Communication Consultancies Association of Turkey (İDA), the only representative of the companies in communications consultancy sector in Turkey and gathering 28 leading companies of the sector, held its Ordinary General Assembly Meeting.

Istanbul, November 2016 – Ergun Gumrah (GoodWorks Communications) has been elected as the new Board President of the Communication Consultancies Association of Turkey, the Turkey branch of the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO).

Emine Çubukçu (Ogilvy Public Relations), Esra Şengülen Ünsür (Artı), Özge Uzun (Lobby PR) and Mustafa Kaya (Lorbi PR) have been elected as the full members to the new Board of Directors of İDA.

Ufuk Çarşıbaşı (Communication Partner), Berna Sağlam (BernayLaFem), Halim Tansuğ (L’Appart PR), Tülay Şamcı (Guide Communications) and Nedim Özkan (İz Communications) have been selected as the reserve members to the Board of Directors.

The Supervisory Board has been elected as Arın Saydam (Bersay Communications), Barlas Çevikus (Contact Plus) and Barika Göncü (BG İletişim). Members of the Ethical Board have been elected as Melek Manisalı (M3 PR), Serhat Özkütükçü (Denove PR) and Gonca Karakaş (Effect). Meral Saçkan (MPR), Necla Zarakol (Zarakol), Cengiz Turhan (Grup7), Figen İsbir (Excel Communications), Cem İlhan (Tribeca), and Işıl Arıdağ (Unite) former chairpeople of İDA, have been elected for the Advisory Board.

Ergun Gumrah, the new President of the Communication Consultancies Association of Turkey, made following statement to the members at the General Assembly meeting: “With the inspiration from our former successful operations, we are going to take a step for our next projects. Initially, our focus will be on providing the growth of İDA, enhancing information production and university collaborations to create competitive advantage and motivating our employees for projects in order to form the Young İDA.”

About the Communication Consultancies Association of Turkey (İDA)

The Communication Consultancies Association of Turkey (İDA) was founded for improving, expanding and increasing the reputation of the public relations sector which the member companies operate in; increasing awareness in the sector against unfair competition, informal activities and unethical acts; ensuring that the companies receiving service from the sector to have access to accurate information about the sector; and ensuring that the members act jointly without damaging their solidarity and competitive environment against the problems of the profession and the market, to set an example by observing the international service standards and codes of conduct, and to increase their service quality by increasing their professional performances and management skills. İDA, the corporate representative of the communications consultancy sector in Turkey where only the companies can become a member of, is the Turkey branch and representative of the International Communications Consultancy Organization (ICCO). http://www.ida.org.tr/