Feyyaz Berker & Ali Nihat Gokyigit | 2013 Alumni Medal Award Winners
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Channel: Michigan Engineering · 2013 · Science & Technology
Feyyaz Berker (MSE CE '48) and Ali Nihat Gokyigit (MSE CE '48) 2013 Alumni Medal Award Feyyaz Berker (MSE CE '48) and Ali Nihat Gokyigit (MSE CE '48) have made significant, lasting contributions to the development of Turkey as entrepreneurs who started Tekfen Holding -- one of the most successful businesses in Turkey -- a conglomerate comprised of 40 publicly traded companies and seven subsidiaries operating in contracting, agri-industry, real estate development and finance. This "dynamic duo" have also founded and taken leadership roles in Turkish non-profit organizations like the TUSIAD -- Turkish Industry and Businessmen Association and the TEMA Foundation -- Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and Protection of Natural Habitats. Gokyigit is the founder of the Tekfen Philharmonic Orchestra, an important cultural institution that also serves world peace, and he has established the Nezahat Botanical Garden in Istanbul.
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