Yunus Furkan Akbal was re-elected to the Presidency of the Young Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (Young MÜSİAD).
The 14th Ordinary General Assembly of Young MÜSİAD was held at the MÜSİAD Head Office with the participation of Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance Nureddin Nebati, MÜSİAD President Mahmut Asmalı, MÜSİAD Founding President Erol Yarar and former MÜSİAD President Ömer Bolat.
Speaking at the meeting, MÜSİAD President Asmalı wished success to the friends who will take on new duties at the congress and said, "Now we have 2 years ahead of us in which we will work shoulder to shoulder. I have full faith that as Young MÜSİAD we will do very fine work together in these 2 years, and that you young people will even push us to act with still greater determination."
Stating that the lands of Anatolia have been kneaded with the blood of martyrs for a thousand years, Asmalı said the following:
"Because when a homeland is kneaded with the blood of martyrs it ceases to be mere soil and becomes a homeland. Thus we made these lands a homeland and, throughout history, we protected our homeland with an uninterrupted struggle. Just as on July 15, we continue to protect it all together, in full, together with our nation. Throughout the history of our Republic, the attacks directed at our homeland, and therefore the struggle we have waged, have never diminished. Even though we have been the owners of these lands for a thousand years, it has always been recalled to us that we would not be left in peace on them. When we look back over this entire thousand-year process, a very important matter that we as MÜSİAD have noticed emerges: whenever we were economically strong, then we were honoured in every field."
Pointing to the importance of economic power, Asmalı said, "In no period in which we were not economically strong were we strong in other fields either."
Emphasizing the importance of morality in trade and economics, Asmalı said that in the new management period they will continue to run without tiring.
Asmalı said: 'We truly trust you. As the first step of this, for the first time in this period we took 2 of our friends directly from the Young MÜSİAD management into the MÜSİAD management. Again, as other firsts, we chose the Head of Qard al-Hasan and the MÜSİAD Women President from among our brothers and sisters who graduated from the Young MÜSİAD school. 20 percent of our board of directors is under the age of 35. Most importantly, by making an amendment to the statute, our Young MÜSİAD will work in this period directly subordinate to the president.'
"With new targets, new projects and a renewed team we will set sail for new targets"
Young MÜSİAD President Yunus Furkan Akbal, for his part, said: "Today at Young MÜSİAD we are celebrating a festive day. First of all, I offer my thanks for the trust you have placed in me personally. In order to be worthy of your trust, we will work with all our strength today as we did yesterday."
Conveying that Young MÜSİAD has carried out important work at home and abroad with the motto of transformation and action, Akbal described the work in question.
Akbal said, "With new targets, new projects, new motivation, a renewed team and new excitement we will set sail for new targets."
Stating that in the new period they will not compromise on values, as in previous periods, Akbal said: "We will not consume the capital we accumulated in the period we have left behind and behave like a spendthrift heir. With the consciousness of a merchant who converts his wealth into capital, we will accomplish far more successful works. We will focus on new and innovative production, finance, competition and business models."
