Board of Directors

Şenol Kazancı was born in 1975, in İstanbul. He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Law.
He worked as TVNET General Manager between 2007 and 2011, as the Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister between 2011 and 2014, and as the Chief Advisor to the President in 2014. He served as the Chairman of the Board and General Manager of the Anadolu Agency between 2014 and 2021.
At the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting held on April 15, 2021, Şenol Kazancı was elected as a Member of the Turkcell Board of Directors and he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since September 14, 2023.

Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı was born in 1954, in İstanbul. After graduating from Istanbul Kız Lisesi (Istanbul Girls’ High School), she went on to graduate from Istanbul University Faculty of Law.
She started her career as a private attorney. While practising as an attorney, she served as a member of the Board of Directors and General Secretary of Istanbul Bar Association from 1988 to 1992. She was also the member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations from 1997 to 2005. She was elected as a Member of Parliament for Istanbul between 2007 and 2018. From 2007 to 2009, Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı served as the Spokesperson of the Constitutional Committee of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and chaired Türkiye-Cuba Inter-parliamentary Friendship Group. She served as the Deputy Group Chairman of the Justice and Development Party from 2009 to 2013. Ms. Bahçekapılı served as Deputy Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly from 2013 to 2015 and held the role again between 2015 and 2018. Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı, who served as the Chief Advisor to the President from 2020 to 2023, held the position of a member of the Legal Policies Council of the Presidency between 2018 and 2024.
Ayşe Nur Bahçekapılı has been the member of Turkcell Board of Directors since September 14, 2023.

Serdar Çetin was born in 1977, in Ankara. He graduated from Middle East Technical University, Civil Engineering department. He holds an MSc in Management (Grande Ecole) from HEC School of Management in Paris with a major in strategic management.
Serdar Çetin served as a Board Member of Play Group from July 2007 until November 2020. He was an Executive Board Member of Play (P4 Sp.zo.o.) from July 2005 until October 2006 and was a Member of the Audit Committee of Play between 2007 and 2017. Following the IPO of Play Group until its sale to Iliad Group in November 2020, he served as a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration and Nomination Committee, and Operational and Investment Committee of Play Communications S.A. He was a Board Member of Turknet İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. and its then parent company NetOne Holdings S.a.r.l. between 2007 and 2013. He served as a board member and board observer in several telco and technology companies including Machine Zone, which is acquired by Applovin (USA), Netia (Poland), Forthnet (Greece) and Be Unlimited (UK). In addition, he served as a Board Member of AASA Polska from August 2015 to December 2019. Serdar Çetin was a Board Member of WOM S.A. Chile between July 2015 and December 2023. Additionally, he was a partner of Novator Partners LLP, a London based investment advisory firm until April 2023 and is currently a Partner of PurpleCrest Investments LLp. Prior to joining Novator, he worked at Merrill Lynch investment banking and BNP Paribas Asset Management in London.
Serdar Çetin has been serving as an Independent Member of Turkcell Board of Directors since the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting for 2021, held on June 16, 2022.

Salim Arda Ermut was born in 1980, in Karaman. He graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Science and International Relations in 2004.
In 2005, he began working as a Press and Public Relations Advisor to the Prime Minister's Office. He then took up the position of specialist at the Turkish Investment Support and Promotion Agency, where he held a number of managerial positions. In 2015, Salim Arda Ermut was appointed as the President of the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Türkiye, a position he held until 2020. He played a pivotal role in attracting numerous international direct investments to Türkiye. He also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Vienna Economic Forum and Sun Express between 2015 and 2019, as Vice President of Basketball Federation of Türkiye between 2019 and 2021, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Association of Investment Agencies (WAIPA) for a four-year term. Between 2019 and 2021, he served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Turkish Airlines and as one of the three members of the Turkish Airlines Executive Board. Mr. Ermut, who previously served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Türk Telekom between 2022 and 2024 and Türkiye Wealth Fund between 2018 and 2020, was appointed as the General Manager and Board Member of Türkiye Wealth Fund as of March 2021.He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of Türkiye Participation Insurance, established by Türkiye Wealth Fund, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Istanbul Finance Center Management Company.
Salim Arda Ermut has been serving as a Member of Turkcell Board of Directors since the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting for 2023, held on May 2, 2024.

Professor Dr. Mehmet Naci İnci was born in in 1965, in Malatya. He graduated from Marmara University with a degree in physics in 1987. He received his PhD in fiber optic sensors from Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK) in 1993.
Between 1993 and 1994, he pursued postdoctoral studies at Stanford University, Department of Electrical Engineering (USA), In 1994, he assumed the role of Assistant Professor at Boğaziçi University, Department of Physics. In 1996, he was promoted to the position of Associate Professor at the same institution. In 1998-1999, he was invited to Gunma University (Japan) as a visiting research professor to work on industrial applications of fiber optic sensors. Between 1999 and 2005, he was a faculty member at Sabancı University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, where he played a pivotal role in establishing the university's fundamental and research laboratories, as well as undergraduate and graduate programs. In 2005, he assumed the role of Professor in the Department of Physics at Boğaziçi University. He served as Head of the Department of Physics for five years between 2013 and 2020. Since July 15, 2021, he has been the Rector of Boğaziçi University. Professor M. Naci İnci has been invited as a guest scientist by a number of universities abroad. Some of these include The University of Stuttgart (Germany), Gunma University (Japan), the Technical University of Norway, and Heriot-Watt University (UK). His research interests include applied optics for industry, quantum optics, nonlinear optics, quantum informatics, optoelectronics, fiber optic sensors, fiber optic telecommunications, solid state physics, optical profilometry, photonic crystals, and the photonics of nanostructures.
Mehmet Naci İnci has been serving as an Independent Board Member of Turkcell since the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting for 2023, held on May 2, 2024.

Figen Kılıç was born in 1970, in Gaziantep. She graduated from Selçuk University, Electrical Electronics Engineering Department. She received her Master’s Degree from Gebze High Technology Institute, Electrical Engineering Department. Trained in project management, process management, and test engineering, Figen Kılıç also graduated from the Anadolu University Faculty of Open Education, Department of Law and the Department of Business Administration. She is still studying in the Brand Communication department of the same university. Figen Kılıç, started her career as a technical translator in İhlas Group. In 1995, she got started in İstanbul Municipality BELBİM A.Ş., where she worked for an extended period on payment projects as an R&D engineer, Project Coordinator, and R&D Manager. In 2010, she transferred to E-Kent Ödeme Sistemleri A.Ş. where she served as IT and Operational team manager for electronic ticket and payment systems integration and management projects in various cities of Türkiye. In 2014, Figen Kılıç worked in Mobile Payment and M2M & IoT teams at Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. and in 2015 she was appointed to the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) of Türkiye as its first women board member. Figen Kılıç, who became the Deputy Chairman of ICTA in 2018, served as Service Delivery General Manager of the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Family and Social Services, after her term in office ended in 2019. Figen Kılıç, who has served as a board member and chairperson on the boards of various public institutions and private companies, was appointed to Turkcell Board of Directors as of January 29, 2021.
Figen Kılıç has been serving a Board Member of Turkcell since the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting for 2023, held on May 2, 2024.

Nail Olpak was born in 1961, in Burdur. He graduated from Aydın High School and Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. He completed his master's degree in the field of energy. He was granted with the title of honorary PhD by Istanbul Technical University, Ahi Evran University and Mehmet Akif Ersoy University.
He served as the 5th Period Chairman of MÜSİAD (Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association) and Chairman of MÜSİAD High Advisory Board, Council Member of B20 Steering Committee of Türkiye, Council Member of İTO (Istanbul Chamber of Commerce), Board Member of İDTM (Istanbul World Trade Center), Board Member of the Huzur Hospital Foundation, Board Member of ENVERDER (Energy Efficiency Association), Member of High Advisory Board and Board Member of MMG (Architects and Engineers Group), Founding Committee Member of Turkish-Japanese University, Member of the Board of Trustees of BTM (Information Commercialization Center), Board Member of Türkiye Silicon Valley.
Nail Olpak serves as the Chairman of the Board of PAK Yatırım A.Ş. and as the board member of companies in which these companies have shareholdings. As part of his activities in NGOs and for public welfare; he serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of DEİK, Board Member of Export Credit Bank of Türkiye (TURK EXIMBANK), Board Member of Turkcell, Board Member of İstanbul Development Agency (İSTKA), Member of Coordination Council for the Improvement of Investment Environment (YOİKK), Member of High Advisory Board of MÜSİAD, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of OLPAK FOUNDATION, Member of the Founding Committee of International Technological, Economic and Social Research Foundation (UTESAV), Member of the Board of Trustees of Tourism Development and Education Foundation of İstanbul Chamber of Commerce (TUGEV), Member of Founders Board of İlim Yayma Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees of Huzur Hospital Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees of Human Development and Societal Education Foundation (İGETEV), Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Support of İstanbul Medeniyet University.
Mr. Nail Olpak was appointed as a member to Turkcell Board of Directors as of March 6, 2020. He has been serving as a Board member of Turkcell since the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting for 2021, held on June 16, 2022.

İdris Sarısoy was born in 1974, in Bafra. He graduated from Erciyes University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Finance in 1998. In the same year, he commenced his master's at Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Finance, Department of Fiscal Theory, which he completed in 2000 with his thesis titled “Public Sector Deficits and Financing Policies in Türkiye”. In 2001, he began his doctoral studies at Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Finance, Department of Finance Theory, completing his doctoral thesis, titled “Tax Incentives Provided to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises and Turkish Practice” in 2006.
In 2002, he began his academic career at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Finance, and in 2003 he assumed the same position at Marmara University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Finance. Between 2007 and 2014, he was an Assistant Professor at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Finance. Since 2014, he has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Marmara University Faculty of Political Sciences, and he has continued his role a Professor in the same department since 2020. İdris Sarısoy; who is also a Member of the Tax Council of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, conducts academic research on poverty, foreign capital investments, election declarations and health economics, mainly on tax issues.
İdris Sarısoy has been serving as an Independent Board Member of Turkcell since the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting for 2023, held on May 2, 2024.

Melikşah Yasin was born in 1975, in İstanbul. He graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Law in 1996. In the same year, he began his master's degree at İstanbul University's Institute of Social Sciences and completed it in 1998 with his thesis titled “Control of the Administration by the Parliament in Türkiye.”
He started working as a Research Assistant in the Department of Administrative Law at the Marmara University Faculty of Law in 1997. He initiated his doctoral studies at Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences in 1998 and completed them in 2002 with his doctoral thesis titled “The Capital Markets Board and Its Transactions.” He was at King's College for academic research in 2007 and 2008. In 2010, he was appointed as an associate professor at the İstanbul University Faculty of Law. Since 2016, he has been serving as a Professor of Administrative Law at the same faculty. He has also held various administrative positions at the university. Mr. Melikşah Yasin, who has authored books and numerous articles in the field of administrative law, was a visiting scholar at Oxford University Faculty of Law during 2023-2024 academic year.
Melikşah Yasin has been serving as a Member of the Presidential Council for Legal Policies since 10 April 2025 and as a Board Member of Turkcell since September 14, 2023.