İKSV

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) is a non-profit cultural institution. Since 1973, the Foundation continues its efforts to enrich Istanbul’s cultural and artistic life. İKSV regularly organises the Istanbul Festivals of Music, Film, Theatre and Jazz, the Istanbul Biennial, Leyla Gencer Voice Competition, autumn film week Filmekimi and realises one-off events throughout the year. The Foundation hosts cultural and artistic events from various disciplines at its performance venue Salon İKSV, located at the Nejat Eczacıbaşı Building, and offers creative events programme for children and youngsters at İKSV Alt Kat.

İKSV organises the Pavilion of Turkey at the International Art and Architecture Exhibitions of la Biennale di Venezia, conducts studies and drafts reports with the aim of contributing to cultural policy development, and supports artistic and cultural production through presenting awards at its festivals, commissioning works, taking part in international and local co-productions and coordinating an artist residency programme at Cité Internationale des Arts in France, as well as the annual Aydın Gün Encouragement, Talât Sait Halman Translation, and Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre Encouragement Awards.

İKSV is a member of the General Assembly of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO, since 2018.

İKSV BOARD OF TRUSTEES
FOUNDERS
  • Türkiye Turing ve Otomobil Kurumu
  • Burla Ticaret ve Yatırım A.Ş.
  • Eczacıbaşı Holding AŞ
  • Osmanlı Bankası AŞ
  • Perfektüp Sanayi AŞ (Bell Holding)
  • Sınai Yatırım ve Kredi Bankası AO
  • Tatko Otomobil, Lastik, Makine Tic. ve İnşaat TAŞ
  • Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası AŞ (TSKB)
  • Fettah Aytaç
  • Ali Koçman
  • Bernar Nahum
  • İzzet Pensoy
  • Afif Tektaş
  • Mehmet Ragıp Devres
CHAIRPERSON
  • Ömer M. Koç
MEMBERS
  • Akbank TAŞ
  • Allianz Sigorta AŞ
  • Arçelik AŞ
  • Arıtaş Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti.
  • Aygaz AŞ
  • Borusan Holding AŞ
  • Ege Holding AŞ
  • Elginkan Holding AŞ (ECA)
  • Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık AŞ
  • Işıklar Holding AŞ
  • İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi
  • İstanbul Sanayi Odası
  • İstanbul Ticaret Odası
  • Koç Holding AŞ
  • Martı Otel İşletmeleri AŞ
  • Organik Holding AŞ
  • Münir Ekonomi
  • Profilo Holding AŞ
  • Selahattin Beyazıt Şirketler Grubu
  • Garanti BBVA
  • Tekfen Holding
  • Türk Hava Yolları AO
  • Türk Pirelli Lastikleri AŞ
  • Türkiye İş Bankası AŞ
  • Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları AŞ
  • Vakko Tekstil ve Hazır Giyim San. İşl. AŞ
  • Yapı Kredi Bankası
  • Yılmaz Ulusoy Holding AŞ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
  • Bülent Eczacıbaşı Chairperson
  • Ahmet Kocabıyık Vice Chairperson
  • Prof. Dr. Teoman Akünal Member
  • Ebru Dildar Edin Member
  • Oya Eczacıbaşı Member
  • Zeynep İnanoğlu Özdemir Member
  • Mehmet Keteloğlu Member
  • Görgün Taner Member
  • Özgür Tanrıkulu Member
  • Burçin Girit Member
ADVISORS
  • Bülent Erkmen Corporate Identity Advisor
  • Av. Sadife Karataş Kural Legal Advisor
  • Çağrı Köseyener Administrative Affairs Advisor
EXECUTIVE BOARD
  • Bülent Eczacıbaşı Chairperson
  • Ahmet Kocabıyık Vice Chairperson
  • Prof. Dr. Teoman Akünal Vice Chairperson
  • Görgün Taner Vice Chairperson
GENERAL DIRECTORATE
Görgün Taner
General Director Dr. Yeşim Gürer Oymak
Deputy Director General Mustafa Yegen
Deputy Director General (Finance and Administration) Nilay Kartal
Assistant to General Director
ISTANBUL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Efruz Çakırkaya
Director Melis Turanlıgil
Operations Manager Gökçe Yılmaz
Operations Associate
ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL
Kerem Ayan
Director Bulgu Öztürk
Assistant Director Nuray Muştu
Communication and Operations Manager Yusuf Pinhas
International Grants and Editorial Manager Zeynep Naz İnansal
Coordinator Melek Memiş
Meetings on the Bridge Coordinator
ISTANBUL BIENNIAL
Bige Örer
Director Elif Kamışlı
Exhibition Manager Gamze Öztürk
Architect and Project Manager Pelin Kuş
Communication & Operations Coordinator Leyla Bayri
Production Assistant & SaDe Project Assistant
ISTANBUL THEATRE FESTIVAL
Işıl Kasapoğlu
26th İstanbul Theatre Festival Curator Handan Uzal Dündar
Programming & Operations Manager Gizem Aktepe
Programming & Operations Coordinator Ayşe Emek
Budget and Operations Advisor
ISTANBUL JAZZ FESTIVAL
M. Harun İzer
Director Günsu Yeşilyaprak
Events & Operations Coordinator Yankı Çalışkan
Operations Associate
PAVILION OF TURKEY AT BIENNALE ARTE AND ARCHITETTURA
Bige Örer
Contemporary Art Projects Director Duygu Şengünler
Business Development & Project Manager Aslı Esra Kocamaz
Exhibiton and Project Assistant
CİTÉ INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS RESIDENCY PROGRAMME, TURKEY STUDIO
Bige Örer
Contemporary Art Projects Director
CultureCIVIC
Nevra Arslantürk
Project Coordinator
SALON İKSV
Deniz Kuzuoğlu
Director Ufuk Şakar
Production Manager Sinan Özçelik
Sound Engineer Başak Su Gümrükçü
Assistant
CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES
Özlem Ece
Director Selen Akçalı
Project Manager Ekin Çuhadar
Research Coordinator Berk Çakır
Communications Coordinator Ayberk Çelikel
Subgrant Coordinator Neslihan Öztürk
Subgrant Coordinator Emre Seymenoğlu
Events Coordinator
İKSV ALT KAT
Özlem Ece
Director Eda Göknar
Manager
LEYLA GENCER VOICE COMPETITION
Dr. Yeşim Gürer Oymak
Co-Director Ayşe Emek
Coordinator
AYDIN GÜN ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
Dr. Yeşim Gürer Oymak
İKSV Deputy Director General Efruz Çakırkaya
Istanbul Music Festival Director Melis Turanlıgil
Istanbul Music Festival Operations Coordinator Gökçe Yılmaz
Istanbul Music Festival Operations Associate
TALAT SAİT HALMAN TRANSLATION AWARD
Nilay Kartal
Coordinator
GÜLRİZ SURURİ - ENGİN CEZZAR THEATRE ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
Handan Uzal Dündar
Coordinator Nilay Kartal
Coordinator
SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME
Zeynep Pekgöz
Director Zeynep Karaman
Assistant Director Merve Peker
Manager Derin Tekin
Coordinator Elif Doğan
Associate Begüm Kesici
Sponsorship Programme Assistant
SALES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Dilan Beyhan
Director Neva Abrar
Sales Operations Manager Gonca Varol
Sales and Business Development Manager Erim Pala
Membership Programme Coordinator Begüm Çavuşoğlu
Membership Programme Associate Dilara Kongur
Membership Programme Associate Ece Öğel
Membership Programme Assistant Canberk Durak
Sales Operations Assistant Alican Şahin
Sales Operations Assistant
COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (MEDIA RELATIONS, STUDIO, CORPORATE IDENTITY AND PUBLICATIONS, ARCHIVE)
Ayşe Bulutgil
Director
MEDIA RELATIONS
Elif Ekinci
Media Relations Manager Neslihan Özata Örnek
Media Relations Coordinator Talin Gidici
Coordinator Ayşegül Öneren
Media Relations Coordinator Gizem Güngör
Social Media Coordinator Türkiz Kardaş
Media Relations Assistant İrem Yıldan
Media Relations Assistant Elif Özdemir
Social Media Assistant
İKSV STUDIO
Kamil Kulaksız
Coordinator Fatih Yılmaz
Visual Content Associate Sercan Bıyıklı
Associate
CORPORATE IDENTITY AND PUBLICATIONS
Didem Ermiş Sezer
Director Erim Şerifoğlu
Editorial Manager Seren Erciyas
Digital Publications Editor Ferhat Balamir
Senior Prepress Graphic Designer Esra Kılıç
Senior Graphic Designer Gamze Kulak
Graphic Designer Sezen Özgür
Webmaster
ARCHIVE
Esra Çankaya
Manager
MARKETING & AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE
Atasun Kaşbaş
Marketing and Audience Experience Director Cansu Aşkın
Marketing Manager Meriç Yirmili
Marketing Manager Bahar Helvacıoğlu
Web and Mobile Platforms Project Manager Canan Alper
Sales and CRM Operations Coordinator Deniz Çokuğraş
Digital Marketing Coordinator Emre Barış Ünel
Marketing Assistant
HOSPITALITY
Zeynep Tuna
Associate Seyfi Akbulut
Associate Ada Albayrak
Assistant
PRODUCTION
Ali Uluç Kutal
Manager Ulaş Bölük
Associate Efe Sümer
Coordinator Burak Kayıkçı
Production Associate Baran Ertürk
Assistant
FINANCE
Ahmet Buruk (Budget and Accounting) Manager Başak Sucu Yıldız (Finance)
Manager Deniz Yılmaz Accounting and Finance Operations Associate Kadir Altoprak
Finance Coordinator (International Funds) Özlem Can Yaşar
Accounting Associate Berfin Doğan
Accounting Assistant
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Kadir Ayyıldız
System Administrator Türkay Çeler
Information Technologies Assistant
BUILDING ADMINISTRATION
Ersin Kılıçkan
Building Administration and Security Manager Aşkın Bircan
Electrician Neşe Vuslat Şahin
Reception Officer Şerif Kocaman
Warehouse Officer Sercan Dericioğlu
Warehouse Officer Ahmet Birkan Karaçam
Warehouse Officer Raşit Gülcü
Office Driver
HUMAN RESOURCES
Beste Kayacan
Human Resources Manager Jan Mara Eser
Human Resources Associate Yeşim Şanlı
Human Resources Assistant
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