ODF Turkey was officially established on April 10 during the annual Government IT Managers event in Antalya. I made the announcement during my presentation there together with Prof. Dr. Turhan Menteş, President of the Turkish Informatics Association (Türkiye Bilişim Derneği). Current members include Sun, Oracle, IBM, the Turkish Informatics Association, the Software Freedom Initiative, and the Pardus team (a national GNU/Linux distribution).

The Alliance has regional chapters in Europe and Latin America and national chapters in Brazil, Hungary, India, Latvia, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and now Turkey. Congratulations and best wishes to the new team in their efforts to advance document freedom in Turkey and the benefits it brings in terms of software choice, long term access to data, interoperability, and cost savings.

Marino Marcich
ODF Alliance