Board of Trustees

Said Yüce

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

He was born on 28 January 1963 in Merzifon, Amasya. His father's name is Ahmed İlhan, and his mother's name is Hayriye. A theologian, journalist and author, he graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Theology. He completed his master's degree at the same university.

After working as a political, foreign affairs and parliamentary correspondent for various newspapers between 1985 and 1993, he served as an Ankara representative and columnist.

He held various positions at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of State, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and the AK PARTİ Headquarters. He has served on the boards of various civil society organisations and has published works on a range of subjects.

He served as a Member of Parliament for Amasya in the 25th term and for Isparta in the 26th term for Ak Parti. He served on the Human Rights and Environment Commissions.

Yüce, who speaks English and Arabic well, is married and has two children.

İlyas Karademir

Vice Chairman

He was born on 01-10-1956 in Göle District, Ardahan Province. He completed his primary, middle and high school education in Göle.

In the 1974–1975 academic year, he enrolled at Erzurum Kazım Karabekir Education Institute. He later left there in 1976 and came to Istanbul on 1 March 1976. That same year, he enrolled at Atatürk Education Institute and graduated in 1979.

He worked at YENİ ASYA YAYINLAR, and in 1991 he established a printing company with four partners and began running his own business. The partnership continued until 2006.

In 1997, he and his siblings established the family company İMAK OFSET BASIM YAYIN TİC VE SAN LTD ŞTİ. His brother Ahmet Karademir ran the printing house until 2006. In February 2006, he left the company in which he was a partner and began working with his siblings at the family company. He continues in the same business with Ahmet and Mustafa Karademir. The family company İMAK OFSET BASIM YAYIN TİC VE SAN LTD ŞTİ provides book, catalogue and all kinds of printing services to 24 countries.

He is married and has three children.

Organisations of which he is a member:

Membership of the Board of Trustees and Executive Board of the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture

Membership of the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of Basev Basım Sanayicileri Vakfı

Av. Orhan Gülgün

Treasurer

He was born in Bursa in 1964. After completing his primary, middle and high school education in Bursa, he enrolled at Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1981–1982.

After graduating from the Faculty in 1987, he spent nearly a year in England studying languages. He has worked as a private-practice lawyer since 1990. From 2009 to 2014, he served as a member of the Istanbul Provincial General Assembly and the Provincial Executive Committee for Ak Parti.

He serves as a member of the boards of trustees and executive boards of various civil society organisations. He is married and has two daughters.

Orhan Canpolat

Secretary

Veysel Bakgör

Member

İbrahim Kurt

Member

Zubakir Fetih Birgeoğlu

Member

Ömer Güzeldemirci

Member

Bayram Özer

Member

Rüstem Ülker

Member

Turan Dikmetaş

Member