Our founders.
YZTD set out with a founding coalition spanning industry, academia, startups, and government. Together with the advisory and honorary boards, these founding members laid the Association's foundations.
Founders
Founding Members.
Esen Tümer
Founding Chair
Çağlar Gözüaçık
Murat Koçuk
Hakan Aran
Barış Karakullukçu
Mehmet Fırat
Prof. M. Hakkı Karakaş
Yeşim Pınar Kitapçı
Güldem Berkman
Erdoğan Çeşmeli
Özlem Aksoy
Seda Mızraklı Ferik
Erden Timur
Sezai Sevgin
Pınar Üstündağ
Zehra Çataltepe
Cüneyt Tanrıverdi
Berna Yıldız
Kemal Altuğ Özgün
Sinem Yılmaz Tutam
Mehmet Şükrü Ertürk
Serdar Tunçbilek
Emin Erkan Korkmaz
Can Açıkalın
Lale Can
Cemal Araalan
Dr. Tolga Çukur
Fehmi Özkaner
Arzu Balkaş
Erol Adayılmaz
Savaş Taşoğlu
Emel Sokullu
Buğrahan Bayram
Şeyma Merve Erdoğan
Recai Serdar Gemici
Ceyhun Ekrem Kırımlı
Melis Kalkan
Yusuf Yeşil
Gökmen Özkap
Fatih Yedikardeş
Timur Topalgökçeli
Emre Yazıcı
Hakan Karamanlı
Fatih Çağlıyan
Toros Şahin
Mustafa Tankut Tabak
Advisory
Founding Advisory Board.
Fahrettin Koca
Şuayip Birinci
Özgür Burak Akkol
Burhan Karaçam
Ali Rıza Ersoy
Ebru Dorman
Honorary
Founding Honorary Board.
İnan Kıraç
Bedrettin Dalan
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