Top business organizations condemn terror attack in Kayseri in joint statement

Turkey's leading business organizations have strongly condemned and expressed sorrow over a deadly terror attack in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri early on Dec. 17, which left at least 14 soldiers killed and 56 people wounded.

The soldiers - all low-ranking privates and non-commissioned officers - had been given permission for leave from the commando headquarters in the province, the military said in a statement. 

Top representatives from the Turkish Confederation of Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ), Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK), Confederation of Public Servants Unions (MEMUR-SEN), Labor Confederation (HAK-İŞ), Turkish Union of Agricultural Chambers (TZOB), Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM), Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD), Confederation of Public Employees Union of Turkey (KAMU-SEN), Turkish Young Businesspeople Association (TÜGİAD), Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MÜSİAD), Association of All Industrialists and Businessmen (TÜMSİAD), Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TÜRKONFED), Turkish Association of Certified Public Accountants and Certified Public Accountants (TÜRMOB), Turkish Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB), as well as Turkish Retired Officers Association (TEMAD), visited Kayseri to voice their condolences with local people, according to a written statement by TOBB on Dec. 18. 

"Unfortunately, those who want to disturb the peace of our nation once again showed their ugly faces in Kayseri, the city of peace, this time. They did what they only know to do. We experienced a treacherous terror attack. We ask for God's mercy on our soldiers who were martyred in this attack and health to those who were injured," said TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu...