Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The earthquakes centered in Kahramanmaraş shook us all deeply. Since the first moment of the earthquake, TOBB and the community have supported the region and we have endeavored to meet the needs of the region at the highest level. The only way to make our citizens affected by the earthquake in the region feel that they are not alone is to act in solidarity. The most important need of the region is the construction of permanent housing. As TOBB, we, together with our 365 Chambers and Commodity Exchanges, 65 Sector Assemblies, Women and Young Entrepreneurs Boards, traders and industrialists, rolled up our sleeves to build permanent houses for earthquake victims. In the first stage, we started our Business World Housing Mobilization by providing 1 billion TL cash support as TOBB.  Our mobilization, which we invite our entire business world to support with the slogan ‘Lend a Hand, Let's Build a House’, is growing day by day. Our company sahibinden.com is following our call and making a significant contribution to our Housing Mobilization. I would like to thank sahibinden.com for their sensitivity and congratulate the entire Sahibinden family, especially CEO Burak Ertaş. I would like to call on our other companies here. Come and donate a block, an apartment or a brick. Let's all ‘Lend a Hand and Build a House’ together. With your support, let's work for the future of earthquake victims.”

Sahibinden.com CEO Burak Ertaş said, “After the earthquake disaster we experienced, our biggest priority as a country is undoubtedly to normalize life in the region as soon as possible and to work for the reconstruction of our cities and social life. It is a very essential need for our earthquake victims to reach their permanent residences and to rebuild their lives in the region. In this context, we find the ‘Lend a Hand, Let's Build a House’ project implemented by TOBB very valuable and important and we support this project with 25 million TL. We hope that the entire Turkish business world will join hands with this project, which was put forward with the valuable efforts of TOBB, and we will bring many families to their homes as soon as possible. We will heal the wounds of the region together without ever losing our excitement for solidarity and without forgetting what we have experienced.”