Firsts

Year of Establishment: February 12, 1991

Registration Place: Gayrettepe Associations Bar Association, 34-51/146

First Address: Sofular Simitçı Şakir Sk. 32/4, Fatih/Istanbul

Founding Members: Aydın Yılmaz, Tuğrul Şavkay, Turgut Kut, Hasan Özen, Gülsen Açınca Doğangül, Emrullah Gümüştaş, Mustafa Barut, Ergün Köknar, Ali Başoğlu.

Substitute Members: Ali Esat Göksel, Muhtar Katırcıoğlu, Atilla Dorsay

Auditor: Tuncay Sakarya

First Board of Directors: Ergun Köknar: President, Tuğrul Şavkay: Vice President, Hasan Özen: General Secretary, Emrullah Gümüştaş: Treasurer

First Secretary: İlknur Akçaoğlu

First Conversation Meeting: April 24, 1991, Çatı Restaurant

First Bank Account: April 30, 1991, Vakıflar Bank Elmadağ Branch

First Logo: Designed by Graphic Designer Bülent Erkmen. Erkman became the first honorary member of the Gastronomic Society of Turkey.

The First Regalia: On March 14, 2001, a decision was made to commission a silver spoon.