The Board of Turkey Tourism Assembly is elected. Mesut Toprak, (the president of Atik Paşa Turizm A.Ş., Four Seasons Hotel) is elected as president and Hasan Arat (CEO of Capital Partners Gayrimenkul Geliştirme Yatırım A.Ş.), Timur Bayındır (Presidents of Union of Touristic Hotelkeepers, Managers, Investor), Koray Yetik (Secretary the General of Turkish Tourism Investors), İbrahim Birkan (General Manager of Turser Turizm Servis ve Ticaret A.Ş.), Cemil Uğurlu (President of Belek Tourism Investors Union), Mustafa Keten (Vice President of Akfen Holding A.Ş.) and Ali Akkanat (President of Akkanat Holding) are elected as vice presidents.
The assembly members strongly emphasized that having the support of TOBB as the legal representative of Turkish Private Sector is very important for the sector to grow and to solve its problems. Great success could be achieved by combining the power of TOBB and know-how of tourism sector. The assembly members also implied that they don’t expect much from the government, they only want to compete with other countries under equal circumstances .
