The new İMEAK Chamber of Shipping leadership visited Anıtkabir, honoring Atatürk and outlining their commitment to the maritime sector.
The newly elected members of the 11th Term Assembly and Board of Directors of the IMEAK Chamber of Shipping visited Anıtkabir to pay their respects to the spiritual presence of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Board Chairman Recep Düzgit wrote a message in the Anıtkabir Special Book expressing the goals of the maritime sector and their commitment to the Republic.
The newly elected management of the IMEAK Chamber of Shipping (DTO) visited Anıtkabir in Ankara on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
The delegation, consisting of IMEAK DTO Board Chairman Recep Düzgit, Assembly Chairman Tamer Kıran, and Board members, walked along the Lion Road to Atatürk's mausoleum. The delegation laid a wreath at the mausoleum and stood in a moment of silence in the presence of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
After the ceremony, Board Chairman Recep Düzgit and the accompanying delegation proceeded to the National Pact Tower. Here, Düzgit signed the Anıtkabir Special Book, emphasizing the goals of the Turkish maritime sector and the fundamental values of the Republic.
Recep Düzgit wrote the following in the Anıtkabir Special Book:
"We are here in your presence as the newly elected members of the 11th Term Assembly and Board of Directors of the IMEAK Chamber of Shipping, representing the Istanbul and Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean, and Black Sea Regions.
In the second century of our Republic, your greatest gift to the Turkish nation, we respectfully, gratefully, and with remembrance honor you and your comrades-in-arms who entrusted us with an independent and free homeland.
As representatives of the Turkish maritime sector, we take your directive, 'We must consider maritime affairs as the great national ideal of the Turk and achieve it in a short time,' as our guide in line with your goal of 'surpassing the level of contemporary civilizations,' which we proudly display at the entrance of our Chamber building. We continue to work with determination and resolve for our Turkey to be among the leading maritime countries in the 21st century.
We carry the historical responsibility of preserving our greatest work, the Republic, in the light of your principles and revolutions for eternity and passing it on strongly to future generations. We promise to fulfill this responsibility with determination and bow respectfully in your spiritual presence.
May your soul rest in peace."
The new management was present at Anıtkabir.
The visit to Anıtkabir was attended by IMEAK DTO Vice Chairmen Barış Dillioğlu and Refik Yavuz Kalkavan, Board Treasurer Ahmet Can Bozkurt, and Board Members Burak Akartaş, İsmail Görgün, Kemal Akbaşoğlu, Haluk İribaş, Mustafa Aslan, Serdar Akdemir, and Orbay Şimşek.
The secretariat of the IMEAK Chamber of Shipping also accompanied the delegation during the visit.
Source: SeaNews Türkiye
