Board of Directors

Born in 1986 in İstanbul, Ali Görkem Tokatman graduated from Yıldız Technical University Faculty of Business Administration in 2009. Starting professional life in the family company Edsa Tekstil, Tokatman became the Manager of Edsa Tekstil that offers ready-wear garment and printing service to many companies in Europe in 2014 after working in various departments.

Ali Görkem Tokatman continues his works for the R&D department of Edsa Tekstil which provides employment for 500 people in total in cutting, sewing, printing, ironing and packaging units in the Kırklareli Organized Industrial Zone and in İstanbul Güneşli.

Tokatman is married and has 1 child.

Born in 1965 in İstanbul, Deniz Dikmen completed elementary and high school education at Maria-Sibylla-Merian Gymnasium in Germany. Dikmen, who graduated from İstanbul University German Philology faculty speaks   German ,English, French, Latin and Russian languages.

Her professional life started when she started working as a Product Manager at Karstadt AG which is one of Turkey’s first overseas Sourcing Offices founded in 1989 in İstanbul. She has also taken part in goods procurement of important German textile brands and in teams that pioneered in laying the foundations of Turkey’s textile export to Germany.

Deniz Dikmen has played the leading role in exporting to Retailers, mail order  companies and online sales channels of many countries in Europe such as Germany, England, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands and France. In addition to that, she has successfully worked from 2003-2006 as Executive Manager Europe with production countries in the textile industry such as Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Poland and Estonia.

From 2006 - 2020, she worked as Vice President and Global Account Manager in the field of sales and supply chain management at Hong Kong based Li&Fung Corp., which is the world’s largest global textile agency and bridged the relationship between the European customers and the vendors from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Turkey and Italy .

Dikmen attended international training programs in social responsibility standards with ethical contents and on the topic of sustainable textile such as BSCI. She has applied the training program on her employees for strengthening and improving the organization. Deniz Dikmen, who is the author of two short story books published in German language by the DTV publishing house in Germany, was also given several literature awards. Continuing her second university education at the İstanbul University World Heritage Management, Dikmen is also working as the Vice Chairperson of the Sevda Aydın Foundation – S.A.F Vakfı.

Deniz Dikmen is married and has a child.

Aysun Adsoy Yıldız was born in 1982 in Germany. She began her primary education in Germany and returned to Turkey at the age of 11. She completed her undergraduate studies in Econometrics at Uludağ University and earned a master’s degree in International Trade from Istanbul Ticaret University.

Aysun Adsoy Yıldız started her professional career as a Customer Service Representative at Türkticaret.net, where she worked for one year before deciding to continue her career in Istanbul. She joined a Microsoft partner firm as a SharePoint Services Sales Manager and worked there for approximately two years.

Later, she took on the task of translating SAP software from German to Turkish at another firm, which was an SAP partner. She worked in this role for two years.

In 2005, she decided to establish her own business and founded Mera Dış Ticaret. The company rapidly grew by selling foil paper, foil printing chemicals, and printing and effect machines. Yıldız managed the entire supply chain from South Korea, China, Italy, and India, determining and successfully implementing the company’s overall business strategies.

In 2016, she relocated to Izmir and co-founded Varak Teknik. At the facility in Izmir, the company provides services such as foil printing and pleating, as well as flock printing, glitter printing, embossing, and goffering through outsourcing. The primary clients of Varak Teknik include Inditex Group and H&M, both of which have successfully passed all approval processes. The company also holds OCS (Organic Content Standard) and RCS (Recycled Claim Standard) certifications, reflecting its commitment to high sustainability standards.

Yıldız currently resides in Izmir with her family. She is married and has a daughter. In addition to English, she has an intermediate level of proficiency in German.

Birkan Haluk Ceylan was born on July 12, 1996, in Istanbul. After completing his foundational education at Ziya Kalkavan Maritime Anatolian Technical High School, he graduated from the International Trade and Logistics Department of Kadir Has University in 2021

During his student years, Ceylan held purchasing positions at various textile companies, specializing in procurement and strategic planning processes. He also gained significant experience in the business world by working for an extended period at his family company, Emaks Tekstil Aksesuar. Since 2019, he has been serving as the Director of Marketing and Business Development at the company.

As of November 2023, Ceylan has taken on the role of Director at Emaks Button Factory, leading the company’s innovative projects and growth strategies in the production of polyester and metal buttons.

To drive the development of the sector and promote innovative projects, Birkan Haluk Ceylan actively participates in numerous non-governmental organizations. He contributes to the future of the textile industry through his board memberships at TİHCAD (Textile Exporters and Employees Association) and the Apparel Sub-Industry Association (KYSD).

Supporting social responsibility projects, enhancing R&D processes, and fostering strong collaborations with brands form the core of Ceylan’s professional principles. With his innovative and solution-oriented approaches, he continues to add value to the textile industry.

Civan Çelik was born in 1991 in İstanbul Bakırköy. He went to Yeşilköy Anatolian High School. He went to Yıldız Technical University Mechatronic Engineering Department (Education in English) within 1% percentile and graduated with a degree.

Starting to work as a manager in the field of marketing and business management in the service industry during his university education, Çelik has worked in this sector for 6 years. Civan Çelik continues his professional business life at the family owned company Santana Tekstil where he started working in 2017. Working as a manager at the sales and marketing, export and R&D departments, Civan Çelik started the export business to Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Austria and Poland at Santana Tekstil company which has an export business  to more than 20 countries.

Born in 1969 in Konya, Birsen Şehirli Tor completed her primary education in Konya. After graduating from Ege University Faculty of Engineering Department of Textile in 1990, she completed the master’s degree program in management sciences at Marmara University Institute of Business Management.

Between 1990-1996 she worked at Mavi Ege A.Ş., which is the Turkey licensor of the Lee and Wrangler brands within the body of VF Cooperation, in the fields of factory installation and management, collection preparation and presentation, manufacturing, fashion show organizations, franchise system and brand sales. Then, she worked at Retro Tekstil A.Ş. until 2001 in the Turkey design, manufacturing, sales and marketing teams of the Pepe Jeans brand. In the following period, she worked as country manager in the Ireland based Desmonds & Son’s group which is the main supplier of Marks & Spencer. Between 2002-2012 she worked as General Manager at Li&Fung Corp. which is the world’s biggest textile global supply agency based in Hong Kong.

Following her e-commerce experience at trendyol.com and n11.com, Tor has managed a manufacturing consolidation project of all private brands at Boyner Holding for 4 years.

Tor, who continues her career as a senior manager at a global company that makes international supply management, is married and has a child.

Born in 1986 in İstanbul, İbrahim Cüneyt Önügören completed primary education in Yeşilköy. Then he got into Sakarya University Faculty of Economical and Administrative Sciences Department of Economics and graduated in 2009.

Starting his professional life in 2010 at the family company Emek Kumaş which was founded in 1980, Önügören has served as Executive Board Chairman of Emek Kumaş Dış Ticaret İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş.

While completing his ninth year at the management of Emek Kumaş, he bought Emekteks Dış Ticaret İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. which was founded in 1997 and started exporting ready wear garments. In the same year, İbrahim Cüneyt Önügören founded Endeavour SA which is a Guatemala based food company.

İbrahim Cüneyt Önügören is married and has 2 children.

Born in 1979 in Samsun Terme, Cemil Arslan completed primary and secondary education in İstanbul after his family migrated to İstanbul in 1984.

Starting professional life as a worker in 1998, Cemil Arslan worked in the production section as a manager in various departments at Şahinler Holding between 2003-2008. Later, in 2009 he started at the Avelice Tekstil company being a founding partner of.

At the end of 2012 he founded his own company Arslan Tekstil where he still continues to carry out export-oriented manufacturing.

Cemil Arslan is married and has 2 children.

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Born in 1975 in Isparta, Kemal Say completed his primary and secondary education in Aydın. Then he studied at Marmara University ,Faculty of Public Administration in French and graduated successfully in 1999.

Kemal Say has worked as Sales Manager at İnci Tekstil (1998-2000), LC Waikiki (2000-2004) and Saykon Danışmanlık (2004-2006) companies respectively. Until 2015, he worked as nonwoven fabrics Sales Director at Ribatek Tekstil A.Ş.

Since 2015, he has been working as Turkey Director of Denmark based Fibertex Nonwovens company which has a network in over 70 countries and is operating in the field of nonwoven fabric manufacturing and sales.

Kemal Say, who is married and has a child, can speak English and French.

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