Kemal Şahin

Kemal Şahin is a Turkish–German entrepreneur, a textile tycoon, and founder and CEO of Şahinler Holding. He is also an environmental activist against erosion.

Early life Şahin (which means falcon in Turkish) was born to a poor family in the village of Taşlıpınar in the Beyşehir district of Konya Province, Turkey.

He finished primary school in his village, secondary school in Beyşehir and high school in Konya. for Etibank, a large state-owned mining company.

Awards 1997 "Manager of the Year" by the Schitag Ernst & Young management consulting firm and by Manager magazine for entrepreneurial achievement. 1997 Germany "Businessman of the Year" Award President of the TEMA Foundation in Aachen, Germany, an international foundation fighting erosion and favoring restocking and nature conservation. Chairman of the Association of Turkish Businesspeople in Europe. Founder and chairman of the Turkish-German Association of Textile and Clothing. Chairman of the German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce. Honorary member of Euro-Türk (liberal Europe-Turkey alliance of friendship). Turkey–Germany representative of the World Turkish Business Council (DTİK) since 2023.