Edip Ä°lkbahar (born 1960 in Istanbul) is the Founder and Coordinator of the Alarko - Hillside Leisure Group. Starting his education in Maçka Primary School he continued after at English High School and graduated from . He joined Alarko in 1984 and founded the Hillside brand in 1990. Specializing in new enterprises within sports, entertainment, cinema and tourism; he established the Hillside Leisure Group as the first corporately developing Turkish leisure company. Edip Ilkbahar was also the subject of the Harvard Business School Case Study: "Delivering the Ultimate Family Vacation in the Mediterranean" by Sr. Prof. Rajiv Lal and Gamze Yucaoglu. thumb
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