TASEV Foundation

Turkish Footwear Industry Research Development and Education Foundation (TASEV) was established in 1997 under the leadership of Mehmet Büyükekşi, Ercan Artan, Temel Yaşar Çoruh and Hasan Basri Özmutaf to meet the need for trained and qualified human resources in the footwear industry.

TASEV, which was established with the cooperation of the Turkish Shoe Manufacturers Association, the Shoe Sub-Industrialists Association, the Turkish Shoe Manufacturers Federation and the industry's leading 100 companies and members of the industry, has been a big step in opening the Turkish Shoe Industry to the world.

TASEV, which was established with the principle that the sector can only reach a highly competitive position in all aspects of the world markets and this can be sustained through education;

• With qualified trainings, TASEV meets the qualified human resource needs of the footwear industry,

• Opens new institutions for sustainable education activities and develops projects to support existing institutions,

• Provides consultancy for the sector,

• Organizes fair organizations that will support the growth of the sector and its opening to the world,

• Conducts productivity studies by organizing special trainings for companies and their employees.

• Conducts social responsibility projects.

• TASEV ACADEMY  was established by TASEV on 7 December 2016 with the aim of establishing a modern education institution that is open to development, suitable for the needs of the age needed by the footwear industry.

• TASEV Laboratory was established on October 30, 2006 within the EU-KOSGEB Footwear Training Institute project in order to fill the lack of a reliable institution that can produce an internationally accepted  test report for the footwear industry and to meet the needs of the industry in this regard.

  Within the framework of the protocol signed between TASEV and KOSGEB on 06.08.2009, TASEV LABORATORY VE TEKNİK HİZMETLER A.Ş. is established. TASEV LABORATORY continues to serve the sector as QUALITY CONTROL LABORATORY.