Names on the founding board of the association: İbrahim Şahoğlu, Raşit Kalıncık, Mehmet Can Ermiş, Engin Aydemir, Memduh Yalçınkaya, Orhan Kalfa, Hakkı Çelik.
Undertaking the founding chairmanship of BAKKAD, Şahoğlu gave the following information about the association: “The Western Black Sea Region needed such an association. The aim of our association is to guide the organizations operating in the field of forest products by communicating and collaborating with public and private institutions and to provide solidarity by bringing our businessmen together. After our first board meeting, we will visit our district governor and mayor and we will continue our work quickly.”
