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elebrating its 70th
anniversary in 2014, our
Group was founded and
has come to be what it is
today under the leadership
of our founder and honorary
chairman, the late Asım Kocabıyık.
Today our primary goal is to lead in the
sectors we operate and to be a global
corporation active in world markets. In
striving to achieve this goal, we have
drawn vital inspiration from the words of
our founder: “I owe a debt of gratitude
to this country. I have worked my whole
life to repay it.” This maxim is the basis
of Borusan Holding’s social responsibility
activities.
Borusan Holding’s social responsibility
activities focus on education, culture
and the arts, and the empowerment
of women. The Borusan Kocabıyık
Foundation (BKF), founded in 1962,
operates to ensure the effectiveness and
sustainability of these activities.
Borusan Holding initially concentrated its
social responsibility activities on education
and then expanded into culture and the
arts, particularly through the Borusan
Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, cultural
publications and a contemporary art
museum, Borusan Contemporary. Most
recently, its key priority has been the
empowerment of women and equality of
opportunity for men and women. Another
major, and unique, social responsibility
project is the Borusan Ocean Volunteers
Platform, a voluntary initiative of Borusan
employees established in 2008.
Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation
“We are repaying
a debt of gratitude
to the country”