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It is our pleasure to inform you about the candidacy of Prof. Dr. Rüveyde Akbay for the position of WPSA Vice President. Prof. Dr. Akbay is the founder of the WPSA Turkish Branch, which was established in 1973.

She was the Secretary of the Branch between 1973-1978. Since 1978, she has been Branch President until the present day. Prof. Dr. Akbay served as WPSA President between 2004- 2008. She has played an important role in the development of the Turkish poultry sector and has participated in many activities promoting the values and aims of the WPSA inside Turkey.

Prof. Dr. Rüveyde Akbay has served in many important functions such as being the Advisor of the 8th President of the Republic of Turkey Turgut Özal, Advisor to the State Minister, Chief Advisor regarding poultry related projects of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Editorship of the Scientific Poultry Journal of the Ankara Poultry Research Institute, Member of the Board and Vice Presidency of the Meat and Fish Institution.

The white egg layer Turkish hybrid line of the Ankara Poultry Research Institute, which was developed as a result of long years of work by Prof. Dr. Akbay, was given the name Akbay by the Ministry of Agriculture in recognition of her contributions and this line was registered with this name. Some of the WPSA-related international meetings organised under the direction of Prof. Dr. Rüveyde Akbay are:

10th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, 15-19 October 1995, Antalya

• European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products and European Symposium

• on the Quality of Poultry Meat, 9-12 September 2001, Kuşadası 22nd World Poultry Congress, 8-13 June 2004, Istanbul

• 18th European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, 31 October–4 November 2011, Çeşme

• “International Congress on Advancements in Poultry Production in the Middle East and

• African States” jointly organised with the WPSA Kuwait Branch, 21–25 October 2013, Antalya XVIII. European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products and XXIV. European

• Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat 23-26 June 2019 Çeşme Besides these, we held various national meetings with international participation. She has 150 publications published in Turkish and in English as text books, scientific articles, compiled articles and scientific papers presented in meetings etc. Prof. Dr. Rüveyde Akbay was invited as visiting scientist to Barneveld Vocational Training College, Spelderholt Institute for Poultry Research (The Netherlands), Rehovot University (Israel), Göttingen University (Germany), Georgia University, Colorado State University, Cornell University (USA) and several other research institutions around the world. Considering her service to the WPSA until today, Prof. Dr. Rüveyde Akbay has the qualifications to successfully fulfil the role of WPSA Vice President.

As the WPSA Turkish Branch, we kindly request you to nominate her as Vice President in your list and to support her in the election to be held at the WPC in Paris next year.

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