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 TCEA’s AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Established in 1988 by a number of Turkish Engineers, the TCEA congregates Turkish speaking engineers, technicians, engineering students and other professionals with engineering experience under one umbrella.

One of the key aims of the TCEA is to unify Turkish speaking engineers and those studying to be engineers.

TCEA effectively facilitates for professionally like-minded and culturally alike individuals to mix to exchange ideas and experiences from a professional as well as a cultural and social perspective.

Being a non-political organisation TCEA lends its full weight to serving the needs of its members and, where it can, the community while keeping its activities within the framework of its constitution. The constitution of the association governs its overall conduct, which also ensures unity and consistency in all its activities.

The association also acts as a platform whereby the member’s families, and on occasion, member’s friends can intermingle. By promoting a more inclusive association the members benefit more from a cultural standpoint as well as a professional one.

One of the aims of the TCEA includes the promotion of Engineering within the Turkish community by raising awareness among children in secondary education as well as providing guidance for those seeking further education. TCEA can do this because a number of its members are lecturers in various universities and some have taken active administrative as well as teaching roles in Turkish schools. Furthermore, its members include successful senior directors and businessman in various engineering sectors.

TCEA is a democratic association and in line with its constitution the association has an annually elected executive committee comprising of a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, treasurer, social secretary and two active members.

The committee charts the direction of the association and arranges various events on its behalf while remaining reportable to the association as a whole through regular general meetings. Among the regular events arranged are the Annual Spring Ball, technical seminars, summer B-B-Q and visits to various shows, restaurants and sites of interest. Such varied settings provide members with differing opportunities to engage themselves, their families and friends with others who have a similar cultural and professional background.