Golden Turk

The Golden Turk Awards, which was established in 2008, is the first and only independent organization created to reward successful Turks and Turkish companies, as well as those individuals and institutions that support Turkey.

Formed by the TURKOFAMERICA Media Group and Rhxo Technology Group, the purpose of the Golden Turk Awards is to create a platform through which success in the US will be rewarded, something for the younger generation to take pride in.

One of the partners, the TURKOFAMERICA MEDIA GROUP, is the owner and publisher of the first and only world business magazine in the US, TURKOFAMERICA magazine. Published since 2002, TURKOFAMERICA Magazine has had partnerships with numerous public and private institutions and has created headlines with its news and been followed through the USA. It has carried out interviews with many famous businessmen, politicians, and artists, including President Suleyman Demirel, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, US Congress member Dan Burton, Robert Wexler, US President Barack Obama’s advisor on Middle East, Steve Cohen, Virginia Foxx, and New York Governor David Paterson.

With over a hundred software engineers and IT experts, the RHXO TECHNOLOGY GROUP is a company that has put its mark on countless projects in the US and Turkey. RHXO provides service to clients in twenty five countries worldwide and its products are used, primarily, by Fortune 500 companies and by the public and private sector. RHXO is providing solutions to its clients through its software engineers in New York and New Jersey, as well as in Ankara in Turkey and New Delhi in India. Awarded many times for its technology and products in USA, Europe, and Turkey, RHXO stands among the leading companies within the sector with its successes.

GOLDEN TURK AWARDS EXECUTIVE BOARD

Mesut Darendeli – President (mesut@goldenturkawards.com)
Cemil Özyurt – CEO (cemil@goldenturkawards.com)
Ömer Güneş – Vice President (omer@goldenturkawards.com)
Ekmel Anda – Committee Chairperson (ekmel@goldenturkawards.com)

COMMITTEE

- Ali Çınar, TURKOFAMERICA Connecticut Representative, VP of ATAA East Coast
- Ali Günertem, Co-founder at Betterworld Telecom and member of TURKOFAMERICA Advising Committee
- Ariel Sagiz, Private Wealth Consultants
- Aydoğan Vatandaş, Journalist and Author
- Ayşe Önal Zamboğlu, TURKOFAMERICA California Representative
- Cüneyt Gürkan, President of Bibi & Mimi Inc.
- Demet Cabbar, President of American Turkish Association in Washington, D.C.
- Ersoy Yıldız, TURKOFAMERICA Rochester Representative
- Ertan Turhan, General Director of News Special at Show TV (İstanbul, Turkey)
- Göknur Akçadağ, Assistant Prof. at Yıldız Technical University
- Mustafa Aykaç, TURKOFAMERICA Boston Representative
- Ozan Bacak, Partner of Bacak LLC.
- Şahap Gizlen, President, Co-Founder at Academia Pro
- Dr. Turgay Tekinay (PhD), Scientist at Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology
- Ural Yeşil, Editor-in-Chief of Forum Newspaper.