We lost Şarık Tara, is the founder of ENKA Holding. He was one of the leading names of Turkish industrial world. Şarık Tara always had an important place in education and culture as much as it is in the Turkish industry. Dr. Akkan Suver said that the passing away of Şarık Tara is the loss of Turkish intellectual business world. Dr. Suver said the following: We all felt very sad when we heard that he had passed away. Deceased Şarık Tara was not only a businessman, but a heartfelt man. He gave great importance to the activities of the Marmara Group Foundation in the area of civil society and he always appreciated the high success of the foundation in Eurasian Economic Summits. He, was one of the distinguished participants of our meetings, honoured our activities as a guest speaker from time to time. Also, precious Şarık Tara, who was giving economic support to our studies, was a fellow of Eurasian Economic Summits. The loss of Şarık Tara, who attended the 12nd Eurasian Economic Summit on November 6, 2009 as a speaker, is the loss of Turkish intellectual business world. We share this unimaginable pain of his family and we would like to express our sincere condolences to the Turkish business community as the Marmara Group Foundation.

Dr. Akkan Suver expressed sincere thanks of the Marmara Group Foundation to Şarık Tara in the year 2015.