We lost Marmara Group Foundation Medal of Honor Winner and Board of Trustees Member Yalçın Sönmez.

Yalçın Sönmez,  journalist, entrepreneur and known for his unique work for SMEs, was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kocaeli Alikahya Organized Industrial Zone.

As Marmara Group Foundation, we will not forget the friendship and high memory of our friend Yalçın Sönmez.

Marmara Group Foundation Chairman Dr.Akkan Suver published a condolence message on the occasion of Yalçın Sönmez's passing into eternity: "-We lost our dear brother, friend, Marmara Group Foundation's Board of Trustees Member and Medal of Honor Winner Yalçın Sönmez.

With our long friendship, with our friendship something to people We have accomplished many successful works with our love of giving. His KOBIEFOR press activities, leadership and guidance to the establishment of ORGANIZED INDUSTRIAL ZONES, TOSYÖV services will always be remembered as their unforgettable works. He will always be among us with his unforgettable services at the Eurasian Economic Summits.

We have realized many valuable visits and events together at home and abroad. We will not forget these exceptional memories and will always remember them.

I share the justified pain of his precious wife Nurdan  and his son Öncü Can Sönmez, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Marmara Group Foundation, and offer my deepest condolences. While I wish my dear friend peace in the grave, I also wish patience to the friends of Yalçın Sönmez, who created the Marmara Group Foundation. Rest in peace."