Türkiye Ayakkabı Sanayicileri Derneği
Turkish Footwear Industrialists Association
Dear Visitors
TASD, Footwear Industrialists Association of Turkey aims to gather sector members that
adopt footwear industry as occupation and add value to this sector with their knowledge and
skills, improve this industrial branch in technical and economical aspects and increase its
international competitiveness. Adopting the principle of satisfying professional and social
needs of the footwear industry, contributing to the development of the industry and
determining the issues which will be requirements, TASD was established in 1985 in İstanbul
for providing assistance to enacting laws and decrees and contributing in solution of the
problems of the footwear industry by establishing contacts with concerning authorities.
With the decree of the Cabinet, our association holds the pride of including “of Turkey”
phrase in its title and it aims to embrace not only its own members but the entire sector being
aware of the meaning and importance of this phrase today as it was in the past.
In the light of this policies and principles, we are publishing our website on www.tasd.com.tr
as you know, to reach the esteemed sector members and enable you to submit your criticisms
and contributions to our association and to discuss the problems of our sector on a wider
platform and finding solutions for such. I hope that our website which will become our
meeting point by removing distances between ourselves will also provide great contribution
for presenting our sector on international basis.