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Turkish American Chamber of Commerce & Industry (TACCI) Newsletter
Issue: #38April 2014

Dear TACCI Members and Supporters,

  

 
The month of April was important one for TACCI. We had our Annual General Assembly and Elections on Friday, April 4, 2014 at the New York Athletic Club where the new Board members, Audit Committee members and Disciplinary Committee members were elected. 
 
On the same day we also had our Gala Dinner with the attendance of more than 150 people, including Turkish, American and International state dignitaries, top company executives and representatives, TACCI Board Members and many other distinguished guests.  
 
At the wake of the General Assembly, on April 18th, 2014, the first scheduled Board of Directors Meeting of the new Board of Directors of TACCI was held where Mr. Aret Tasciyan was elected as the president of Board for a two-year term.
 
After the 2014 TACCI's elections for the Board of Directors, the first courtesy visit of TACCI was held to the Consul Genral of The Republic of Turkey Hon. Levent Bilgen and Deputy Consul General Ms. Ayten Eler at the Turkish Consulate General in New York on April 24th, 2014.
 

 

Thank you for your continuous support and hoping to see you at our upcoming events!  

Our April Events 

 

 

TACCI ANNUAL GALA 2014

 

Turkish American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TACCI) held its annual gala on Friday, April 4th,2014 at the NY Athletic Club with the attendance of more than 150 people, including Turkish, American and International state dignitaries, top company executives and representatives, TACCI board members and many other guests.


The keynote speakers were H.E. Levent Bilgen (Consul General of Turkey in the US), H.E. Mehmet Dana (Representative of TRNC in New York) and Mr. Celal Se�ilmis (TACCI President). H.E. Levent Bilgen expressed his content about TACCI's important role in the Turkish-American business relations and congratulated Mr. Celal Se�ilmis's hard work in 4 years of his presidency.

 

Mr. Celal Se�ilmis presented plaques to H. E. Levent Bilgen and H.E. Mehmet Dana. In his speech the former president Mr. Celal Se�ilmis, thanked all the board members of the term 2012-2014 for their efforts to improve the business relationship between Turkey and USA.

 

The sponsors to TACCI's Annual Gala were GramAltın USA Inc., Kalara New York, Omni Corporate Solutions, Turkish Airlines, TURKON Line America and Vakıfbank New York Branch. Special items were also available for the silent auction throughout the night, where a lot of guests won the chance to dine at the best Turkish restaurants in town or to spend a weekend in a fabulous hotel at Upper East Side, New York, NY.

 

The donations for the silent auction and the raffle were made by several companies including AdFresh, Ali Baba Turkish Cuisine, Artist Ylenia Mino, GramAltin USA Inc., Gulluoglu USA, Istikbal Furniture USA, Kalara New York, Kayhan Civelek DDS, MS, PC, Ogmen Law PLLC, Pera Soho, Polat Law Firm, Rota International Inc., Sarar USA, Semra Ecer, Sultan Magazine, The Marmara Manhattan Hotel, Tulair International Corp, Turkish Airlines. 


During the evening Dan Myers Orchestras played famous jazz standards and provided an elegant New York ambiance, which were accompanied by the delicious food and the premium 
wines provided by Kalara New York (Thanks to Ms. Nesli Ciner).   

  

Calender of Events 
 

News from Our Members

  

We proudly announce our new General Member:

 

 

 Mr. Erhun OZDEL -  LLK LOGISTICS USA, INC.

(General Member) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disa Automotive 

Disa Automotive has moved into 28.000 m2 New Manufacturing Factory

New factory has a production capacity of 8 million Suspension & Steering Parts per year.  Click here for more details on Disa's New Production Factory.

 
Turkish Airlines 
Turkish Airlines wins international award for 'best food and beverage'
Turkish Airlines has won the 'best food and beverage' award at this year's Passenger Choice Awards, a US based awards program that collects airline passengers' votes.
 
By winning the award, Turkish Airlines has reaffirmed its position as a global leader in onboard catering. A few months ago Turkish Airlines has been also named as the best airline for its 'Business Class Catering' excellence in the Skytrax Awards, while maintaining its position as the 'Best Airline in Europe' for the third year running. Click here for more..
 
Yuksel Seeds Co. 
Yuksel Seed opened its door in Asia.  
Yuksel Seed opened its door in Asia. At the end of Pakistan's exports continue to increase over the past 4 years came to fruition. Export agreement that will allow us to be the market leader  in the upcoming period signed by our managing director Mr. Mehmet Y�ksel under the patronage of Economy Minister, Zafer �ağlayan and Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Nawaz Sharif. Click here for more..

  

Our Premium Members 2013 - 2014

  

Premium Members: Companies  

 

Akdo, Inc.   

GramAltin USA, Inc.  

 Herrick, LLP 

 Sark USA   

 Sunset Furniture / Istikbal USA   

 T.C. Ziraat Bank, New York  

 Turkish Airlines  

Turkon America, Inc 

Tulair International, Corp.

Vakifbank, New York

  

Premium Members: Organizations  

  

Erzurum Commodity Exchange
Kocaeli Chamber of Industry
 
  

  

  

 
In This Issue
Our April Events
News from Our Members


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