Halil Kaya Gedik Award
“HALİL KAYA GEDİK AWARD”, sponsored by Istanbul Gedik University and Gedik Education Foundation, is the first and only international Turkish award in the welding industry and academic field, given every year to experts who have carried out important studies in the field of welding, science, technology and education as a result of voting by the members of the delegation. HALİL KAYA GEDİK AWARD is traditionally given every year by IIW (International Institute of Welding) to perpetuate the name of the late Halil Kaya Gedik, one of Turkey's first welding engineers and founder of Gedik Welding (1963) and philanthropic businessman.