Memberships

• CTR is a member of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM). IFOAM was established in 1972 with the aim of gathering the ecological agriculture movements in the world and has become a federation that hosts many civil, private and official organizations in more than 116 countries of the world. IFOAM, which aims to develop standards related to Organic Agriculture, create consumer awareness and ensure information transfer on this subject and is the strongest representative of Organic Agriculture in the world, also carries out the international ecological accreditation program and ensures the equivalence of certification programs worldwide. For more information about IFOAM, you can visit www.ifoam.bio.
• CTR is a member of the Association of Ecological Agriculture Organization (ETO). ETO was established in Izmir in 1992 with the participation of producers, consumers, processors, traders, controllers, researchers and technical staff in order to ensure the rapid and healthy development of ecological (organic, biological) agriculture in our country under an umbrella organization. To date, it has organized numerous short courses, seminars, conferences and panels in different areas of ecological agriculture; participated in fairs, prepared educational materials, organized four Turkish National Organic Agriculture Symposiums in 1999, 2001, 2006 and 2010, carried out and served as a partner in many national and international projects aimed at the adoption of organic agriculture and capacity building, especially in sensitive areas. In the program prepared by the new board of directors of the association elected at the beginning of 2007, the issues of developing and spreading organic agriculture throughout the country, expanding the organic product market and representing our country in domestic and international events related to organic agriculture were primarily addressed. For more information about ETO, you can visit www.eto.org.tr.
• CTR is a member of the Association of Agricultural Product Control and Certification Organizations. KSKDer was established in 2016, headquartered in Izmir, by organizations authorized within the scope of Good Agricultural Practices and Organic Agriculture regulations in our country and operating within this scope. KSKDER carries out its activities together with its stakeholder organizations and members within the framework of the Strategic Roadmap that it created after its establishment and is continuously developed and updated. For more information about KSKDer, you can visit http://kskder.org.