Nurettin Çarmıklı, Chairman of the Board Nurol Holding received from the Head of the State of Georgia the “Golden Fleece” shield, a “State Honor Award”. At the award ceremony Çarmıklı said that Batumı was one of the most important cities of Georgia on the Black Sea Coast and that they brought in the first five-star Hilton hotel to this tourism heaven. Georgian President Mikhail Sakashvili while giving the award for his contributions to the relations between the two countries, he also stressed the fact Turkey was an important friend and sister of Georgia. Çarmıklı said that Batumi was going to become the Antalya of the Black Sea, and he added that they also undertook the construction of the building of the Tbilisi Security General Directorate. Businessman Çarmıklı stated that they would continue their business in this friend and sister country