DEİK is an association comprised of several organs:
General Assembly, Board of Directors, Executive
Board and Supervisory Board, and carries out its
activities with the aid of its Founding Institutions and
Members who are the representatives of the Turkish
private sector. The Business Councils constitute the
backbone of DEİK, while their Executive Committees
are responsible for the implementation of the
decisions taken by DEİK’s institutional organs.
The General Secretariat is the executive branch
of the organisation formed by professionals. Its
highest-level manager is the Secretary General who
reports directly to the Board of Directors.
The General Secretariat is tasked and authorised
to organise the meetings of the board of directors
and all organs related to it, to report the agenda,
decisions and activities, to implement decisions and
to carry out all activities related to the programming,
budgeting, execution and reporting of all activities of
the organisation.
The General Secretariat also steers the work of the
Business Councils within the strategic framework
defined by the Board of Directors, and it ensures the
coordination among the DEİK organs.
DEİK’s Business Councils are the backbone of the
organisation. Their task is to implement the decisions
taken by DEİK’s organs. Business Councils complete
their tasks through their own Executive Committees.
The Board of Auditors is selected by the General
Assembly among its members for a term of four
years. It is composed of five members and five
substituting ones. Members of the Board of Auditors
must not at the same time assume any task in/at
DEİK or Business Councils.
The Executive Board is elected by the Board of
Directors among its own members. It comprises 13
members and is composed as follows: one member
representing each of TOBB, TİM, MÜSİAD and TMB,
two representatives of other Founding Institutions,
three Business Council Presidents and one Member
of the General Assembly.
The President of the Board of Directors is also the
chairman of the Executive Board. The President is
assisted by two Deputy Presidents elected among
the Members of the Executive Board, while the
Accountant Board Member is a natural member of
the Executive Board.
DEİK’s Board of Directors is elected by the General
Assembly for a four-years term. It has 35 Members,
including the President. The Board of Directors is
composed of the following members: one member
each representing the Founding Institutions, TOBB,
TİM, MÜSİAD and TMB, with the remaining members
elected among the other Founding Institutions, the
Presidents of the Business Councils and Delegates.
The President of the Board of Directors is appointed
by the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Turkey.
DEiK’s Organisational Structure
Board of Auditors
DEiK’s Business Council
General Secretariat
Board of Directors
Executive Board
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