TTSD Ordinary Assembly, the umbrella organization of the textile finishing industry, was successfully held. At the General Assembly of the Association, sole candidate Vehbi Canpolat entitled to all votes and was re-elected. Vehbi Canpolat, in his statement said that they will continue their works at full speed for the sector in the coming new period.
Following the General Assembly, Vehbi Canpolat made a speech on his re-election to the assembly and said the following, ‘’I am greatly appreciated about the re-election to the TTSD as the chairman in the coming new period. We will continue to work with our new members of the board for our sector. We are aware of the period of the change which our sector in and we will take every necessary action to make our sector ready for the global sustainability criteria’s. Our one of the first and foremost priority will be the compliance to the sustainability norms in our production. When we look at the point we have reached, not only considering countries at a high growth level but also nearly every part of the world are make themselves ready to face challenges to counter negative effects of climate change. Circular economy, efficient use of resources, digitalization and carbon footprint are to be our major concerns and focal points to be settled with our member companies in the coming period. Sustainable production with environmental awareness is not a choice but a must both for our country and our world.
‘’We will work relentlessly to Increase Awareness’’
We will work relentlessly to enhance the technical capacity about cleaner production in textile finishing and to increase the level of awareness; we must continue our work to achieve this end. Our country is currently ranked amongst the world’s first five nations in textiles. To preserve our competition power in global environment and to create added value more and longer, sustainability will be of our major consideration for the next period. To maintain the position of Turkish textiles in global trade and to increase it further, we should fulfill our responsibilities to place our country amongst the first three in textile sector.’’
The new permanent and alternate members of the board of directors at TTTSD were listed as follows; ‘’Permanent Members; Vehbi Canpolat, Kemal Oğuz, Fatma Şener, Ahmet Temiroğlu, Turgay Karadeniz, Faruk Özpınar, Ali Osman Kilitçioğlu
