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Tekfen’s traditional seniority awards presented
Tekfen Group Companies annually
award their personnel who have worked for
10, 20, 30, and 40 years. The longevity of
the awards and the number of recipients
make Tekfen Seniority Awards a singular
corporate tradition in Turkey. A total of
3.141 personnel have received this award
since 2004. In other words, one in five peo-
ple has been working at Tekfen for at least
10 years.
203 people received seniority awards
this year at Tekfen, whose strong corporate
culture creates a solid sense of belonging
in the personnel. Ceremonies were held at
plants and work sites abroad, and colleagues
and families of recipients as well as Murat
Gigin, Chairman of the Board, Osman
Birgili, President of Group Companies and
senior management were present at the
İstanbul ceremony held at Tekfen Tower on
Monday, May 30. At Adana, true to our tra-
dition, the ceremony was held at the Social
Facilities of Toros Tarım in Ceyhan on Fri-
day, June 3.
Şarman passes
the torch to Arun
Having worked at Tekfen for over 40
years, Tunç Şarman left his post as Gen-
eral Manager of TİMAŞ on July 1, 2016,
replaced by Malik Arun, deputy general
manager and Şarman’s close colleague for
many years. Tunç Şarman will continue to
share his valuable experience in the capac-
ity of board member at Tekfen Engineering
and chief advisor to the board of directors
at TİMAŞ.
A seminar for teachers
on Autism Day
On April 28, Professor Binyamin
Birkan, Director of Education Programs of
Turkey’s Tohum Autism Foundation, visit-
ed the School for Autistic Children founded
by Tekfen Foundation in Ceyhan, Adana in
2014, and held a day-long seminar for the
teachers of the school. Sponsored by Tek-
fen Holding, the seminar involved early
detection of children with “Autism Spec-
trum Disorder” and leading the process of
socializing autistic children through special
education.
On World Autism Awareness Day, Professor Binyamin Birkan, the Educational Director of
Turkey’s Tohum (Seed) Autism Foundation, gave a seminar to the teachers of the School for
Autistic Children founded by Tekfen Foundation in Ceyhan, Adana.
Ceyhan, Adana
İstanbul