The Regular General Assembly Meeting of our Association and our Economic Enterprise was held on December 9, 2024, at the Mercure Istanbul Hotel in Altunizade. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Chair of the Board, Murat YASA; the Vice Chair of the Board, Yahya Şems YÖNSEL; the Secretary of the Board, Eyüp TÜRKOĞLU; and all participants. We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to Mustafa MANAV, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TUGİDER, who attended our General Assembly Meeting as our guest of honor. The following individuals have been elected to represent our Association at the General Assembly of the TGDF-Turkey Food and Beverage Industry Associations Federation, of which our Association is a member: Mehmet Çetin DURUK (Chief Representative), Bora AKIN (Member Representative), and Murat ÜREK (Member Representative). Gidabil Association will continue to foster the development of individuals who have been nurtured by the participatory and pluralistic culture it has cultivated within its ranks and who have also gained management experience. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our members who have served in the association’s governing bodies for assuring us that their support will always continue. We are proud that the institutional, democratic, transparent, participatory, and inclusive structure of our GIDABIL Association serves as a role model for national civil society organizations, and that our inclusive member representation across all areas of activity serves as an example for international civil society organizations. We are fully confident that our members’ support and our successfully managed activities will grow even stronger. We congratulate the newly elected members of our association’s governing bodies and wish them every success.
