Chairman of the Board
Rector of Istanbul Technical University
President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA)
The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transport
The Head of Digital Transformation Office and the Government Chief Information Officer
Chairman of the Board
Alparslan Bayraktar currently serves as the Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR). Prior to assuming this position, he was Deputy Undersecretary of the same Ministry, following his service as the Director General of International Affairs and the European Union. Between 2010 and 2016, he served as a Commissioner of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Turkey (EMRA). Mr. Bayraktar also holds positions in various international organizations related to energy governance. For example, he served as the Chairman of the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER) and the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA). Currently, he is the Chairman of the World Energy Council Turkey. Mr. Bayraktar received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, his LLM in Law and Economics from Bilkent University and his MA in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
Rector of Istanbul Technical University
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karaca, born in Istanbul in 1957, graduated from the Department of Meteorology Engineering of Istanbul Technical University in 1971 and received his first MSc degree in 1981 from the same department. Prof. Karaca received his second master and doctorate degree from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1985 and 1990 respectively. Karaca has had an active role in the administration of ITU as he has held different academic and administrative positions throughout his career. He was the Vice Dean at the Graduate School of Science Engineering and Technology between 1993-1995 and acted as a member of the execution committee for Tubitak-Çaydağ between 2001-2007. Positions held by Prof. Karaca also include the post of Dean at the Graduate School of Science Engineering and Technology between 2002-2004 and Vice Rector of ITU between the years of 2008-2010, founder Rector of ITU-KKTC between 20019-2010. Karaca has been holding various board memberships in Tubitak, academic consultancy for National Geographic-Turkey and he is a member of the commission for the Elginkan Foundation Science and Technology award. Prof. Karaca’s research areas include atmospheric and oceanic modeling; climate change, paleooceanography, paleoclimatology, disaster management and air quality modeling. His scientific research on these areas appeared in over 30 international and national journals in addition to chapters published in 6 edited books. Karaca is also a member of American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, National Geographical Society, World Wildlife Fund in Turkey.
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karaca has been appointed as the Rector of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) since 2012 and has been appointed as a member of the executive board of Turkish Patent and Trademark Office in 2018.
President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA)
The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transport
Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan was born in İstanbul on 10 June 1977.
Starting his career in İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 1995, Dr. Sayan worked in private companies in Turkey, Germany and USA in the fields of chip manufacturing, cell phone design and R&D after receiving his Bachelor’s Degree.
He carried out studies in entrepreneurship by working under the initiative of Silicon Valley and he gave lectures on Informatics Law and New Trends in ICT in various universities in Turkey and Germany.
He established Istanbul-Turkey Local Committee of Electrical Engineering Students' European Association (EESTEC). He is a member of IEEE and member of the Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO) Ankara Branch. He served as the Chairman of the Turkish-German Friendship Delegation at Osnabrück, Germany and as the Chairman of Türkische Gesprachskreis. He was the Vice President of Mimar Sinan Association and member of the Supervisory Board. He participated in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) meetings as the Head of Turkish delegation. He served as the Vice Chair of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). He was the convener of the Artificial Intelligence Turkey Conference. Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan is also the Chairman of National Computer Emergency Response Team (TR-CERT-USOM) and the Chairman of the 5GTR Forum
Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan has several articles published in various scientific journals and conferences.
He worked as Adviser and Chief Adviser for the Prime Minister between the years 2007-2014.
He was appointed as the Member of the Board at the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) in January 2014. He has worked as the Chairman of the Board & President of ICTA from August 2015 to July 2018.
He has been assigned as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure on 21 July 2018. Along with his position as Deputy Minister, Dr. Sayan has also been appointed as the Member of the Board of Directors and the Vice President of Türk Telekom on 5 September 2018. He has been assigned as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Türk Telekom on 22 December 2018.
He is married and father of 2. He speaks English, German and French.
The Head of Digital Transformation Office and the Government Chief Information Officer