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Acting with the vision of supporting women's employment and equality of opportunity, Daikin Turkey continues supporting women's sports success through its sponsorships. Daikin undertook the naming rights sponsorship of the Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team for the 2023-2024 season. This season, the team will play under the name Galatasaray Daikin Women's Volleyball Team.

TURKEY - The ongoing sponsorship agreement between Daikin Turkey, the leading brand of the air conditioning industry, and Galatasaray Sports Club was taken to the next level in the 2023-2024 season. Daikin Turkey, which supported the Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team as the naming and jersey sponsor in previous years, took on the naming rights sponsorship of the Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team this season.

Daikin Turkey, which implemented the Sakura Women Technicians and Sakura Women Entrepreneur Program to support women's employment and equality of opportunity and aims to increase the rate of female employees to 50 per cent by 2025, became the name sponsor of the Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team between 2012 and 2015. It continued its support as the jersey chest sponsor in the 2022-2023 season. In the new 2023-2024 season, it will take to the field as Galatasaray Daikin Women's Volleyball team with naming rights sponsorship.

On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, Galatasaray Board Member Mehmet Saruhan Cibara and Daikin Turkey CEO Hasan Önder attended the agreement signing ceremony held at the Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex Press Conference Room.

Daikin Türkiye CEO Hasan Önder; Expressed their satisfaction with their years-long cooperation with Galatasaray, he said: “As Daikin Turkey, we attach great importance to women's employment and equality of opportunity. We support women in every field and we have continued this support in the field of sports for a long time. In this context, we became the name sponsor of the Galatasaray Women's Volleyball Team between 2012 and 2015, and last year we supported the team as the jersey chest sponsor. We will continue this support by assuming the naming rights sponsorship again in the 2023-2024 season. The team will take to the field this season under the name Galatasaray Daikin Women's Volleyball Team. Galatasaray and Daikin, two strong names in their field, will achieve greater success this season by jointly supporting the increased participation of women in Turkish sports. “I hope this agreement will be beneficial.”
 
In his statement at the meeting, Galatasaray Board Member Mehmet Saruhan Cibara expressed his happiness at the reunion of two leading brands in their field and made the following statements: "It makes us proud to be together with Daikin again and to embark on a long-term journey again. Daikin is back in Turkey." While sponsoring women's volleyball, we were delighted he was with us, as in every field. Daikin is an organization that supports not only women's volleyball but also Turkish sports in every field of sports. It is not only a giant in its own sector but also an absolute giant for us with this understanding. So again, We are very happy to be together. We will continue our journey, which started with the Balkan Cup, with the CEV Challenge Cup in our first match today. We aim to bring Turkish women, Turkish youth, and the young stars we have trained from the infrastructure to the championship in Turkey and Europe. , to create a new vision for them. I would like to thank Daikin again for being with us on this journey.”