On Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borusan_Istanbul_Philharmonic_Orchestra
Alternative Spellings BIFO, Borusan İstanbul Filarmoni Orkestrası
Creation 1999
City Istanbul, Turkey
Country Turkey
Links Allmusic

The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra was founded as the Borusan Chamber Orchestra in 1993. This initiative by Borusan, a leading Turkish industrial conglomerate, entering into the complex and challenging world of establishing orchestras, was based on its vision of helping to bring polyphonic music to a wider audience of Turkish people. This group rapidly grew in both number of musicians and quality of musical performance, so that it became a symphonic orchestra in 1999. That same year, Maestro Gürer Aykal was appointed as the general music director and permanent conductor of the orchestra. wikipedia