Natural Gas Importers Association (GAZID) has been founded by the companies engaged in natural gas importation in order to contribute to liberalization process of the natural gas market in Turkey.
Pipeline gas importers Akfel Gaz, Avrasya Gaz, Batı Hattı Natural Gas, Enerco Energy and Kibar Energy and the LNG importer Ege Gaz have become members of the Association. The first general meeting of the Association was conducted in İstanbul on 7 August 2017 and in this meeting Bilal Aslan was elected as the Chairman and İbrahim Akbal was elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of the Association. The Executive Board of the Association was composed of 7 members including Bilal Aslan, İbrahim Akbal, Ahmet Taha Yıldız, Ali Altıntaş, M.Ekrem Yıldırım, Famil Aydın and Onur Duran.
Hanzade Didem Ulusoy has been appointed to the position of General Secretary of the Association.