About Us

Mr. Yahşi was born in Fatsa (Ordu) in 1965. He received his degree from the Department of Management of the Faculty of Political Sciences in Ankara University (1987) and completed his Masters Degree in Banking Department of Social Sciences Institute at Marmara University (Istanbul, 2006). He started his professional career as a sworn auditor for banks in 1987. After working for Ege Bank as an Assistant General Manager between 1996 and 1998, he was appointed as Assistant General Manager to Albaraka Turk in the same year. Between the years of 2005 and 2009, Mr. Yahşi held the position of Deputy Assistant General Manager at Albaraka Turk. He has been the General Manager of Albaraka Turk since November 2009.

Mr. Verçin was born in Kurtalan (Siirt) in 1962. He received his degree from the Department of Economics of the Faculty of Political Sciences in Ankara University. He worked for several private companies between 1984 and 1993 as manager of exporting affairs as well as marketing manager. He began working as a Specialist in Marketing Projects in Albaraka Turk in 1993. He was promoted as Chief, Second Manager, Assistant Manager and then onto Executive in the Project and Marketing Department (1993-2000) at Albaraka Turk. Mr. Verçin has been Assistant General Manager since 2005 responsible for Corporate Marketing and Retail Marketing Departments.

Born in Kars in 1963, Mr. Boz graduated from the Faculty of Law of Istanbul University (1985). After being a self-employed lawyer (1985-1987), he was appointed as lawyer to the Legal Affairs Department at Albaraka Turk in 1987. He later became Assistant Manager and Manager within the same department (1995-1996). Between 2002 and 2009, Mr. Boz was head legal consultant at Albaraka Turk. He has served as Assistant General Manager responsible for Legal Affairs of Albaraka Turk since December 2009.

Mr. Hazıroğlu was born in Trabzon in 1955. He received his degree from the Department of Mathematical Engineering in Istanbul Technical University (1980). He worked as Programmer, System Analyst and Assistant Manager of IT for Türkiye Emlak Bankası. He worked as the IT Manager at Albaraka Turk between the years of 1986 and 1991. Between 1992 and 1995, he worked in the trading sector as an independent consultant. In 1996, he was again appointed to Albaraka Turk where he worked as Manager of IT department and Deputy Manager of Human Resources and Administrative Affairs Department. Mr. Hazıroğlu has been Assistant General Manager since 2003 primarily responsible for the Human Resources and Administrative Affairs Departments.

Mr. Taban was born in Ordu in 1966. He received his degree from the Faculty of Management in Istanbul University (1987). He completed his postgraduate study at the Department of Management, Social Sciences Institute in Istanbul Technical University (1990). He began his banking career as an inspector in the board of inspectors for Türk Ticaret Bank. He transferred to Kentbank in 1995 where he was appointed as Manager of Retail Banking in 1997. He began working as the Manager of Retail Banking Department for Albaraka Turk in 2002. Since 2003, he has been in the office as the Assistant General Manager primarily responsible for Corporate Credits, Commercial Credits, Retail Credits and Credit Administration and Monitoring Departments.

Born in Erzurum in 1961, Mr. Simitçioğlu received his degree from Education Faculty in King Suud University (Saudi Arabia, 1989). He started his professional career as an officer in the central branch of Albaraka Turk (1990) later advancing to Assistant Chief and Chief (1993-1997), Second Manager and Assistant Manager (1997-2001) positions within the same branch. Between 2001 and 2003, he became Vice Manager within the branch and then in the Corporate Banking Department. Mr. Simitçioğlu then became Manager of central branch in 2003 until 2009. In 2009, he was appointed as Assistant General Manager primarily responsible for Risk Follow-UP and Administrative Affairs Departments.

Mr. Utku was born in Ankara in 1968. He graduated from Mechanical Engineering Department of Boğaziçi University (Istanbul, 1990). He completed his graduate studies in London School of Economics (1990-1992) and Masters Degree on economic development in Marmara University (Istanbul, 1998). In 2004, he served as consultant to General Manager of Albaraka Turk. In 2006 - 2007, he was head economist in Albaraka Turk. He later worked as Investor Relations Manager from 2007-2009. He was appointed as Assistant General Manager in December 2009 primarily responsible for Information Processing, Information Technologies System Support, Information Technologies System Strategy and Governance and Project Management Departments. In addition, he was an economics columnist for Yeni Şafak newspaper for over 10 years (1995-2009).

Born in 1965 in Erzurum, Mr. Emek graduated from the faculty of Management at Atatürk University (Erzurum, 1985). He joined Imar Bank in 1988 as Assistant Inspector. He joined Albaraka Turk in 1990 working as Assistant Inspector, Inspector, Assistant Head of the Inspection Board and Head of the Inspection Board between 1990 and 2003. In 2003, Mr. Emek was appointed as the Manager of Operations Department later becoming Senior Manager in the same department in 2010. In March 2011, he was promoted as the Assistant General Manager responsible for International Banking Operations, Banking Services Operations, Credits Operations and Payment Systems Operations Departments.

He was born in 1970, Kalecik-Ankara. Mr. Keser graduated from the Department of Economics at the Middle East Technical University (Ankara, 1991). After briefly working at T.C. Ziraat Bank, Mr. Keser worked successively as Banks’ Sworn Assistant Auditor and Banks’ Sworn Auditor at the Undersecretariat of Treasury ; Prime Ministry of Republic of Turkey. He joined Bank Asya in 1997 later resigning as Assistant General Manager in 2011. Mr. Keser joined Albaraka Turk in March 2011 as Assistant General Manager. He is responsible for the Financial Affairs and Fund Management & Financial Institutions Departments.