in the opening of the 21st Brick - Tiles Summit organized by the Association of Brick and Tile Manufacturers (TUKDER) attended by the Industry and Technology Deputy Minister Hakan Büyükdede.
Karamehmetoğlu,
began his speech by congratulating TOBB Turkey Soil Products Industry Council President
Kadir Başoğlu for his great efforts in making the summit a reality.
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A. Karamehmetoğlu stated that his family has been in the sector since 1942 and
he “Our sector has a very important place in our economy as it constitutes the
infrastructure of the construction sector. As you all know, we are going
through a rebalancing process in the economy. Throughout this process, our
brick and tile industry is affected by the construction sector. In our country
where approximately 800,000 people join the labor force every year, the healthy
development of the construction and construction-related sectors is very
important.”
Şaban
A. Karamehmetoğlu, reiterating that the state banks began issuing low-interest
housing loans on the instruction of the government, and that the Treasury and
the Ministry of Finance made reductions in the title deed fees, said “We would
like to thank our government for all these arrangements. We believe that we
will leave behind this difficult period. We never lost hope. Already business
people should be full of hope. Without hope, we cannot start the new day, we
will not succeed in our business. Why should we be hopeful? Because there’s no
end to opportunity in Turkey. We have an average population age of 30 years.”