30.07.2025 Ankara

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, emphasizing that labor-intensive sectors are in a difficult situation, asked for additional support.

Hisarcıklıoğlu, in a statement on his social media account, “Our companies are Türkiye’s national wealth. We must protect our country’s production, investment, employment and export capacity.

I have repeatedly stated that labor-intensive sectors are in a difficult situation. Additional support should be given to labor-intensive sectors, especially textile/ready-to-wear, leather/shoes and furniture. Facilitated short-time working allowance should be reinstated as it was during the pandemic.

In order for our economy to grow on a stronger and more sustainable basis, the real sector's access to financing, with priority given to SMEs, should be facilitated. Restrictions on commercial loans and commercial credit cards should be lifted.”