Board of Directors

Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance, Dr. İsmail İlhan Hatipoğlu was born in Karaman in 1968. He graduated from Karaman High School in 1984 and Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Finance in 1988. Having passed a competitive exam in 1989, he started his career as an Intern Revenue Controller at the Ministry of Finance. He was promoted to Revenue Controller in 1992 and Chief Revenue Controller in 2000. From May to December 1997, he conducted research on the EU Tax System in the United Kingdom.

Deputy Minister Dr. Hatipoğlu served as the Head of the Department at the General Directorate of Revenue in 2003, as the Head of the Department at the Revenue Administration in 2005, and as the Deputy Head at the Revenue Administration in 2007. He was subsequently appointed as General Director of Budget and Financial Control in 2009. From 2016 to 2018, he served as Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance. After 2018, he held office as a Ministry Consultant and Chief Tax Inspector.

During his tenure at the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Hatipoğlu chaired the Internal Audit Coordination Board from 2009 to 2019 and served as a Member of the State Aid Monitoring and Auditing Board from 2010 to 2018, where he assumed the role of Vice Chairman after 2015.

Between 2009 and 2010, he was a Member of the Board of Directors at Turkish Maritime Enterprises. From 2010 to 2016, he served as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Additionally, he represented the Treasury as a Member of the AVEA Audit Board from 2014 to 2015.

From 2016 to 2018, Dr. Hatipoğlu co-chaired the Tax and Incentives Committee of the Coordination Board for Improving the Investment Environment (YOIKK). He also chaired the Technical Committee established under an international agreement between Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Between 2019 and 2020, he served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Ankara University Teknokent. He briefly held the position of General Manager in the private sector. From 2012 to 2024, he served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Athletics Federation.

Since 2015, Dr. Hatipoğlu has been teaching “Public Financial Management” and “Risk Management and Applications” as part of the Internal Audit and Internal Control Master’s Program at Ankara University’s Institute of Social Sciences. In the spring semester of 2019, he taught “Public Financial Management and Control” in the Audit and Risk Management Master’s Program at Ankara Social Sciences University.

Dr. Hatipoğlu earned his Master’s degree in 2019 from Ankara University’s Institute of Social Sciences in the Department of Business Administration. He began his PhD in 2019 at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University’s Department of Finance and completed his doctoral studies in 2023.

On 22 June 2023, Dr. Hatipoğlu was appointed Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance with the approval of the President of the Republic of Türkiye. He is married with two children and has advanced proficiency in English.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan, was born in Istanbul in 1977. He completed his undergraduate studies in Electronic Engineering at Istanbul University, Law at Bahçeşehir University, and Diplomacy Training at Oxford University’s St Antony's College. Following his studies, he earned Master’s degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering as well as Communication Engineering at Munich Technical University, and in Biomedical Engineering at Istanbul University, where he also completed a doctorate in the same field. He additionally earned a Doctorate in Private Law from Yıldırım Beyazıt University.

Dr. Sayan began his professional career in 1995 at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and later worked in various private companies in Türkiye, Germany, and the United States, focusing on chip production, mobile phone design, and R&D. Sayan worked on entrepreneurship by taking part in the Silicon Valley Initiative. Dr. Sayan has taught courses on "IT Law" and "New Trends in IT" at various universities in Türkiye and Germany and has published numerous articles on his research topics in various conferences and scientific journals.

From 2007 to 2014, he served as an Advisor to the Prime Minister and Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister. In January 2014, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA). From August 2015 to July 2018, he served as Chairman of ICTA. Since 21 July 2018, Dr. Sayan has been serving as Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure. Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan is fluent in English, German, and French. He is married and father of 3 children.

Dr. Yunus Arıncı was born in 1975 in the Kumru district of Ordu Province. He completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in Kumru, Ordu. He graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences and also studied Sociology as a second major at Anadolu University. Dr. Arıncı began his professional career in 1997 as an Assistant Inspector at the Prime Ministry. He was promoted to Inspector in 2000 and Chief Inspector in 2007. In 2007, he also worked as a Department Head at TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye) for one year. On 14 October 2009, he was appointed Chairman of the Inspection Board at the Prime Ministry. From 13 July 2015, he served as President of the State Supervisory Council of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Arıncı has held various roles, including Member of the Audit Board at VakıfBank, Member of the Board of Directors at Erdemir, and Chairman of Erdemir’s Corporate Governance Committee. At the General Assembly Meeting of Borsa Istanbul on 31 October 2016, he was elected as a Member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman of the Board. He has represented Türkiye at numerous international meetings, led various national and international projects, and conducted important research. He also served as Türkiye’s representative at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Dr. Arıncı completed a Master’s degree in Public Administration at Indiana University in 2009. He earned his doctorate from Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration.

He is fluent in English and married with three children.

Ümit Önal, a graduate of Istanbul University Faculty of Communication, started his professional life in media and communication sector. He joined Turkuvaz Media Group in 2007 and served as the General Manager of ATV, Advertising Group President and Executive Board Member, respectively, until 2015. After being appointed as the Board Member and CEO of Digitürk in 2015, he managed Digiturk's sales process to BeIN Media Group. Önal joined Türk Telekom family as the Assistant General Manager responsible for Sales and Customer Services at the end of 2016, and in December 2018, he was appointed as the Assistant General Manager responsible for Marketing and Customer Services, and in August 2019, he was appointed as the CEO of the company. Having more than 20 years of experience in the media and communication sector, Önal has contributed significantly to the process of radical change in the Turkish media, and he continues to lead the digital and technological transformation of Türkiye in Türk Telekom.

Throughout his career, Ümit Önal has actively taken positions in national and international associations. Önal served as the Chairman of the Board of Mobile Telecommunication Operators Association (m-TOD) in 2020 and 2022; he is still actively, member to Foreign Investors Association (YASED), Board Member at US Business Council Member of Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK).

Önal joined the Türk Telekom family as the Assistant General Manager responsible for Sales and Customer Services at the end of 2016, and was appointed as the Assistant General Manager responsible for Marketing and Customer Services in December 2018.

In August 2019, Ümit Önal was appointed as the CEO of the company and has been serving as a member of the Türk Telekom Board of Directors since March 2022.

Deniz Yılmaz was born in Bursa in 1980. He graduated from Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Administration, in 2001. Between 2010 and 2012, he pursued a Master’s degree in Economics at North Carolina State University in the United States. He is currently continuing his doctoral studies in the field of Banking.

Mr. Yılmaz began his career in 2002 as a Treasury Controller at the Prime Ministry’s Undersecretariat of Treasury. He later held positions as an Internal Auditor, Head of Department at the Directorate General of State-Owned Enterprises, Deputy Director General at the Directorate General of State-Owned Enterprises, and Deputy Director General of Financial Markets and Exchange at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance.

In addition to these roles, he has served as a Member of the Supervisory Board at Ziraat Bank, Chairman and Member of the Audit Committee at the ECO Trade and Development Bank, Member of the Investment Committee of the Turkish Growth and Innovation Fund, and Member of the Board of Directors of İhracatı Geliştirme A.Ş. (Export Development Inc.).

Currently, Deniz Yılmaz serves as the Director General of Financial Markets and Exchange at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance.

He is married with two children and is proficient in English.

Mehmet Reşat Bahçeevli was born in 1951 in Konya. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University in 1973. While practicing as an independent lawyer, he temporarily left the profession, later rejoining when the Istanbul Bar Association No. 2 was established.

In 1983, he undertook the role of founding district chairman of the Welfare Party in Beykoz. He was a candidate for Beykoz Mayor in the 1984 local elections.

In 1991, he was elected to the Istanbul Provincial Board of the Welfare Party. In 1992, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of Istanbul responsible for elections.

In the 1994 local elections, he led the election campaign for Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN, then a candidate. He was elected Chairman of the Istanbul Provincial General Assembly Group in the 1994 local elections.

He pursued parliamentary candidacy for the Istanbul 1st Region in the 1987, 1991, and 1995 elections with the Welfare Party. He also pursued parliamentary candidacy for the Istanbul 1st Region in the 1999-2004 elections.

Between 1999 and 2004, he served as a member of the Beykoz Municipal Council with the Virtue Party and AK Party.

Enver İskurt was born in 1966 in Trabzon, Türkiye. He graduated from Karadeniz Technical University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Civil Engineering, and Anadolu University, Department of Business Administration-Public Administration. In 1989, İskurt started his career as a Survey Engineer at the Van 11th Regional Directorate of the Directorate General of Highways. Over time, he served as a control engineer, control chief, and chief engineer in various regions.

Enver İskurt successfully held the positions of Director of the Highways and Bridges Department and Head of the Highways Department (Operations Department) at the General Directorate of Highways before taking on the role of Chairman of the Inspection Board. Since 2018, İskurt has been serving as the Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye. During his tenure, he oversaw major repair projects and construction of the 15 Temmuz Şehitler Köprüsü (15 July Martyrs Bridge) and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. He was also involved in the planning and construction of build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects, including the Osmangazi Bridge and the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge. Additionally, he contributed to the development, approval, and construction tender processes for the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge.

Enver İskurt is married and father of 2.

Yiğit Bulut is a Chief Advisor to the President of the Republic of Türkiye. He is an economist, financial analyst, banker, journalist, and columnist. Over the course of his career, he has worked as an economic commentator at Kanal 6, Kanal E, and CNN Türk and written columns for prominent newspapers including Radikal, Vatan, Referans, and HaberTürk.

In addition to producing and hosting programs such as Parametre and Finans Analiz, Mr. Bulut also taught as a lecturer at Doğuş University for a period. Between 2009 and 2012, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of HaberTürk TV, contributed as an economic commentator for Bloomberg Türkiye, and wrote columns for Gazete HaberTürk. Between 2012 and 2013, he was the Editor-in-Chief of 24 TV and a columnist for Star newspaper. During this time, he also continued to host the debate program Sansürsüz, which he had launched on HaberTürk TV in 2009.

In July 2013, Mr. Bulut was appointed as Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister, a position he held until August 2014. Since then, he has served as Chief Advisor to the President of the Republic of Türkiye. Mr. Bulut graduated from Galatasaray High School and obtained his undergraduate degree in Banking and Finance from Bilkent University. He later pursued graduate studies at Sorbonne University.

Yiğit Bulut is fluent in English and French. He is married.

Selim Dursun was born in Istanbul in 1957. He graduated from Yıldız Technical University in 1980 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Between 1980 and 2002, he worked in the private sector as a Mechanical Engineer and held various managerial positions. He served as an Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure from 2003 to 2005, as the Executive Assistant to the Minister from 2005 to 2011, as the General Manager and Chairman of TÜDEMSAŞ from 2011 to 2012, and as an Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure from 2012 to 2015.

He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Sivas in the 25th and 26th legislative terms of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. In the same period, he worked as the Chairman of Peru Friendship Group of Parliament of the Republic of Türkiye. He carried out various social activities in Non-Governmental Organizations as chairman, manager and member.

He served as a Board Member of the Taekwondo Federation between 2004-2007, as the Chairman of Transportation Sports Club Association between 2006-2015 and as the president of Sivas Demirspor Club between the years of 2011-2012.

He served as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Türkiye between July 2018 – June 2023.

Selim Dursun is married and father of 4.

The term of office of the members of the Board of Directors is 3 years.​