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
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey (MENR)
Alparslan Bayraktar serves as the Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Prior to assuming this post, he was the Deputy Undersecretary of MENR following his service as the General Director of International Affairs and European Union. Between 2010-2016, Mr. Bayraktar served as a Commissioner of Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Turkey. Before his public service, he worked for the private sector in Turkey and abroad.
Mr. Bayraktar also holds positions in various international organizations involved in issues relating to energy governance. He served as the Chairman of International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER) and Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA). Currently, he is the Chairman of World Energy Council Turkey.
Mr. Bayraktar holds B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, LL.M. in Law and Economics from Bilkent University and M.A. in International Relations from Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. He received his Ph.D. in Energy, Environmental Economics & Policy from Middle East Technical University.
Rector of Istanbul Technical University
Born in 1974 in the village of Ziyaret, Suruç district of Şanlıurfa, where his family resided due to his father’s duty; Prof. Dr. İsmail Koyuncu completed his primary, secondary and high school education in his hometown, Antalya.
Prof. Dr. Koyuncu graduated from Istanbul Technical University Environmental Engineering Department, which he started in 1990, and finished in 1995 as the second in the department. He completed his master’s degree in 1997 and his doctorate in 2002 in the same department.
Prof. Dr. Koyuncu became associate professor in 2004 and professor in 2010 and is currently working as a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University. Besides, since 2019, he has been teaching as a visiting professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University (USA).
In 2002-2003, Prof. Dr. Koyuncu completed his post-doctoral studies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University, one of the leading universities in the USA, with the scholarship granted by TÜBİTAK NATO B1. Afterwards, he took part in many projects as a visiting researcher at the University of Leuven (Belgium) for two months in 2003 and again at Rice University for a year in 2004.
Prof. Dr. Koyuncu held many academic and administrative positions through his career among which are Director of İTÜ Institute of Science and Technology (2012-2018), Member of İTÜ Board of Directors (2012-2016), Member of İTÜ Senate (2012-2018), Member of İTÜ Civil Engineering Faculty Board (2015-2018) and Member of the Commission for İTÜ Environmental Engineering Department. Besides his membership of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA); Prof. Dr. Koyuncu was elected a Member of the Committee for Climate Change and Health under the Asian Academy of Sciences in 2019 and a board member of Membrane Technologies Group under the International Water Association (IWA), positions which he actively carries on.
Prof. Dr. Koyuncu has been a member of Associate Professorship Commission of the Interuniversity Board since 2016. Within TÜBİTAK, Prof. Dr. Koyuncu acted as Presidency for TÜBİTAK Technology and Innovation Support Programs (TEYDEB), Executive Board Member for Biotech Group (2015-2017) and Consultant for TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center (MAM) Environment and Cleaner Production Institute (2014-2017).
Prof. Dr. Koyuncu actively took part in numerous applied engineering projects, providing consultancy to many public and private organizations on issues related to his field. Prof. Dr. Koyuncu gave trainings and executed many projects on issues of infrastructure, waste management and recycling under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Union of Municipalities of Turkey (TBB), Turkey Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), the General Directorate of the Etimaden and Turkey Water Institute.
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