Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

In his speech here, Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that Kayseri is not only a city of trade, industry and education, but also a city of agriculture and animal husbandry. Congratulating Kayseri Commodity Exchange for its activities in the field of agriculture and animal husbandry, TOBB President said, “Again today, I wholeheartedly congratulate our chamber of commerce and chamber of industry, which are working non-stop to make Kayseri the center of attraction of our country. I would like to thank our Kayseri Chambers and Commodity Exchanges for their beautiful hosting here today. They are holding joint meetings in unity and solidarity. We have 6 Chambers and Commodity Exchanges in Kayseri. 5 of them are accredited. In other words, they provide 5-star service. I hope the remaining one will also be accredited.”

M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed out that they also work together with the Presidents of the Chambers and Exchanges in Kayseri in the commissions and boards in TOBB and said, “They represent Kayseri in Ankara in the best way. We benefit from their knowledge and experience. They are doing their part and working for the development and enrichment of Kayseri.”

- “We need more entrepreneurs”

Pointing out in his speech that Türkiye needs more entrepreneurs, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We have realized our dream of producing a national automobile, which was left unfinished 60 years ago. Fortunately, we have started to see TOGG on the roads of Kayseri. It is a source of pride and honor for all of us that this initiative, of which our community is a founding partner, has been successful. Last week, we experienced great joy as the Turkish business world. As the president of the Turkish business world, I was elected as the President of the World Federation of Chambers, which unites the Chambers of 115 countries under one roof. This is a pride for me on behalf of the Turkish business world and on behalf of Kayseri.”

Stating that they are holding regional meetings in Ankara and that they are listening to the problems and demands of the chambers and commodity exchanges, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “We will continue to follow all the issues coming from you and transfer them to our President and relevant Ministers.”

Explaining that two Turkish populations are added to the world population every year, Hisarcıklıoğlu continued as follows: “In the last 10 years, 500 million people have moved from low-income to middle-income groups. When they did, they started to consume. In the coming period, whoever is engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry has a very clear path ahead of them. These lands have all the soil and climate that are self-sufficient. Let's appreciate and protect this. Türkiye has the highest number of cattle and sheep in Europe. This means that we have an open road ahead of us in this regard. As the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye, we are realizing projects that will develop the sector together with our commodity exchanges. One of them is licensed warehousing, which is not available in Türkiye and which we included in our law in 2004. Unfortunately, no one in Türkiye had any information about licensed warehousing. After 2010, in Türkiye, our products are now stored and traded in licensed warehouses in grain without spoiling and we have become able to sell our products all over Türkiye and the world with the product specialization exchange.”

- Kayseri CE President Bağlamış

Recep Bağlamış, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kayseri Commodity Exchange, said the city is Türkiye's largest producer of pastrami, sausage and roasted meat.

Pointing out the importance of the livestock exchange and market place, Bağlamış said, “We will provide our breeders who have difficulty in selling their animals in our city and the region with the opportunity to sell their products at the right price by providing sales opportunities in a modern facility, and we will ensure that animal buyers supply animals at the right price in a safe and modern environment.

With the livestock market, we will also ensure that animal sales, which are uncontrolled and scattered in some regions, are regularized, environmental and visual pollution is prevented, an auditable and safe market environment is created, and buyers and sellers meet in a specifically appointed location.”

Governor Gökmen Çiçek also congratulated Bağlamış and his administration for their successful projects.

Mayor of Metropolitan Municipality Memduh Büyükkılıç expressed his wishes for the service to benefit the city.

After the speeches, the livestock exchange and marketplace were opened for service.