Türkay Uzun Sılalı re-elected to lead electrical contractors’ association

Türkay Uzun Sılalı has been re-elected president of the Turkish Cypriot Electrical Contractors Association (KTEMB) at the organisation’s 14th Ordinary General Assembly in Nicosia, according to a report by Yeniduzen.

Sılalı was the sole candidate and was elected unanimously. The assembly also approved the association’s activity and financial reports without opposition.

According to the report, Sılalı said the association had spent the previous two years addressing unregistered electrical contracting, strengthening its institutional identity and that of its members, cooperating with local and international institutions, expanding vocational training and improving sector standards.

He also said plans were being developed for a new association building on land where infrastructure work has been completed. The facility is intended to serve as a training centre.

New committees were planned to focus on construction activities and digital transformation in the electrical contracting sector, the report said.

Celal Hasan Cin, Barım Erdoğan, Özden Gençalp, Hüseyin Aygün, Aral İrtem and Tarkan Bulancak were elected to the association’s board. Ceylan Mehmet and İsmail Güvenç were elected as substitute board members.