• Ali İhsan Benli - Chairman
• Salih Karsak - Deputy Chairman
• Hüseyin Yanar - Accountant
• Nurgül Bektaş - Secretary
• Ömer Bak - Committee member
• Serdar Özcan - Committee member
• Kemal Safyürek - Committee member

At the AGM, Mayor Saim Karakurt paid tribute to the outgoing Chairman, Ergun Duran, for his stewardship over recent years.

Recent events
The Kalkander Association has taken on the responsibility for running what used to be called the Belediye Çay Bahçe, near Kalkan Beach.  It is now called Pinar Büfe, and all profits generated are ploughed back into the local community.

In September, the Kalkander Association provided support for a Robert College art project, which saw a group of visiting students working with local people, to repaint the murals on the walls behind the Kalkan Beach playground.

Also in September, the Kalkander Association, together with the Belediye, jointly sponsored a public performance of the Jazz & Swing Festival, down by Kalkan Beach.  The group Swing Supreme, from Edinburgh, Scotland played at a number of venues, in a tour organised by local man, Robert Ferguson.

The Association provided support and encouragement to the recent Project Aware underwater clean-up, in the bays around Kalkan.

And in a similar vein, they also supported and encouraged local children from Kalkan's First School, to remove litter from some of the local beaches, in a clean-up campaign.

The Association has given its support to the Parents Association of Kalkan First School, in its campaign to raise funds to build a new amphi-theatre.  This will be a community facility which will provide a means of showcasing cultural activities in Kalkan.

The Association also performs an important ongoing role, by providing financial support for local students, in the pursuit of their educational aspirations.  Currently, they are supporting 14 students: 3 in primary school, 2 in high school and 9 who are studying at university. 

Kalkan Turkish Local News thinks this is such an excellent scheme.  Not only is it a good way of directly supporting those students who need help, but it also indirectly benefits the families and communities from which these children have come.  For obvious reasons, much of this work is not publicised.  It goes on quietly in the background, but it is no less effective for that.

Goals of the Association
Many people enjoy the privilege of living in Kalkan.  Some believe that with that privilege comes a duty to give something back to the town and the community.  The Kalkander Association aims to do this by focusing on the following areas:

• Promoting social and cultural activities in Kalkan.
• Supporting the education of local children.
• Working in partnership with the Belediye for the common good of Kalkan.
• Contributing to the general promotion of Kalkan to a wider audience.