Akkan Suver re-elected president of Marmara Group Foundation

ISTANBUL

Dr. Akkan Suver was unanimously re-elected president of the Marmara Group Foundation (Marmara Grubu Vakfı) at an ordinary general assembly held in Istanbul, the foundation announced in a press release on Jan. 24. 

The assembly convened under the presidency of Ertuğrul Kumcuoğlu at the Malta Mansion in Istanbul.

Ali Rıza Arslan, Cafer Okray, Dr. Fatih Saraçoğlu, Engin Köklüçınar, Nuri Artok, Lale Aytanç Nalbant, Şamil Ayrım and Yüksel Çengel will serve at the new executive council.

For the Marmara Group Foundation, where Jak Kamhi acts as Honorary President and Necdet Timur as highest member, Alaattin Koçak, Serhat Tabanca and Gökhan Humbaracı were selected as supervisory board members.

The Marmara Group Foundation was founded as an independent non-governmental organization in 1985. It organizes meetings, seminars, conferences and prepares reports in order to determine solutions to Turkey’s problems.

The foundation holds observer status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), membership in the Balkan Political Club and observer status at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (PABSEC).

It has organized the Eurasian Economic Summit for 20 years, bringing together leaders, ministers, opinion leaders, academics and non-governmental organization representatives from all over the world.