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Toros management hits the road
As the biggest player in Turkey’s fertilizer
industry, Toros Agri continues to represent
our country successfully in international
organizations. The first of these was the an-
nual meeting of the International Fertilizer
Association (IFA) held in Morocco between
May 22 and 24. Esin Mete, former Chairman
of the Toros Agri, had previously served as
the president of IFA, the largest worldwide
professional organization for the fertilizer
industry, with more than 450 members in 80
countries. IFA holds a conference on a differ-
ent continent every year. The IFA meeting in
2015 was hosted by Toros Agri in İstanbul.
Held between May 22 and 24, this year’s
meeting in Marrakesh focused on Africa.
The importance of the fertilizer industry for
sustainable and productive agriculture was
discussed at the meeting where Toros Agri
was represented at the highest level. Osman
Birgili, President of Tekfen Group Compa-
nies and Chairman of Toros Agri, Hakan
Göral, Vice President of Tekfen Holding and
General Manager of Toros Agri, and Mu-
rat Gigin, Chairman of the Tekfen Holding
Board were all in Morocco for the meeting.
ARGUS FMB EAST EUROPE FERTILIZER
2017 CONFERENCE
The second international event Toros
Agri participated in was the Argus FMB East
Europe Fertilizer 2017 Conference, a major
organization of the fertilizer business in
East Europe. Held in Budapest between June
21 and 23, the conference hosted more than
3000 professionals of the industry from 196
companies in 45 different countries. Recent
developments in the fertilizer industry in
the East European region, new regulations,
and information on markets were shared at
the conference, and Hakan Göral, General
Manager of Toros Agri, made a presentation
on the Turkish market on June 22.
HEP İstanbul
residents move in
Developed by Tekfen Real Estate in Esenyurt, İstanbul, HEP
İstanbul has seen its residents move in after the delivery of units has
begun. HEP İstanbul creates a difference with its location as well as
the living standards, functionality, quality, and social facilities it of-
fers. With 11 apartment blocks and 14 blocks of row houses making
up a total of 1424 residences and 25 commercial units, HEP İstanbul
is located in the district of Esenyurt, which has recently become one
of the most popular investment areas in İstanbul. Designed to up-
hold the principles of sustainability, HEP İstanbul has applied for the
LEED Green Building Certificate to become the first project in the
area to be LEED certified.
Toros Agri website receives
international award
Toros Agri’s recently launched website received the Award of Dis-
tinction in the production category of the 23rd Communicator
Awards, given by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA)
and the most prestigious international award in communications.
Toros Agri’s website was given the award for its design and ease of
use as well as for its innovative aspects.
Yusuf Franko’s People:
Caricatures of an Ottoman
Bureaucrat
Artistically inclined Tekfen members visited Koç University’s
Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC) for an inter-
esting exhibition on May 30. Showcasing the caricatures from an
album created between 1884 and 1896 by Yusuf Franko Kusa Bey,
an Ottoman bureaucrat, foreign minister, governor, socialite, and
playful caricaturist, the exhibition presents humorous portraits of
the rich, socialites, pashas, Levantines, artists, and diplomats of the
Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.