DETEK Deri Teknologlari Teknisyenleri ve Kimyacilari Dernegi has established in 1995 to support technical and academical infrastructure of Turkish Leather Industry, enforce to integrate this worldwide and support to their improvement with its members who are most qualified in technical and academical staff as in technicans and engineers. As a member of IULTICS , DETEK supports ISO,ISO EN standarts on their approvement and update stages and determine Standart Test Methods. Detek is a volunteer based organization, has no paid staff and only accepting technicans, chemists and leather engineers as its members. It has 81 members who are active in the industry and still grooving.