Mayor Büyükkılıç came to the Consultation Meeting with Industrialists, sitting in the driver's seat of the domestic and national car Togg, together with the Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır.
Kayseri Governor Gökmen Çiçek, Garrison Commander Air Brigadier General Haldun Taşan, AK Party Kayseri Deputy Murat Cahid Cıngı, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Development Agencies General Manager Ahmet Şimşek, KOSGEB President Ahmet Serdar İbrahimcioğlu, Incentive and Capital General Manager Hüseyin Cahit Büyükbaş, Industry General Manager Prof. Dr. İlker Murat Ar, Industrial Zones General Manager Abdurrahman Aydın, AK Party Provincial Executive Board Member Hasan Nuri Kuş, MHP Kayseri Provincial Chairman Seyit Demirezen, Kayseri University Rector Prof. Dr. Kurtuluş Karamustafa, Talas Mayor Mustafa Yalçın, Kayseri Chamber of Industry President Mehmet Büyüksimitci, Kayseri Chamber of Commerce President Ömer Gülsoy and many industrialists and business people attended.
Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, in his speech at the consultation meeting, said, "I am very happy to be in Kayseri, one of the most beautiful cities, the most modern, the most developed and the most productive cities of Turkey." Metropolitan Mayor Dr. together with astronaut Alper Gezeravcı, Turkey's first space traveler. Stating that he came to Kayseri with the invitation of Memduh Büyükkılıç, Minister Kacır said how excited and enthusiastic the young people are and that their greatest strength is the young people of the Teknofest generation.
Within the scope of the program, Kayseri Chamber of Industry President Mehmet Büyüksimitci made an opening speech and gave information about Kayseri industry. Stating that Kayseri is a province that both produces and contributes significantly to the country's economy and exports with what it produces, Büyüksimitci stated that they will continue to work in consultation.
After the Consultation Meeting with Industrialists, Metropolitan Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır and his accompanying delegation attended the Iftar Program with Industrialists hosted by the Metropolitan Municipality.
Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, in his speech at the program, said, “Kayseri is really not an ordinary city. Kayseri is a city that leads Anatolia in the culture of industrialization. Every success Kayseri achieves and every step it takes actually sets an example and a pioneer for Anatolia. "In this respect, I see the gains we have achieved in Kayseri over the last 22 years as very valuable," he said.
Underlining that TOMTAŞ has been established in Kayseri after a century, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır gave the good news that the jet training and close air support aircraft Hürjet will be produced in Kayseri and said: “Hopefully, Hürjet is one of the pride of Turkey.” It is produced in Kayseri as of the end of this year. Here, 10 industrialists from Kayseri come together and establish KİM. It produces added value in Kayseri. ASPİLSAN continues its investments in Kayseri as the base of new generation batteries. I hope that Kayseri's industrialists, Kayseri's investors, Kayseri's entrepreneurs will be the pioneers of the Turkish nation in replaying this noble role in history.”
Stating that Kayseri has been a strategic city since 1926, Mayor Dr. Memduh Büyükkılıç said, “The necessary work on the construction of the aircraft, the most important tool of the defense industry, has been initiated. "After this process, we were also pleased to hear that TOMTAŞ will be our voice again with Hürjets, as in the good news given by our esteemed minister, with the understanding of 'I hope the brave will rise from where he fell', and that a project that is important for our Kayseri will be implemented," he said.
Providing information about TOMTAŞ's ability to produce aircraft parts, TOMTAŞ Chairman of the Board of Directors, Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Öztürk said, “We are experiencing a historical moment here. In 1925, in the first years of the Republic, very important studies on aviation were carried out. Our first aircraft factory, TOMTAŞ, in Kayseri, was opened in 1925 after official procedures were completed in 1926. It closed very soon after. He remained in a state of despair within Kayseri. "His aviation adventure was always talked about," he said.
After the speeches, Minister Kacır was given a model of Hürjet as a gift.
