New Board of TASIAD Is Announced

31st Ordinary General Assembly of All Elevator Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TASIAD) was held at Kartal Titanic Hotel on January 29. 

TASİAD, one of Türkiye’s long-established and leading associations, has undertaken many projects that have contributed to the development of the industry since its establishment in 1988. In light of this rooted history, all members met at breakfast in the 31st General Assembly of the association, which has become almost a tradition. 

The General Assembly started with the election of the Board of Directors. It continued with the opening speech of the chairman of the Board of Directors Yasemin Bulut and then the reading of the activity report, which was accompanied by a presentation. Bulut stated that they carry out studies within the framework of an industrial development plan, which they have designed with the vision of building a strong future for the Turkish lift industry. She expressed that they conduct these integration-, innovation- and sustainability-oriented studies with an equal, transparent and voluntary multi-service understanding. She highlighted that these studies, whose real effects will be observed in the next five years, will also positively affect the industry’s perspective on civil society movements. 

The featured headlines of the report included several contacts and visits they made with the Ministry and non-governmental organizations, as well as the workshop held in 2024 under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry and in collaboration with all industry stakeholders.  Another important project of the Association was the documentary Respect for Masters. It was stated that all preparations for the documentary, including interviews with leading doyens of the industry, have been completed and will be broadcast in February. The guest of the first episode, Ali Aktaş, whom we lost last year, was remembered with respect and mercy.  

After the coffee break, the income and expenditure accounts and the audit board reports for 2023-2024 were read and approved unanimously. A series of changes to the association’s charter to support the corporate infrastructure of TASIAD were voted and accepted unanimously. The most prominent of these changes was the introduction of the three-term rule for the chairman of the Board of Directors. Moreover, it was decided that the high advisory board, disciplinary board, advisory board and working groups would be among the association bodies and Board of Directors meetings would be held monthly. 

At the TASIAD 31st General Assembly, the new principal and substitute members of the Board of Directors and the principal and substitute members of the Auditing Board who will serve in 2025-2026 were unanimously elected. Bulut, İhsan Akman, Cansu Ekici Önder, M. Alper Baysal, Zafer Demirkol, Burak Baltacıoğlu, Bekir Sıddık Uysal, Sefa Özçelik and Eren Gültemur took office with the new management of TASİAD while A. Fikret Gökhan, Abdurrahman Aksö and Servet Karabacak took office with the Board of Auditors. 

At the General Assembly, TASIAD presented a plaque of appreciation to the industry doyens and members who supported vocational training.  For their support to vocational training, Melih Küçükçalık on behalf of Arkel Elektronik, Kevser Ak on behalf of Mekisan Asansör, İbrahim Başoğlu on behalf of Akış Makine, Erdal Güngör on behalf of D Kare Belgelendirme; and industry doyens Engin Gökhan, Dursun Atabek, Mehmet Baltacıoğlu and Yusuf Atik received plaques from the TASİAD Board of Directors.