Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Attending the seminar, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that knowledge is the most precious treasure, pointing out that these seminars aiming to inform approximately 10,000 council members are a first for TOBB.

TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed out that council members are representatives of their provinces and profession groups, emphasizing the importance of knowledge in this regard.

Thanking the council members for their self-sacrifices to serve the business community, the TOBB President went on to stressing the need to make cities business-friendly with regards to the nature of competition shifting on to cities instead of countries in the global economy.

Stating that it is their duty to collect comments, views and criticism in order to pass decisions addressing these to a higher authority, Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed out that they need to be in amicable terms with everyone from the governor to municipality director, to the parliamentary representatives of a city in order to work together for the future of the city.