The Chairman of Kızıltepe Commodity Exchange Board, Mehmet Şahin, attended the meeting held in Diyarbakır for the consultation of the representatives of the real sector and finance sector. Prior to the meeting, Turkey Chambers and Stock Exchanges Union (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and the Banks Association of Turkey (TBB) Chairman Huseyin Aydin said the two main sectors understood each other as well as their problems better and met to discuss their solutions and they both agreed they would overcome this troublesome process together.
TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu reminded that they organized these meetings and organized meetings with the executives of the chamber and the stock market. Stating that banks are very important for the real sector to listen to their problems, Hisarcıklıoğlu also said “I would like to thank all the banks which pioneered this work, in particular Turkey Banks Union Chairman in particular.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that the real sector and the banking sector would better understand each other and find solutions to these meetings. Stating that both sectors need to be strengthened, the TOBB President stated that they had forwarded the proposals to the government and would continue to communicate.
Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that it is of vital importance that the real sector, SMEs' access to financing are vitally important and added that “There have been important developments in the economy in the last period. However, the revival in the economy is not yet at the desired point. We forward the suggestions from our Chambers and Commodity Exchanges to our government. Tax deduction was introduced in 4 sectors. Thus, our government took the first step in the real sector. Afterwards, short working allowance was activated. Yesterday, the problem of payment problems, properly paid taxpayers SSK debt was solved. All these measures bring morale to the markets. We believe that this turbulent period is temporary and Turkey has a strong foundation. Over the past 25 years, we have overcome many crises. We've overcome them all. We will overcome that, too.”
TBB President Hüseyin Aydın pointed out the importance of the cooperation between the real sector and the financial sector and said that they had the opportunity to listen and understand each other in this platform organized with the contributions of TOBB.
Aydın stated that the main issue to be handled was Turkey’s growth and gave the message that they would overcome the difficulties together.
