Aras Kargo, the leading and
innovative shipping company in Türkiye, sponsored Atakaş Hatayspor. Aras Kargo,
a leading and innovative shipping company in Türkiye, is now a proud sponsor of
Atakaş Hatayspor. This sponsorship, which is centered on social responsibility,
will last for only one season. Utku Ayyarkın, General Manager of Aras Kargo: "
Hatayspor Football Club bears the memory of all the losses we suffered after
the earthquake. We believe that our cooperation in this regard will definitely
play a significant role in closing the wounds through the healing power of
sports."
Atakaş Hatayspor vice-president Aydın
Toksöz noted that the
sponsorship agreement with Aras Kargo was one of the major factors for Atakaş
Hatayspor's return to the stadium: "This agreement was one of the most
significant moments in Atakaş Hatayspor's return to the stadium. A few months
ago, it was almost impossible for us to be back on the field. Our players and
colleagues were gone, we were in ruins, and it was extreme to think about
football in that city. But in the midst of all the negativity, there were
flowers of hope that encouraged us and allowed us to take the field. I would
like to especially thank the Ministry, the Federation, Aras Kargo, and other
organizations that supported us. We had no stadium and no players to play with.
We just sat down with our courageous coach, Mr. Volkan, and talked about what
we could do. We knew we had a lot of friends who supported us, and we thought
that if we kept getting support in that direction, we would find our way. We
started organizing camps with our youth teams. We don't have any big-money
players on our team - it's pretty much all voluntary players from all around
the world."
Utku Ayyarkın: “We
felt honor-bound to help Atakaş Hatayspor”
Commenting on
the agreement between Aras Kargo and Atakaş Hatayspor, Aras Kargo General
Manager Utku Ayyarkın said: "As a brand that firmly believes in the
unifying and healing power of sport, we continue to support Turkish sports in a
variety of areas. We felt it was our duty to support Atakaş Hatayspor, which
was sadly obliged to withdraw from the league last season due to the disaster
that occurred on February 6, but managed to reclaim its place in the league
this year and has now become the second team of all Türkiye and Aras, both on
and off the field. We would like to thank the Atakaş Hatayspor family for making
this valuable collaboration possible. Aras Kargo will continue to support
Turkish sports in many ways in the future."