Management

Born in 1969, Namık Ülke graduated from the Department of Economics at Marmara University in 1991.

He began his career at Akbank in 1993 as an Inspector. Between 1997 and 2012, he worked at Türk Ekonomi Bankası (Turkish Economy Bank), where he served respectively as Inspector, Credit Risk Manager, Branch Manager and Regional Director. From 2012 to 2013, he served as Regional Director at Odeabank Güneşli Commercial and Corporate Center, and between 2013 and 2014, he was General Manager and Member of the Board of Directors at Parafinans Factoring.

Between 2014 and 2017, Ülke served as Executive Vice President for Corporate & Commercial Banking at Anadolubank, and from 2017 to 2024, he served as CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Anadolubank, Chairman of the Board of Anadolu Factoring, and Chairman of the Bank’s Executive Committee (ALCO – Asset and Liability Committee), being responsible for all the bank’s financial and administrative operations.

As of October 10, 2025, Namık Ülke has been serving as Group Companies President (CEO) of Tekfen Holding.

Born in 1971, Kenan Alpdündar graduated from the Department of Economics at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University in 1994. He completed his MBA degree with a specialization in finance at Loyola University Chicago, USA, between 2000 and 2002.

He began his professional career in 1994 as an Assistant Inspector at Garanti Bank. From 1995 to 2004, he served as Assistant Inspector and Inspector at the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT). Within the same institution, he held the position of Assistant General Manager from 2004 to 2006 and later served as Consultant for Banking and Financial Institutions in 2006.

Between 2006 and 2009, he worked as Manager of Financial Sector Assessment at the Banking and Financial Institutions Department, and from 2009 to 2012, he served as Assistant General Manager responsible for the departments of financial sector assessment, credit bureau operations, and investment and financing instruments. Between 2012 and 2014, he served as Assistant General Manager at the Budget and Financial Reporting Department, overseeing the departments of accounting, budgeting and planning, and balance sheet operations.

After serving as Consultant from 2014 to 2015, he was reappointed as Assistant General Manager at the Budget and Financial Reporting Department between 2015 and 2017. From 2017 to 2020, he served abroad as the CBRT Representative in Frankfurt and as Economic Counselor of the Republic of Türkiye in Frankfurt.

Throughout his career, Alpdündar has also participated in various audit and research commissions across different public institutions and organizations. He is fluent in English, French, and German.

As of October 14, 2025, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Tekfen Holding.

Born in 1975, Nahit Akarkarasu graduated from Eskişehir Anatolian High School in 1993 and from the Faculty of Law at Dokuz Eylül University in 1997. He completed his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees at Yeditepe University in 2005 and at Columbia University in 2007. His thesis, titled “Recommendations for Enhancing Internal Audit and Audit Committees in Publicly Held Companies” was published by the Capital Markets Board of Türkiye (CMB) in 2000.

He began his career as an Assistant Specialist at the CMB. He served as a Specialist between 2001 and 2007, and as Deputy Head of the Inspection Department between 2007 and 2009.

He joined Tekfen Holding in 2009 as Legal Counsel, Akarkarasu currently serves as Director of Group Companies responsible for Legal Affairs and as of 2024, he has held the position of Chief Legal Counsel of Tekfen Contracting Group. In addition, In addition, he has served within various Tekfen Group Companies as Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Member of the Board of Directors.