A meeting was organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on March 3, 2011, in İzmir, to evaluate developments in the tourism sector and discuss existing problems.
The meeting, held at Balçova Termal Otel and attended by ALTİD President Gülçin GÜNER, was also attended by officials from the ministry, as well as undersecretaries from other ministries that collaborate with the tourism sector, and representatives from the tourism industry.
Participants in the meeting, which addressed sector-specific issues.
Hale Ertorun and Hale Duman from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Department of Environmental Management; İlker Gündüzöz from the Ministry of Interior, Department of Local Administrations; Nurcan Önder from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Department of Labor; Mustafa Yalçın from the Ministry of Finance, National Real Estate Department; Sait Yanmaz and Sayit Altın from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Technical Research and Application Department. Çetin Kayabaş, Head of the Electricity Market and Tariffs Department of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK); Zeki Can, Acting General Manager of Investments and Enterprises, Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Sedat Sert, Deputy General Manager of Investments and Enterprises, Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Fikri Kolenoğlu, Chairman of the Board of Auditors, Department of Investments and Enterprises, Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Yavuz Polat, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Auditors, Department of Investments and Enterprises, Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Başaran Ulusoy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB); Reza Gençay, Chairman of the Executive Board of TÜRSAB, İzmir Region; Ali Gümüş, Regional Manager of TÜRSAB, Aegean Region.
Şerif Yenen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Tourist Guides Association (TUREB), Ayten Şenipek, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the İzmir Tourist Guides Chamber (İZRO), Ali Erkan Bezirgan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Maritime Tourism Association (DTB), Ömer Karacalar and Emre Doruk, Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors of DTB, Sinan Özer, Aziz Güngör, and Nejat Ece, Members of the Board of Directors of DTB, Yusuf Akgül, Secretary General of DTB. Ahmet Barut, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Hoteliers Federation (TÜROFED), Seçim Aydın and Gürel Aydın, Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors of TÜROFED, Osman Ayık, TÜROFED Secretary General, M. Haluk Beceren, Members of the Board of Directors of TÜROFED, Sururi Çorabatur, Gülçin Güner, Tayyar Zaimoğlu, İlhan Açıkgöz, Ahmet Tok, Zeynep Baykal, Şinasi Hurda, and Yavuz Torunoğulları, Mehmet İşler, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Tourism Enterprises and Accommodation Association (ETİK), Şeref Karakan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Denizli Tourism Hotels and Operators Association (DENTUROD), Bülent Tercan, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of ETİK, Veysi Öncel, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Çeşme Tourism Hotels Association (ÇEŞTOB), Hasan Güven, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of BODER, Deniz Taş, Member of the Board of Directors of BODER, Cüneyt Ertürk, TÜROFED Advisor, and Prof. Dr. Saba Özmen, TÜROFED Legal Advisor.