Who We Are

Born in 1958 in Malatya, as a member of a prominent family operating in the textile business since the 1930s; Ahmet Çalık the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Çalık Holding, started his first personal business ventures in 1981

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Born in 1991 and after completing his university education, Mahmut Can Çalık started his career at Çalık Pamuk and worked as a Board Member at ALBtelecom between 2013-2022. He has been a Board Member at Çalık Denim since 2019 and is also the Chairman of Çalık Petrol, Çalık Pamuk and Çalık Tarım companies. Besides being the Vice Chairman of Ahmet Çalık Foundation and a TÜSİAD member, as of 2023, Çalık is serving as a Çalık Holding Board Member, Chairman of Gap Pazarlama and Board Member of Lidya Madencilik, Kayserigaz and Bursagaz. He is married with 2 children.

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Mert Turgut Çalık completed a Foundation Business Course at Bellerbys College in 2015 and graduated from University of Westminster in the Department of Marketing Management in 2019, in London. He commenced his professional career in 2012, working for Çalık Denim in the Finance Department and in 2019 he became a Board Member at the same company. Serving as the Board Member of both BKT Albania and BKT Kosovo and being the Chairman of CLK, Mert Turgut Çalık is also a Board Member of Çalık Holding and the Ahmet Çalık Foundation.

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Mustafa Aksoy began his professional career as an auditor, first at Egebank and then at Garanti Bank. He later completed his MBA at the University of Antwerp in Belgium.
He joined Çalık Group in 2004 and held executive roles in marketing, corporate finance, M&A and business development.
In July 2010, he was appointed as the first General Manager of Lidya Mines to establish the new venture for the Group. He held this role for 15 years, during which the Company evolved from an investor into an explorer, developer and operator in various projects and partnerships.
In August 2025, he transitioned into the role of Executive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer (CIO), focusing on long-term strategy, capital allocation and global portfolio development.
In addition to his responsibilities at Lidya Mines, Mr. Aksoy serves on the Boards of Çalık Energy, GAP Construction, and ACG Metals, which is listed in the London Stock Exchange.
As of November 2025, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Çalık Group, leading the Group companies under a strategic vision built on three core pillars: digitalization, globalization and next-generation leadership.

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Ahmet Yıldırım graduated from Istanbul University’s Department of Economics (English) in 1991.

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Born in Çorum in 1953, Hakkı Akil graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1972 and Bordeaux University in 1977 before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979. He held various posts at the ministry also including Ambassador to Ashkhabad in 2005-2008 and Ambassador to Abu Dhabi in 2008-2009. In 2009, he was appointed as the Deputy Undersecretary in charge of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Türkiye’s Sherpa at G-20. He served as the Ambassador to Rome in 2011-2014 and Ambassador to Paris in 2014-2016. Since 2016, he has been serving as Board Member and Chief Advisor to Chairman of Çalık Holding Board of Directors. He is married with a child.

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After graduating from the Galatasaray High School and the Middle East Technical University Department of Industrial Engineering, Mehmet Göçmen completed his Master's Degree in the Syracuse University Department of Industrial Engineering in 1983 and served in various positions at Çelik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.Ş. from 1983 to 1993 and Lafarge Türkiye from 1996 to 2003. Göçmen served as General Manager at Akçansa Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. from 2003 to 2008 and appointed as the Head of Sabancı Holding’s Human Resources Group in 2008 and continued as the Head of Sabancı Holding’s Cement Group from 2009 to 2014. Göçmen was appointed as the Head of Energy Group in 2014 and served as CEO and Board Member at the Sabancı Holding from 2017 to 2019. As of 2020, Mehmet Göçmen serves as a Board Member of Çalık Holding.

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Serdar Sümer holds a degree in Business Administration from Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences. He completed his master’s in Business Administration at the College of William and Mary in Virginia, USA and in April 2011, received a PhD in banking at the Marmara University Institute of Banking and Insurance. Sümer is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and Certified Public Accountant. He started his career in 1996 as a Sworn-in Bank Auditor. From 2008 to 2014, he served as the Executive Vice President of Subsidiaries Management and Capital Markets at Aktif Bank. After working as an executive at an industry-leading investment company, Sümer returned to Aktif Bank in 2015 to assume the role of CEO and until the end of 2020 he served as the Bank’s CEO and Board Member. As of 2021 Sümer has been working as a Board Member of Çalık Holding, Aktif Bank and Subsidiaries, BKT and Yepaş.

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Steven Young graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Wollongong in 1988, completed his master’s degree on Computer Science at the University of Technology Sydney in 1989 and on Business Administration at Deakin University in 1993. Young started his career as a special project engineer at Australia Mannesmann in 1988 and continued his career at Rexroth's headquarters in Germany. In 1995, he was appointed as the Managing Director of Türkiye within the same company. After the merger of Bosch and Rexroth in 2001, Steven Young served as the General Manager of Bosch Rexroth and in 2011 he was appointed as the Representative and General Manager of Bosch in Türkiye. After serving as President of Bosch Türkiye and Middle East between 2015-2021, he worked as Executive Board Chairman and Board Member of the Dalgakıran Group between 2021-2023. As of March 2024, Young is serving as a Çalık Holding Board Member

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Fatih Genç holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Middle East Technical University. He worked at various roles in Türkiye’s STFA Construction Group for more than 34 years and lastly took over the position of General Manager. As of 2019, Fatih Genç has been serving as Gap İnşaat Board Member.

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Hiroshi Miyoshi is a seasoned international executive and strategic advisor with over 40 years of experience driving economic cooperation between Japan, Türkiye, and the CIS region. A graduate of Waseda University’s Department of Political Science and Economics, he furthered his academic training at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

His career at Mitsubishi Corporation began in 1980, where he spent over three decades in pivotal leadership roles. Between 1988 and 2004, he spearheaded the development of large-scale infrastructure projects across CIS countries. His tenure included serving as a General Manager at the European Headquarters in London. His career at Mitsubishi culminated in his appointment as Senior Vice President and Chief Executive for Türkiye, Central Asia, and the Caucasus (2011–2016).

Beyond his corporate achievements, he served as Chairman of The Japanese Society of Istanbul (2013–2014). Since 2016, he has served as Country Advisor to the Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye. Additionally, since 2017, he has held the position of Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Çalık Holding.

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After graduating from Ankara University, Political Science Faculty, Department of International Relations in 1985, Kerim Uras completed his master's degree from the same Faculty at Ankara University, in 1987. Starting his career in 1985 at the Cyprus Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Uras carried out various diplomatic missions abroad in Germany-Hannover, Cyprus, London, and New York UN, in addition to working at the Cyprus-Greece, Middle East, Europe, and NATO Departments in Capital. He served as Ambassador designate to Israel while residing in Ankara (due to the Mavi Marmara incident) between 2010 and 2011. Kerim Uras served as Turkish Ambassador to Greece between 2011 and 2016. In Ankara, he was appointed as Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister of Türkiye and Member of the Foreign Policy Board between 2016-2018. He served as Turkish Ambassador to Canada between 2018-2023 and retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kerim Uras has been working as Advisor to the Chairman at Çalık Holding as of 2023. He is married with 3 children.

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Galip Tözge was born in 1967. He graduated from Marmara University’s Department of Economics (English) and received an MBA from the University of Missouri (USA). He commenced his banking career in 1993 at Citibank and joined Akbank T.A.Ş. in 2002. Appointed as the CEO of Aktif Bank in 2015 and becoming a BKT Kosovo board member in 2022, Galip Tözge currently serves as the Board Member of Aktif Bank, BKT Albania and BKT Kosovo.

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Born in 1950, Mehmet Usta graduated from the Economics and Finance Department of Eskişehir Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences. Over 40 years of experience, he served as inspector and manager in Anadolu Bank between 1979 and 1987 and held senior management positions in Emlak Bank, both in Türkiye and abroad in the Netherlands and in France, between 1987 and 1994. From May 1994 to March 2007, he served at Banque du Bosphore, Paris as the General Manager and Board Member and in April 2008, he joined Aktif Bank as the Deputy Chairman. In December 2008, he assumed the position of Deputy Chairman at Çalık Holding company Banka Kombetare Tregtare Albania before becoming Chairman in July 2009. He has been the Chairman of Banka Kombetare Tregtare Kosovo between May 2018- April 2022. Mr. Usta has served as a Board Member of the Brussels-based WSBI (World Savings and Retail Banking Institute) from May-2012 until December-2023.Since, March 2015 onwards, he has been serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Aktif Bank subsidiaries UPT Ödeme Hizmetleri A.Ş., Sigortayeri Sigorta and Reasürans Brokerlik A.Ş.

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After completing her undergraduate education in Civil Engineering at Boğaziçi University, Ayşegül Adaca Oğan received two different master's degrees; Engineering Management from Stanford University and another Business Administration Department from Işık University. Ayşegül Adaca Oğan started her career in banking sector in 1998. After gaining experience working for various institutions in retail banking and consumer finance in Türkiye and abroad, she joined the Aktif Bank Family as the Deputy General Manager of Retail and Digital Banking. Since 2017 Ayşegül Adaca Oğan served as a Board Member of BKT Albania, BKT Kosovo and ALBtelecom and also has been an Executive Board Member of Aktif Bank and as of 2021 she serves as General Manager and Board Member of Aktif Bank.

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Seyhan Pencablıgil who has graduated from Boğaziçi University with a Business Administration degree in 1991, has completed Master's Degree from Finance at Lancaster University in 1996 and from General Management at Boğaziçi University in 1998. Pencablıgil worked many years in managing positions such as Vice President of Deposit and Treasury and Vice President of International Banking at Kentbank. Seyhan Pencablıgil is the CEO and Board Member of BKT since October 2000 and also serves as the BKT Kosovo Board Member. He currently holds office as the Chairman of the Albanian Association of Banks, Board Member of Albania Investment Development Agency and Chairman of ICC Albania – National Committee of International Chamber of Commerce.

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Suat Bakkal was born in 1980, holds Master Degree in Economics and Finance; he completed his both undergraduate and graduate studies at Boğaziçi University. He also has capital markets licenses on the fields CFA3, Derivative Financial Instruments, Corporate Governance, Credit Rating and Real Estate Appraisal. He started his banking career in Commercial and Corporate Banking then, served as main branch manager and head of corporate marketing in Aktif Bank, as well as executive committee member of IFM Istanbul Financial Center JSC, board member of Inovaban Innovation Consulting JSC; and also chairman of several energy production & investment SPV companies. In April 2018, he was appointed CEO and the Board member of BKT Kosovo and currently holds Board Membership of Mukafat Asset Management Co. and Kosovo Banking Association.

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Prof. Dr. Temel Kotil graduated from Istanbul Technical University Department of Aeronautical Engineering in 1983 and received his master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1986. His second master's degree in Mechanical Engineering was from the same university in 1987 and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the same university in 1991. Mr. Kotil founded and managed the aviation and advanced composite laboratories at the ITU Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1991 to 1993 and served as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor as well as serving as Vice Chairman of the Department and Vice Dean of the Faculty. After his duties as Head of Research, Planning and Coordination Department of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Mr. Kotil started his career at Turkish Airlines in 2003 as Assistant General Manager of the Technical Department and was appointed as General Manager and the Board Member of Turkish Airlines in 2005. Mr. Kotil served as the Chairman of THY Teknik A.Ş. between 2005 and 2011 and as a Board Member of Sun Express between 2010 and 2012. Mr. Kotil served as a Board Member of TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc.) between 2015 and 2023 and as the General Manager of TAI from 2016 to 2024. Mr. Kotil has been serving as a CEO of Çalık Enerji as of August 2024.

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Oğuz Kırkgöz graduated from Istanbul Erkek High School in 1985 and from Boğaziçi University, Department of Civil Engineering in 1991. Mr. Kırkgöz began his professional career at Enka Construction and Industry Inc. and has continued to hold various senior executive positions to this day. He has managed more than 30 large-scale projects in Russia, Belarus, Iraq, England, and Germany, including new city projects, restoration, and industrial facilities (oil & gas processing plants, factories, power plants), and most recently served as a Member of the Executive Board at Enka between 2012-2025. He has advanced proficiency in English, German, and Russian.

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Yetik Kadri Mert graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Mechanical Engineering and received his MBA degree in Corporate Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University in the USA. He started his career in 1982, working on large-scale construction and infrastructure projects in various Middle Eastern countries. He served as General Manager at Enerjisa A.Ş. in 2003-2006 and as CEO at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in 2006-2008. He served as CEO and BoD roles at Başkent Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. between 2008-2011, CEO and BoD roles at the parent Company Enerjisa Enerji between 2011-2016 and then CEO at STFA Holding between 2016-2018. In 2021, he served as an Independent Board Member at Çimsa Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and simultaneously as an Independent Board Member at Afyon Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Genel Energy PLC, which is listed on the LSE in London. Yetik Kadri Mert has been serving as a Board Member at YEDAŞ since 2024.

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After graduated from Department of Civil Engineering at Bogaziçi University in 2001, Mr. Emre Erdoğan completed his MBA at Koç University in 2010 and the Harvard Business School - Strategy and Negotiation certification training in 2012. Mr. Erdoğan started his professional career as a Planning Engineer at Bechtel -Enka from 2001 to 2003 and worked as Project Control Manager for 4.5 years and Business Development Manager for 1.5 years at Enka between 2003 and 2009. He continued his senior management career at Statkraft as a Project Director for 5 years, Assistant General Manager for 3 years and Türkiye General Manager for 1 year between 2009-2018. Between 2018-2020, he worked at Enerjisa Üretim as Assistant General Manager of Renewable Energy Power Plants and Assistant General Manager of Operations and Technique responsible for all power generation plants between 2020 and 2024. Mr. Erdoğan has been serving as a General Manager of Çalık Renewables as of August 2024.

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Uğur Koyunoğlu graduated with honors from the Department of Civil Engineering at Istanbul Technical University in 1979. He began his career as a Site Manager at the Beynelmilel Contracting Consortium projects in Libya and served as Deputy Regional Manager until 1987. He then joined ENKA, where he worked as Responsible Engineer and Project Manager between 1987 and 1995. Between 1995 and 2005, he served as Deputy General Manager and from 2005 to 2009, he held the position of Board Member. In 2010, Koyunoğlu joined Yapı Merkezi as General Manager, where he led high-speed railway projects in Türkiye, Algeria and Morocco. He later served as Group President, Board Member and Chief Executive Officer at Rönesans Construction and as General Manager and Group President at STFA Construction Group. Since 2020, he has been involved in investment projects and consultancy activities. Uğur Koyunoğlu serves as a Çalık Enerji and Gap İnşaat Board Member and Executive Board Member.

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Oğuz Atıl Karamercan graduated from the Department of Mining Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 1996. He completed his Master’s degree in Business Administration at Bilgi University in 2007. He has over 28 years of experience in mine development, feasibility projects and operational management in Turkiye, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Thailand and other countries. From 2003 to 2014, he served in managerial roles at Demir Export Inc. and Inmet Mining. In 2014, he oversaw all stages of the Gediktepe Project at Polimetal Madencilik. In 2023, he was appointed Project Director at Lidya Madencilik and in 2024, he led rehabilitation works and the restart of the sulfur plant as Site General Manager at Anagold Mining. Since 2025, Karamercan has served as Deputy General Manager at Lidya Madencilik, responsible for projects, finance, ESH, sustainability and legal affairs. As of August 1, 2025, he has been appointed as General Manager of Lidya Madencilik.

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Graduating from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Bayram Kara holds a Master's degree from the University of Tulsa, USA on Petroleum Engineering. He has also graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Anadolu University and is completed his PhD in the Department of Geological Engineering at Ankara University. Bayram Kara started his career in the Batman Regional Directorate of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation, having worked as a member of the technical staff and in managerial positions at various levels and then he served as the Batman Regional Directorate in 2003-2007. Joining Çalık Enerji in 2007 in the position of Director for Oil and Gas, Kara was appointed as the General Manager of Çalık Petrol Arama Üretim A.Ş. as of February 2018.

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Eray Karaduman graduated from the Department of Economics at Çukurova University in 1999 and began his career in the Financial Analysis and Credit Allocation department at Egebank. He later held various managerial roles in the field of Human Resources at Bossa, Temsa Global, Frito-Lay, and Enerjisa between 2002 and 2012.

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Yahya Abdullahoğlu, a graduate of Karadeniz Technical University’s Department of Foreign Trade, continued his undergraduate studies in Business Administration at Anadolu University and completed his Master’s degree in Business Administration at Bahçeşehir University. He began his career at Çalık Holding in 1998, working in the Import and Export departments until 2006, after which he joined Gap İnşaat as Logistics and Import-Export Coordinator. Since 2019, Abdullahoğlu has served as General Manager of CLK Worldwide and Gap Pazarlama. With over 25 years of experience in international trade, logistics and the textile industry, he drives the growth and development of the companies he leads. He oversees commercial operations across multiple countries, primarily China, Central Asia and the Silk Road region, Dubai, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and the USA. Additionally, he holds prominent positions in business councils, serving as Vice President of the DEİK Turkmenistan Business Council, DEİK China Business Council Executive Board Member and Founding Board Member of the Türkiye-China Chamber of Commerce.

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Born in 1964, Bilal Aslan graduated from the Department of Economics at the Istanbul University. After his graduation, Aslan established his own office and started his business life as a Financial Advisor. Aslan assumed the position of Deputy General Manager of İGDAŞ in 1995. After this 7-years duty, he worked as BELBİM Deputy General Manager. Thereafter, he moved to the private sector and worked as a senior executive in various sectors. In 2007, he served as General Manager at İGDAŞ, while he was serving as the Head of Financial Affairs Group of Main Media (Sabah-ATV). Following this duty, he served as İSPER General Manager, AKFEL Holding's Board Chairman and CEO, respectively. Aslan took part in the establishment of Üsküdar Akaryakıt A.Ş. and continued his business life as Co-Founder and Board Member of the company.Aslan currently serves as Chairman of YEDAŞ.

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Graduated from Dumlupınar University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department in 2008, Yunus Emre Bilgi started his career as a Field Engineer at Osmangazi Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. in the same year. Joining Trakya Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş in 2012, he worked as Smart Grid-Projects Manager and Operations Manager respectively. In 2018, Bilgi was appointed as the Boğaziçi Elektrik System Operations Director. After 1,5 years of work in Istanbul, he pursued his career as Distribution Director at Yeşilırmak Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. in August 2019. He has been serving as the General Manager of YEDAŞ as of December 2022.

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Born in 1974 in Konya, Akşam is a graduate of Electrical-Electronics Engineering at Eskişehir Osmangazi University. He started his career in the private sector in 1998 and joined the public sector in July 2000 where he served at the Bursa Head Office of TEDAŞ General Directorate as İnegöl Operation Director, Osmangazi Operation Director and Customer Services Engineer/Chief Engineer respectively. Following its privatization in September 2010, the organization was renamed as Uludağ Elektrik Dağıtım A.S. and Arif Akşam served as Customer Services Manager, Assistant General Manager in charge of Retail Sales Services and General Manager in the new organization. From 2013 to 2016, he worked as Assistant General Manager at BISEN Elektrik Satış A. Ş. before joining YEPAŞ as Retail Sales Coordinator on 1 August 2016. Arif Akşam has been serving as General Manager, YEPAŞ since February 1, 2018.

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