Established in 1976 to assist it’s members on technical and also official matters, the Turkish Foundrymen’s Association has 91 member companies and became a member of the WFO (CIATF) in 1989. And became a member of CAEF in 2007. Members produce some 75% of the Turkish Foundry output.

Approximately half of the ferrous output, which largely comprises grey and ductile iron, comes from 15 foundries whose annual capacity ranges from 140,000 tonnes to around 30,000 tonnes and 75% of tonnage from the 61 casters who are members of The Foundrymen’s Association of Turkey. This represents a shift in production from the numerous smaller foundries that dominated the industry in the late 1970s. The total grey iron output produced in small shops dropped from 60% in 1977 to only 25% by 2005.

Number of Members		Representing in % of total Turkish
		Production of castings	Exports of castings
Iron Foundries	36	67 %	81 %
Steel Foundries	22	82 %	88 %
Non Ferrous Foundries	17	75 %	92 %
Associate Members	31

Founders of the Association - (Established in 26.10.1976)
Turgut ÖZAL - President
Sabahattin MOLAOĞLU - Vice President
D. Haluk AKBAŞOĞLU - Board Member
A. Erdal ÖTÜGEN - Member
Mustafa Rahmi KIZIL - Member
Mehmet DİKSOY - Member
H. Güler SAKALLIOĞLU - Member
Necdet GÖNENÇER - Member

Board Members 2008 - 2009
Yaylalı GÜNAY - President, Döktaş Dökümcülük Ticaret ve Sanayi A.Ş.
M. Niyazi AKDAŞ – Vice President, Akdaş Çelik Döküm A.Ş.
Uğur KOCAOĞLU - Treasurer, Trakya Döküm A.Ş.
Hasan DAĞLI – Board Member, Akpınar Döküm 
Muhsin Tüfekçi - Board Member, BMC Sanayi A.Ş.
Hasan Dağlı - Board Member, Akpınar Döküm A.Ş.
Aynur Ayhan - Board Member, Ayhan Metal Pres Döküm Sanayi Tic. A.Ş.

Past Presidents
Turgut ÖZAL - (1976 - 1977)
Sabahattin MOLLAOĞLU - (1977 - 1979)
Mete NAKİBOĞLU - (1979 - 1981 - 1984 - 1986 - 1988 - 1991 - 1992)
Mithat URAL - (1993 - 1994)
Okay HEKİMOĞLU - (1994 - 1996)
Dr. Can AKBAŞOĞLU - (1996-1998-2000–2002-2004)