İKSV

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) is a non-profit cultural institution. Since 1973, the Foundation has continued its efforts to support the advancement of culture and the arts in Istanbul. İKSV regularly organises the Istanbul Festivals of Music, Film, Theatre and Jazz, the Istanbul Biennial, Leyla Gencer Voice Competition and autumn film week Filmekimi. At the Nejat Eczacıbaşı Building, the Foundation hosts concerts at its performance venue Salon İKSV and offers creative events for children and youngsters at İKSV Alt Kat.

İKSV prepares the Türkiye Pavilion at the International Art and Architecture Exhibitions of la Biennale di Venezia, conducts studies and education programmes, and drafts reports with the aim of contributing to cultural policy development. The Foundation also supports artistic and cultural production through presenting awards at its festivals, commissioning works, taking part in international and local co-productions, coordinating an artist residency programme at Cité Internationale des Arts in France, the İKSV 50th Anniversary Young Artist Fund, 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 AŞ
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
Recep Baştuğ Member
Oya Eczacıbaşı Member
Burçin Girit Member
Zeynep İnanoğlu Özdemir Member
Mehmet Keteloğlu Member
Görgün Taner Member
Özgür Tanrıkulu 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

Ece Karakaş
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

Hayet Benkara
Head of Meetings on the Bridge

ISTANBUL BIENNIAL

Kevser Güler
Director

Gamze Öztürk
Exhibition and Programmes Manager

Pelin Kuş
Communication & Operations Coordinator

Ceren Hamiloğlu
Fundraising Coordinator

Melodi Gülbaba
Exhibition Technical Coordinator

Kubilay Ercelep
Project Coordinator (CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA, Water Buffalo Commons)

Leyla Bayrı
Project Associate

Nilüfer Erden
Office Assistant

ISTANBUL THEATRE FESTIVAL

Mehmet Birkiye
28th İstanbul Theatre Festival Curator

Handan Uzal Dündar
Programming Manager

Sıla Kenar
Operations Associate

Defne Epikmen
Assistant

ISTANBUL JAZZ FESTIVAL

M. Harun İzer
Director

Günsu Yeşilyaprak
Events & Operations Coordinator

Pırıl Arkan
Assistant

PAVILION OF TÜRKİYE AT BIENNALE ARTE AND ARCHITETTURA

Duygu Şengünler
Manager

Göksu Aydoğan
Venue and Project Coordinator

Aslı Esra Kocamaz
Exhibition Architect

CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS

CITE DES ARTS ARTISTS RESIDENCY PROGRAMME, CultureCIVIC, SADE: ARTIST SUPPORT FUND

Duygu Şengünler
Project Manager (SaDe Artist Support Fund)

Leyla Bayri
Project Associate (SaDe Artist Support Fund & Cité des Arts Artist Residency Programme)

Nevra Arslantürk
Project Coordinator (CultureCIVIC)

SALON İKSV

Deniz Kuzuoğlu
Director

Sinan Özçelik
Sound Engineer

Selin Altan
Venue and Operation Associate

Ada Albayrak
Event and Hospitality Assistant

CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES

Özlem Ece
Director

CULTURAL POLICY STUDIES

Selen Akçalı
Project Manager

Ekin Çuhadar
Research Coordinator

Selin Özavcı
Communications Coordinator

Ayberk Çelikel
Subgrant Coordinator

Neslihan Öztürk
Subgrant Coordinator

Emre Seymenoğlu
Events Coordinator

İKSV ALT KAT

Eda Göknar
Manager

Deniz Kocabağlı
Associate

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

TALÂT SAİT HALMAN TRANSLATION AWARD

Nilay Kartal
Coordinator

Ece Karakaş
Assistant

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

Elif Doğan
Associate

Sevgi Çelenk
Assistant

Aylin Kuru
Assistant

SALES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Dilan Beyhan
Director

Gonca Varol
Sales and Business Development Manager

Erim Pala
Membership Programme Manager

Begüm Çavuşoğlu
Corporate Sales and Business Development Coordinator

Aysima Uyğur
Membership Programme Assistant

Alican Şahin
Sales Operations Associate

Canberk Durak
Sales Operations Assistant

Şevval Akbulut
Sales Operations Assistant

İlayda Özbek
Sales Operations Assistant

COMMUNICATIONS

Didem Ermiş Sezer
Director

Ayşe Bulutgil
Advisor

CORPORATE IDENTITY AND PUBLICATIONS

Erim Şerifoğlu
Manager

Seren Erciyas
Editor

Ferhat Balamir
Senior Prepress Graphic Designer

Esra Kılıç
Senior Graphic Designer

Gamze Kulak
Graphic Designer

Sezen Özgür
Webmaster

MEDIA RELATIONS

Elif Ekinci
Media Relations Manager

Neslihan Özata Örnek
Media Relations Coordinator

Talin Gidici
Media Relations Coordinator

Ayşegül Öneren
Media Relations Coordinator

Gizem Güngör
Social Media Coordinator

Türkiz Kardaş
Media Relations Associate

Özgenur Aydın
Media Relations Assistant

Rana Yalçın
Media Relations Assistant

Elif Özdemir
Social Media Assistant

İKSV STUDIO

Kamil Kulaksız
Manager

Fatih Yılmaz
Visual Content Coordinator

Sercan Bıyıklı
Associate

ARCHIVE

Esra Çankaya
Manager

MARKETING & AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE

Atasun Kaşbaş
Marketing and Audience Experience Director

Cansu Aşkın
Marketing Manager

Meriç Yirmili
Marketing Manager

Canan Alper
CRM and Digital Audience Experience Coordinator

Deniz Çokuğraş
Digital Marketing Coordinator

Ece İrgin
Marketing Associate

Eslem Zeynep Derleyen
Marketing Assistant

HOSPITALITY

Zeynep Tuna
Associate

Valeri Boğosyan
Associate

PRODUCTION

Ali Uluç Kutal
Manager

Efe Sümer
Coordinator

Ulaş Bölük
Associate

Burak Kayıkçı
Associate

Baran Ertürk
Assistant

FINANCE

Ahmet Buruk
(Budget and Accounting) Manager

Başak Sucu Yıldız
Manager (Finance)

Deniz Yılmaz
Accounting and Finance Operations Specialist

Kadir Altoprak
Finance Coordinator (International Funds)

Özlem Can Yaşar
Accounting Specialist

Berfin Doğan
Accounting Assistant

Enes Faruk Demetgül
Accounting Assistant

Ayşe Suda Sayıcı
Accounting Assistant

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

Kadir Ayyıldız
System Administrator

Türkay Çeler
Information Technologies Associate

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
Manager

Jan Mara Eser
Associate

Yeşim Şanlı
Assistant

Edanur Karagöl
Assistant

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