Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

At the beginning of his speech, Hisarcıklıoğlu condemning the heinous attack on Muslims who were attending Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand and expressed his views in regards to the anniversary of the March 18^th Çanakkale Victory, “I most respectfully express my gratitude to those who laid down their lives so that our flag may forever fly across these lands and the sound of the call to prayer persist; may the blessings of Allah be upon them.”

TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the council members briefing seminars were held in the past, and that as nearly half of all council members were newly elected, they saw the need for holding them again. Hisarcıklıoğlu said that following the problems in the economy, they convened with the presidents of 365 chambers and exchanges and noted the needs and expectations of the regions and relayed them to the government.

Hisarcıklıoğlu informed the council members about the actions taken with regards to demands of the Chambers and Commodity Exchanges such as the short-time working allowance, maturity of SSI premium debts, minimum wage support to employers, liquidation and transfer contracts, technical insolvency problem, commercial receivable insurance, support in the field of licensed warehousing, removal of the pasture fund, VAT and SCT reductions for domestic market, problems with foreign exchange contracts, export closures, commercial vehicle leasing, restructuring of SME and agricultural debts, transformation of vocational education, VAT rebates, opportunities provided by mobilization of employment, reduction of mortgage loan interest rates and SME Value Loan issues.

TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu also provided information on work underway in regards to employment, financing, tax, legislation and incentives.