New board of directors of the Informatics Foundation of Turkey

The general assembly meeting of the Informatics Foundation of Turkey (TBV), which works to "transform Turkey into an information society", was held on March 20. TBV President Faruk Eczacıbaşı delivered a speech at the meeting, where the members of TBV's board of directors and supervisory board for the 2023-2025 working period were elected, and stated that TBV continues to work on new models emerging in this period, considering the current period as a breakthrough era.

The general assembly meeting of the Informatics Foundation of Turkey (TBV), which works to contribute to the creation of the necessary infrastructure for Turkey's transformation into an information society, to carry out scientific research and development activities, and especially to examine the effects of new technologies on social and economic life, to produce and implement projects together with qualified and respected stakeholders, was held on March 20.

At the meeting where the members of TBV's board of directors and supervisory board for the 2023-2025 working period were elected, the foundation's activities for the period, training projects, award programs, report studies, projects and platforms carried out with EU Funds were evaluated.

"We will work on new models covering gray areas"
In his speech at the board meeting, TBV President Faruk Eczacıbaşı described the current period as an era of breakthroughs: "We have been experiencing severe breakthroughs in recent years. For example, COVID-19 was a world breakthrough. The FED created economic breakthroughs by raising interest rates and our government by lowering interest rates. We have also experienced breakthroughs in technology: Metaverse, Cripto, NFT, DAOs and our latest new toy ChatGPT. But the worst disruption was the earthquake. Disruptions come with their dark sides, their uncontrollable gray areas. We see that control is gradually slipping away. The concept of 'authority' we are accustomed to naturally goes against the fractures. In the age of fractures, we are forced to make fundamental choices. Either we will accept a world that can adapt to change with the breakpoints that arise one after the other, or we will become aggressive and try to hold the strings in our hands by becoming combative, or we will work on new models that cover gray areas. As TBV, our preference has been the third option for almost 30 years."

"Traumas can also involve long-term profound changes"
Stating that every disaster is a trauma, Faruk Eczacıbaşı continued his words as follows: "Traumas can also change genes, and as painful as they are, they also involve long-term radical changes. New models and innovative structures emerge. One of the most important stages I would like to see TBV reach is to become an international organization that can work institutionally on new models."

Stating that TBV's team has gotten younger in the new period, Faruk Eczacıbaşı thanked his new colleagues.

TBV Board of Directors and Audit Committee Member list for the 2023-2025 working period

Main Member of the Board of Directors
Faruk ECZACIBAŞI
Bülent GÖNÇ
Ayşe Ufuk AĞAR
Rahmi AKTEPE
Murat ALSAN
Burak AYDIN
Yasin BECENİ
Berrin BENLİ
Prof. Dr. Kemal CILIZ
Dr. İzel Levi COŞKUN
Prof. Dr. Altan ÇAKIR
Hande ÇİLİNGİR
Berç ÇUBUKÇİYAN
Barış ERDEMİR
Dr. R. Erdem ERKUL
Melih Murat ERTEM
Atakan FOÇA
Özgür GÜNERİ
Emrehan HALICI
Ahmet HANÇER
Erman KARACA
Barış KARAKULLUKÇU
Levent KIZILTAN
İlker KURUÖZ
Ahmet ÖNGÜN
Mert ÖZGÜR
Barış ÖZİSTEK
Can SELÇUKİ
Ahmet Ussal ŞAHBAZ
Tolga ULUTAŞ
Serdar URÇAR
Prof. Dr. Dicle YURDAKUL
Ceren ZEYTİNOĞLU

Audit Committee Original Member
Ali SAYDAM
Cüneyt KALPAKOĞLU
Tayfun UĞUR