Establishment of ERTA In 2013, a project was submitted to the Coordination Board for the Improvement of the Investment Environment (YOIKK) through the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) working committee by Professor Guler Aras. Upon the acceptance of this project, the first concrete step was taken about integrated reporting in Turkey. “New Era in Corporate Reporting: Integrated Reporting”, which is proposed by the project and prepared under the YOIKK 2014-2015 Action Plan, was published by TUSIAD in 2015 was the first guide to integrated reporting in Turkish. Following the publication of the guide and the inaugural conference organized to promote Integrated Reporting on October 21, 2015, Integrated Reporting Turkey Network (ERTA) was founded. The platform is chaired by Prof. Dr. Güler Aras (Independent Founding Member) and its members are TÜSİAD, TKYD, Borsa İstanbul, IIRC Turkey Ambassador, Argüden Yönetişim Akademisi, Global Compact Network Turkey, Garanti Bank, SKD Türkiye and Çimsa. ERTA aims at ensuring that businesses report their non-financial information in integration with financial information and promoting integrated thinking. In line with its strategy plan, ERTA Board of Directors decided to move to a further stage and ERTA became an association as of September 2021 with the support of 30 powerful institutions in Turkey as founding members.