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ESBAS, fulfilling the requirements of the award evaluation process of the EFQM Excellence Model, has been granted the award by KalDer. Corporate social responsibility projects and the community works by ESBAS as well as its operations such as Space Camp Türkiye and Child Care Center have been honored as examples of Best Practices in terms of “Creating a Sustainable Future”, which is one of the principle concepts of excellence. CEO of ESBAS, Faruk Güler (PhD) accepted the award from Chairwoman of KalDer, Mrs. Buket Eminoglu Pilavci during the award ceremony held at the end of the 26^th National Quality Congress on November 21^st - 22^nd 2017 at Istanbul Zorlu Performing Arts Center.

Dr. Güler started his acceptance speech by acknowledging all stakeholders and those who contributed. Güler said, “As ESBAS, we adopted the excellence model as a way of management. We engaged the contribution and participation of nearly all 500 of our employees, who are the driving force of our development. We improved and provided our services to the users and employees of the Aegean Free Zone under the guidance of the excellence philosophy and with an ever-increasing value. We shared our achievements with all of our stakeholders, but particularly with our own staff and customers. This is a very valuable and important award for us that made us all very happy. But we see this award as an interim evaluation, as a boosting step forward in our long running journey, because we will be continuing to work on Excellence with the same thrill and excitement.”

“All of our steps towards Excellence is aimed at contributing to the operating companies of our Zone, providing them a convenient business environment in the Zone and in Türkiye and to meet their expectations as best as we can. In taking these steps we actively strive to meet the expectations of all of our stakeholders and look out for their interests. Our vision is to make the Aegean Free Zone a center of excellence. We set out on this journey, not only for the companies, but also to make each one of 20.300 employees of the Aegean Free Zone a happy employee, because happy employees make successful businesses,” added Güler. Having accepted the Türkiye Excellence Award, employees of ESBAS took the justified pride of being the first Free Zone development and operating company in Türkiye to be granted this award.

What is Türkiye Excellence Award?

Türkiye Excellence Award is an award that is given to best performing for or not-for profit companies of all scales and industries in Türkiye, on the basis of the EFQM Excellence Model as well as a similar evaluation process by KalDer (Quality Foundation). Purpose of this award is to recognize the best performing companies and organizations, be it private, public, or not-for profit. It also recognizes industry leaders that are continuously improving their performance and showing indisputably outstanding achievements by transforming strategy into action. Türkiye Excellence Award is granted on the basis of 8 Basic Principles of EFQM Excellence Model. Organizations determined to pass a certain score level at the end of an evaluation performed through site visits, become qualified to be granted the Türkiye Excellence Award in the field of the Basic Principle relevant to the approaches and practices that are identified as best practices or models.