FICPI Turkish Section Under The Spotlight

The initiative for the foundation of the FICPI Turkish section was started in 2012 by a handful of Turkish practitioners, who were individual members of FICPI. The aim of founding the National Section was to be more active within FICPI as Turkish members and to help shape the IP system in our country by keeping abreast of the developments in the world.

With the support of President of FICPI at that time, Mr Bastiaan Koester, the FICPI Bureau and the FICPI officers, various local meetings were held and the number of members tripled within four years. In particular, the meeting attended by Coleen Morrison and Peter Huntsman from FICPI International was very well attended and increased the awareness of FICPI among IP practitioners in Turkey. Finally, in 2016 a local association was founded in Istanbul, which then decided to become a member of FICPI as a National Section.