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Marine Sector 16 For organizations, the strongest capital is intelligence, attention and honesty, and to know how to conduct technical and methodical works. Work hard with this motivation, you will definitely become successful! You will find the ambition and energy in your hearts for working, achieving your goal and moving up if you consider the goal of success as national price, national matter of honour rather than a personal matter of honour. INDEX ABOUT US 04 TURK LOYDU FOUNDATION 06 TURK LOYDU FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN Cem MELİKOĞLU 08 TURK LOYDU UDH A.Ş GENERAL MANAGER Lütfü SAVAŞKAN 12 MARINE SECTOR 16 INDUSTRY AND CERTIFICATION SECTOR 46 TRAINING SERVICES 82 FOUNDATION ACTIVITES 92 TL TECHNICAL RD and DESING COMPANY 106 ANNUAL REPORT | 2018 ABOUT US OUR VISION OUR MISSION OUR PRINCIPLES To become the most preferred To provide conformity assessment Independence and Impartiality, international classification and services in the field of safety of life, Honesty and Reliability, Continuous certification society that is powered property and the environment, in improvement, Generating and by its own rules and knowledge as accordance with our principles Sharing of Knowledge, Customer well as expertise Oriented and Quality Service, Employee Appreciation 04 TURK LOYDU FOUNDATION TURK LOYDU HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT Chairman of the Board AND QUALITY POLICY Cem MELİKOĞLU Deputy Chairman of the Board Atilla ÇİFTÇİGÜZELİ TURK LOYDU ; • Maintain the principles of independence, impartiality, Treasurer confidentiality and reliability, Halim METE • Ensure compliance with the Code of Ethics of TURK LOYDU, Member • Provide services in accordance with the applicable legislation, Mehmet Akif EROĞLU rules and standards, including the requirements of customers, Atilla OKSAY • Contribute to the protection of safety of life, property, and the Ferhat ACUNER environment with its rules and services, Gürsel GÜRÇAY • Maintain national and international recognitions in compliance Gürsel YILDIZ Prof. Dr. Hakan AKYILDIZ with the Health, Safety, Environment and Quality standards, • Ensure customer satisfaction by providing services in line with Supervisory Board customer expectations in a timely and equal manner, Ali ÖNDER • Ensure an efficient training and qualification system to maintain a Derya TURGUT highly qualified staff, Ufuk TEKER • Manage the risks related to service processes, • Provide the necessary environmental conditions and resources to prevent injuries and health problems of its employees and to ensure their safety, • Demand their customers to provide the necessary resources to TURK LOYDU CONFORMITY ensure safe performance of field activities, ASSESSMENT CORP, BOARD OF • Exercise its power and responsibility not to provide service until DIRECTORS the necessary health and safety conditions are met in cases that may endanger the health and safety of its employees, Chairman of the Board • Always keep its employees aware of occupational health and Lütfü SAVAŞKAN safety, and protection of environment, Deputy Chairman of the Board • Assess and minimize the environmental impacts during Ayfer ADIGÜZEL operations, and prevent pollution, • Use resources in a sustainable manner, Member • Constantly improve its Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Okan ÇETİN performance by periodically reviewing the key performance indicators and objectives determined for this purpose 05 ANNUAL REPORT | 2018 TURK LOYDU FOUNDATION Cem MELIKOĞLU Chairman of the Board Cem Melikoğlu was born in 1964 in Istanbul. After completing his education in the Private German High School of Istanbul, he grad- Atilla ÇIFTÇIGÜZELI uated from Istanbul Technical Deputy Chairman of the University, Department of Naval Board Architecture and Marine Engi- He was born in 1951 in Kilis. neering in 1988. He has good He graduated from Istanbul command of German and Eng- Technical University, Maritime Halim METE lish.He worked as the EMEA Faculty in the 1974-1975 Aca- Treasurer representative of ExxonMobil for demic Year. He is a member of over 21 years in Health, Safety, TMMOB Chamber of Marine He was born in 1948 in Rize. He Environment and Security areas, Engineers. Until 1988, he served completed his higher education then served as a senior executive as the Marine Chief Engineer in Istanbul University, Faculty of Prof. Dr. Hakan AKYILDIZ in OMV Petrol Ofisi Company in D.B. Deniz Nakliyatı T.A.Ş. Economics. He is the President Member and TANAP Natural Gas Pipe- and Chairman of the New Con- of Mete Kardeşler Group of line Project. He worked on sys- akan Akyıldız was born in 1965 in struction Control Committee Companies, and a partner in H tem installations for collection Istanbul. In 1987, he graduated from in Türkiye Gemi Sanayi A.Ş. nearly 15 companies within of waste oils in Petder created ITU, Faculty of Naval Architecture He worked as a specialist sur- and outside the group. Apart by the leading oil companies in and Ocean Engineering as a Naval veyor between 1988 and 1996 from his profession, he served our country, served as a member Architect and Marine Engineer. He in TURK LOYDU. He served in the management of many of the board, chaired the OHS received his M.Sc. in 1989, Ph.D. in as a Vice-Chairman in 2012 institutions and organizations Commission in Petder and the 1999, and started his academic ca- and 2013 in the Turkish Asso- related to both his sector and Chamber of Naval Architects, reer as a faculty member. Prof. Dr. ciation of Ship Industrialists. He various social topics. He takes and hosted the OHS-themed Hakan Akyıldız continues his aca- is one of the founders of Defav active roles in the boards of weekly radio programs called demic and administrative studies as Foundation and chaired the numerous foundations and “Testi Kırılmadan” on Açık Ra- the Head of Shipbuilding and Ocean foundation from 2002 to 2004. institutions, primarily the Union dio between 2011 and 2012. He Engineering Department at ITU. He served as a Council Mem- of Chambers and Commodity supports the education of young Prof. Dr. Hakan Akyıldız has taken ber in the Chamber of Shipping Exchanges of Turkey. He is students through his Occupa- part in many academic and com- between 2009 and 2013. He is currently the Vice-President of tional Health and Safety lectures mercial projects, and has numerous currently a Council Member in TOBB. He is a Council Member in Istanbul Technical University academic publications as a result Istanbul Chamber of Industry. in IMEAK Chamber of Shipping. and professional seminars in var- of these studies. He has also served Since 1996, he has been serv- He is married with three children ious universities. Cem Melikoğlu as a delegate of TURK LOYDU at ing as the Chairman of the Ex- and five grandchildren. was elected by the TURK LOY- different times. Along with his aca- ecutive Committee of Istanbul DU Foundation Board as the demic and administrative duties and Shipyard. Chairman of the Board of TURK studies, he carries out projects in dif- LOYDU Foundation in 2015 and ferent disciplines as well. Prof. Dr. 2017, and continues to serve as Hakan Akyıldız speaks English the Chairman. 06 Gürsel YILDIZ Member He was born in 1967 in Ardahan. In 1989, he Mehmet Akif EROĞLU completed his undergrad- Member uate education in Istanbul Technical University, Fac- He graduated from An- ulty of Naval Architecture kara University, Faculty Atilla OKSAY and Ocean Engineering, of Political Sciences, De- Member then received his Master’s partment of Internation- Degree from the Ship- Atilla Oksay was born in al Relations in 1991. He building Program of Grad- 1972 in Ankara, and grad- started his career in 1992 uate School of Natural And in the Undersecretariat of Gürsel GÜRÇAY uated from Istanbul Uni- Applied Sciences. In 1991, Treasury. Between 1992 Member versity, Faculty of Political he received welding en- Sciences, Department of and 2007, he took part as gineering education for 6 Gürsel Gürçay graduated Business Administration the bank examiner during months in Japan, and had from Kadıköy Anatolian in 1994. Oksay started bank audits and consoli- the chance to examine the High School in 1988, and his career in 1995 as a re- dated financial structure Japan shipbuilding tech- audits of their affiliates Ferhat ACUNER Yıldız Technical Univer- searcher in the Association nology during that period. such as banks, financial Member sity, Department of Naval of Insurance, Reinsurance, Between 1989 and 1995, Architecture and Marine and Pension Companies institutions, and insurance he worked as a Chief Clerk Ferhat Acuner was born in Engineering in 1995. In of Turkey, and worked as a companies. Eroğlu com- in the Design Department 1966. He graduated from 1995, he started working specialist, technical group pleted his MBA at the Illi- of Türkiye Gemi San. A.Ş. Istanbul Technical Univer- as a Ship Repair Officer assistant manager, and nois University in Chicago, Camialtı Shipyard, then sity, Department of Naval in Torgem Shipyard, and technical unit manager USA, between 2004 and completed his military Architecture and Marine until 2002, he worked as within this association. He 2006. Afterwards, he was duty as a reserve officer Engineering in 1991. Be- a Service Engineer in Nis- participated in trainings in appointed as the “Head of in the Taşkızak Shipyard tween 1994 and 2010, he san Otomotiv A.Ş., and various insurance branch- Department” in BRSA. In Command. Between 1997 served as the Company as a New Construction es, and instructed short 2009, he joined the found- and 2000, he served as the Partner and Manager in Control Engineer in Tem- term courses in the field ing team of Ziraat Life and Ship Department Manag- Fast Denizcilik, İnşaat ve mar Denizcilik and Selay of insurance at universi- Pension Company as the er in Gemak and Torgem Ticaret Ltd. Şti. Between Denizcilik companies, re- ties. He has various papers Assistant General Manage- Shipyards, and between 2007 and 2008, he served spectively. Between 2002 presented in sectorrelated ment of Financial Affairs. 2000 and 2007, in RMK as the General Manager and 2006, he made com- meetings and seminars, as In 2010, he was appointed Marine Shipyard.
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