The head of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, in a statement issued jointly with 10 other employer NGOs, said the business world wanted a peaceful presidential election.
Ahead of the Aug. 10 presidential election, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a consultation meeting with leading nongovernmental organizations of the business world concerning the electoral process and the post-electoral period. Following the closeddoor meeting, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey president Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu delivered a press statement, issued by 10 employer NGOs that attended the meeting. Hisarcıklıoğlu stated they believed that the presidential election process would be completed in a peaceful way. Hisarcıklıoğlu said that Erdoğan paid a visit to businessmen to exchange views about the forthcoming presidential election.
He also stated: "We expect peace will be established at the end of this elections, so that we can focus on our business to make more production, more investment and more export. Our task is to improve working environments of merchants and industrialists as well as generating solutions to increase their competitive capacities."
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