Bendevi Palandöken
President
TESK
(The Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen)
TESK is a tradesmen and craftsmen organization that has been established to set and regulate economical and social formations of the society as it originated in relation to the “trade guild membership” formed in 12th century. Very basis of the tradesmen and craftsmen’s society sector’s modern organizational structure were first formed by means of a law that was passed, and then reached its current structure owing to the Tradesmen and Craftsmen Law numbered 507, that came into force in 1964. Finally, the tradesmen and craftsmen chambers’, unions, federations’ and confederation establishment and operational rudiments have been renovated according to today’s conditions by means of the Tradesmen and Craftsmen Occupational Organizations Law numbered 5362 that came into force on the date of 21/06/2005.
As one of the most important non-governmental organizations of our country, The Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK); while currently having country-wide organizational structure with its 13 Sector Occupational Federations, 82 Tradesmen and Craftsmen Union of Chambers and 3171 Local Occupational Chambers, it is the highest status occupational organization with its public institution property representing nearly 1.8 millions tradesmen and craftsmen members working through service and production sectors. All of its managers are assigned to their positions through democratic elections carried out by its members, and is managed by an administration board consisting of 15 persons.
TESK safeguards the interests of its members, represents tradesmen and craftsmen domestically and abroad, and maintains its activities under today’s all kinds of developing conditions and for tradesmen and craftsmen every related necessary issues, by taking all the necessary actions at all kinds of platforms in order to establish unity between its affiliated tradesmen and craftsmen chambers, unions, and federations, in order to provide occupational needs of tradesmen and craftsmen and of their employers, in order to facilitate and organize their occupational activities, to provide them with the proper vocational training and to ensure their improvement according to that profession’s general requirements, to ensure the dominancy of correctness and trustworthiness through employers’ inter-relations and their relations with the public, and in order to preserve occupational discipline and moral values.