The Turkish Restaurant & Entertainment Association (''Turizm Restaurant Yatırımcıları ve İşletmecileri Derneği'', or TURYID) is the national
restaurant association
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for the wider
restaurant industry in
Turkey
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.
The association exists to develop the industry, promote its interests, coordinate the activities of its members, and liaise with external
stakeholder
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*Stakeholder (corporate), a group, corporate, organization, member, or system that affects or can be affected by an organization's actions
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s such as the
national and
local government
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s.
TURYID also initiated and hosts the annual Global Gastroeconomic Summit, inaugurated in 2018.
As at November 2019 the association members had 187 brands, and approximately 1,250 outlets with 30,000 employees, collectively generating a total
revenue
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Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some companies receive rev ...
of around US$3 billion per year from serving over 60 million guests.
Membership of TURYID is made up of
restaurant (incl. f&b suppliers, bar, cafes, catering, event and entertainment establishment) operators and others associated with the industry.
The current President of TURYID is Mr Kaya Demirer.
The association is headquartered in the
Levent
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district of
Istanbul
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.
References
External links
TURYID- official website
TURYID- official website (in English)
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Food industry trade groups
Business organizations based in Turkey
Organizations based in Istanbul