Consumer satisfaction awards distributed

ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency

The Turkish Quality Foundation distributed consumer satisfaction awards in Istanbul.

The Turkish Quality Foundation (Kalder) awarded its customer satisfaction awards in Istanbul late on April 2. The results were based on a survey that has been conducted for over six years in 81 different provinces in Turkey, in which 240,000 survey respondents participated. Turkish Airlines, Turkcell, Ülker, Nokia, and Opet were voted  number one in their sectors for  over six years and received the black trophy.

Gold and silver trophies

Other firms such household appliance company Bosch, meat and poultry retailer Banvit, Golf ice cream, İş Bankası, the BİM supermarket chain, Tamek (producers of canned goods, tomato sauce, and sauces), Toyota, BP, bottled water producer Erikli, and public-sector bank Ziraat Bankası went home with gold and silver trophies for customer satisfaction in their respective sectors.

The gala was attended by several upper-level business leaders including the editor-in-chief of Ekonomist and Capital magazines, Rauf Ateş, Opet General Manager Cüneyt Avcı, Turkish Airlines Assistant General Manager Asaf Bora, Ülker Butter Group General Manager Şükrü Çin, Turkey Bankers’ Union President Hüseyin Aydın, Yapı Kredi Bankası General Manager Faik Açıkalın, and Toyota General Manager Ali Haydar Bozkurt.