Organized activities of ASME members in Turkey first started at representative status in January 1991.

The foundation of the ASME International Turkey Section has been accepted by the ASME Boards during the International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exhibition (IMECE’97) held in Dallas in November 1997. The Charter and Constitution of the Section has been officially accepted locally by the decision number 99/12587 of  the Turkish Council of Ministers in March 1999.

As of May 2003, the section has 77 members.

Besides the main section, there are 6 student sections established at the following universities:

• Boğaziçi University
• İstanbul Technical University
• Middle East Technical University
• Eastern Mediterranean University
• Marmara University
• Yeditepe University

Past Correspondents:

• Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir Erden (1991-1994)
• Leyla Kızavul (1994-1995)
• Prof. Dr. Osman Türkay (1995-1998)

Past Chairs:

• Prof. Dr. Osman Türkay (1998-1999)
• Prof. Dr. Nilüfer Eğrican (1999-2000, 2000-2001)
• Prof. Dr. Teoman Kurtay (2001-2002)
• Prof. Dr. Bülent E. Platin (2002-2003)
• Refik Üreyen (2003-2004)
• Prof. Dr. Abdülkerim Kar (2004-2005)
• Prof. Dr. Vedat Karadağ (2005-2006)

Past Executive Committees:

1998-1999 (Founding as of February 17, 1998):
Osman S. Türkay (Chair)
A. Nilüfer Eğrican (Chair Elect)
Abdülkerim Kar (Secretary - until July 1, 1998)
Teoman Kurtay (Secretary - after July 1, 1998)
Bülent E. Platin (Treasurer)
Refik Üreyen
Haluk Direskeneli
Ufuk Güçlü
Leyla Kızavul (Former Correspondent)

1999-2000 (Formed by General Assembly on July 30, 1999):
A. Nilüfer Eğrican (Chair)
Teoman Kurtay (Chair Elect)
Refik Üreyen (Secretary)
Taner Özkaynak (Treasurer)
Abdülkerim Kar
Bülent E. Platin
Ali Eser
Ertuğrul Yılmaz
Osman S. Türkay (Former Chair)

2000-2001 (Formed by General Assembly on October 27, 2000):
A. Nilüfer Eğrican (Chair)
Teoman Kurtay (Chair Elect)
Refik Üreyen (Secretary)
Abdülkerim Kar (Treasurer)
Bülent E. Platin
Ali Eser
Ertuğrul Yılmaz
Taner Özkaynak
Osman S. Türkay (Former Chair)

2001-2002 (Formed by General Assembly on September 22, 2001):
Teoman Kurtay (Chair)
Bülent E. Platin  (Chair Elect)
Abdülkerim Kar (Secretary)
Refik Üreyen (Treasurer)
Faruk Arinç
Vedat Karadağ
Ali Eser
Ertuğrul Yılmaz
A. Nilüfer Eğrican (Former Chair)

2002-2003 (Formed by General Assembly on May 26, 2002):
Bülent E. Platin (Chair)
Refik Üreyen (Chair Elect)
Abdulkadir Erden (Secretary)
Abdülkerim Kar (Treasurer)
Faruk Arinç
Vedat Karadağ
Ali Eser
Ertuğrul Yılmaz
Teoman Kurtay (Former Chair)

2003-2004 (Formed by General Assembly on May 23, 2003):
Refik Üreyen (Chair)
Abdülkerim Kar (Chair Elect)
Erhan Budak (Secretary)
S. Serdar Yörük (Treasurer)
Ali Eser
Vedat Karadağ
Faruk Arinç
Abdulkadir Erden
Bülent E. Platin (Former Chair)

2004-2005 (Formed by General Assembly on June 12, 2004):
Abdülkerim Kar (Chair)
Vedat Karadağ (Chair Elect)
S. Serdar Yörük (Secretary)
Erhan Budak (Treasurer)
Ali Eser
Faruk Arinç
Tarhan Alaçam
Koray Şafak
Refik Üreyen (Former Chair)

2005-2006 (Formed by General Assembly on May 28, 2005):
Vedat Karadag (Chair)
Ali Eser (Chair Elect)
Engin Altındaş (Secretary)
Koray Şafak (Treasurer)
Erhan Budak
Tarhan Alaçam
S. Serdar Yörük
Kenan Şanlıtürk
Abdülkerim Kar (Former Chair)

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