Çalık Holding Chairman of the Executive Board Ahmet Çalık was the recipient of the ‘Those at the Peak of Communications’ (İZ) special award for media. When receiving the award, Çalık stated “I am accepting this award on behalf of all of my friends.”
This year's award ceremony, the third held this year by the Advertiser's Association, celebrates those at the peak of the communications sector. This year's special award for the media category was awarded to Çalık Holding's Chairman of the Executive Board Ahmet Çalık. According to Aytül Özkan, Chairman of the Advertisers' Association Administrative Board, explains that the ceremony is held in order to commemorate advertisers, agencies and those in the production sector who help to establish a collective memory."We decided to hold this award ceremony in order to gain this very important element based in loyalty in our sector."Tags: Çalık Holding, Ahmet Çalık, iz
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