Graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, and Department of Public Administration. In 1996, Çakar started to work as an Assistant Auditor in T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş., served as Auditor and Branch Manager and was appointed as Regional Director-in-chief in 2005.
Mr. Çakar, became the Head of Department in August 2007, served as Executive Vice President for Retail Banking, Executive Vice President for Operations, Executive Vice President for Consumer Banking and Executive Vice President for Retail Banking, he served as Executive Vice President for Distribution Channels Management between January 2016-July 2017, Executive Vice President for Payment Systems between July 2017-June 2018, Executive Vice President for Retail Banking-2 between June 2018-March 2021. He served as member of the Board of Directors/member of the Audit Board of Ziraat Finansal Kiralama (Ziraat Leasing), Bileşim Alternatif Dağıtım Kanalları Ödeme Sistemi A.Ş., Ziraat Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. (Ziraat Life & Pension), Ziraat Sigorta A.Ş. (Ziraat Insurance), Kredi Kayıt Bürosu A.Ş. (Credit Registry Bureau), Ziraat Bank (Moscow) JSC, Turkmen Turkish Joint Stock Commercial Bank, Ziraat Teknoloji A.Ş. (Ziraat Technology), Bankalararası Kart Merkezi A.Ş. (Interbank Card Center), Ziraat Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. (Ziraat REIT), Ziraat Bank (Moscow) JSC, respectively, between the years of 2003-2019. Çakar has been working as member of the Board of Ziraat Bank (Moscow) JSC since 16.07.2019, and he has been serving as the CEO and member of Board of Ziraat Bank since March 2021. Since April 22, 2021, he has been serving as the President of the Turkish Banks Association. He has been carrying out the duty as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Katılım since 01.02.2022.
He was born in Aşkale, Erzurum, in 1953. He graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration, Erzurum Atatürk University in 1978. Between 1978-1980, he worked at the Regional Directorate of the Erzurum Agricultural Supply Organization (Zirai Donatım Kurumu). He completed his military service as a reserve officer, serving as the Head of the Military Recruitment Office in Narman, Erzurum, from 1980 to 1981.
He started to work as an Assistant Inspector at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. in 1982. From 1982 to 2005, he held various positions at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş., serving successively as Assistant Inspector, Inspector, Chief Inspector, Branch Manager, and Regional Chief Manager.
He served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Halkbank A.Ş. between 2005 and 2010. Additionally, between 2005 and 2021, he held Board Memberships at Halk Finansal Kiralama A.Ş., Halk Sigorta A.Ş., Ziraat Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş., Ziraat Bank Azerbaycan ASC, Ziraat Bank Montenegro AD, and Vakıf Leasing A.Ş., respectively. Mr. Tanyeri, who served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. from 2021 to 2026, was elected Vise Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Katılım effective April 9, 2026, and also serves as a member of the Remuneration Committee.
He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration in 1990. Metin Özdemir started his professional life at Kuveyt-Türk Finans Kurumu A.Ş. in 1992 and continued his career as a manager in the retail sector since 1996.
Özdemir was on duty as a Member of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Council between 2004-2014. From April 2012 to May 27, 2019, he served as the Member of the Board of Directors, Member of Remuneration Committee and alternate associate member of Credit Committee at Ziraat Bankası. Özdemir, who has been a member of Ziraat Katılım Bankası Board of Directors since February 18th, 2015, was appointed as the General Manager of Ziraat Katılım Bankası A.Ş. on June 12th, 2017. Özdemir, who was on duty in Board of Directors of our Bank, has also been serving as the Chairman of the Credit Committee since July 25th, 2017.
He graduated from Eskişehir Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, Kütahya School of Management, Department of Business Administration in 1979. After working in various institutions between 1980 and 1984, he started working at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. in 1984. Aksu worked as General Manager of Ziraat Hayat Emeklilik A.Ş. and Ziraat Sigorta A.Ş. and as General Manager of Ziraat Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. after working in various positions at the Bank between 1984 and 2014, and he served as the Head of Human Resources Group between October 2018-December 2019.
He served as the Head of the Internal Operations Group between December 2019 and August 2020. He has been serving as the Board Member of Ziraat Katılım, Audit Committee and as the Substitute Member of the Credit Committee of our Bank since 19.06.2020.
He was born in 1965 in Erzurum. He graduated from Atatürk University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1985. He started to work as an Assistant Inspector at Imar Bank in 1988. He served as an Inspector, Head of the Board of Inspection, Unit Manager, Senior Unit Manager, Deputy General Manager for Operations and Credits at Albaraka Türk Katılım Bankası between 1990 and 2017.
He worked as a Board Member and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in a private company. He served as the General Manager of the United Fund Bank between 2017-2019. Emek, who has been a member of Ziraat Participation Bank's Board of Directors since 31.03.2021. He also continues his duties as Credit Committee Member.
He was born in Kayseri in 1955. He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of Economy and Finance in 1980. He started working at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. in 1982. From 1982 to 2014, he served as Assistant Inspector, Inspector, Deputy Manager for Agricultural Credits, Head of Intelligence Department, Branch Manager and Regional Manager.
Between 2014 -2018, he served as the General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Development Bank of Turkey. Buçukoğlu, who has been serving as a Board Member of Ziraat Katılım as of 19.06.2020, is also as a Member of Audit Commitee and Substitute Member of Credit Committee.
He was born in 1966 in Artvin. Earned his bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Istanbul University in 1988. After working in various organizations and corporations between 1988-1991, he started his career at the Funding Directorate in Albaraka Türk Katılım Bankası A.Ş.
After serving in various positions in the units of General Directorate of Albaraka Türk Katılım Bank between 1995-2004, he worked as the Branch Manager between 2008-2019. Serving as Board Member Ziraat Katılım Bank as of 25.03.2022, Mr. Başıbüyük is also a Member of Credit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee.
Born in 1974 in Balıkesir, he graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1996. He completed his master's degree at Gazi University, Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations and his doctorate at Selçuk University, Department of Private Law - Commercial Law.
He started his professional career in 1997 as a research and collective bargaining specialist at Belediye İş Trade Union affiliated to Türk-İş Confederation. For many years, he has worked as a freelance lawyer and expert witness in Commercial Courts and Intellectual and Industrial Rights Law Courts and as a manager in various non-governmental associations, and is a trademark attorney before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office. Between 2016-2019, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of Halk Portfolio Management at Halk Bank of Turkey, between 2018-2020 as a member of the Board of Directors of the Social Security Institution, between 2019-2020 as a consultant at Halk Life and Pension. Until August 2022-2023, he served as Secretary General of TESK and Board Member of the Ministry of Trade-Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen Registry Gazette. Since September 2022, he has been teaching as a lecturer at Ankara Medipol University Faculty of Law. As of 03.08.2023, Mr. Cangül has been serving as a member of Ziraat Participation Board of Directors and is also a member of our Bank's Remuneration Committee.
He was born in Istanbul in 1972. He graduated from the Department of International Relations at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Science in 1993. He completed his master's degree in International Relations at Ankara University in 1996 and his doctorate in History at Hacettepe University in 2000. He began his academic career in 1994 as a research assistant in the Department of International Relations at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Science. At the same university, he became an associate professor of political history in 2003 and a professor of international relations in 2009. In addition to Ankara University, he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Başkent University, and Bahçeşehir University.
He served as a visiting faculty member at Tokyo Chuo University in 2010 and 2013. Between 2003 and 2015, he served as the Director of the European Communities Research and Application Center. He held various positions in organizations such as the Atatürk Research Center of the Atatürk Supreme Council for Culture, Language and History; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Center for Strategic Research; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Archives Board; the Turkish Military History Commission; the Turkish Atlantic Association; the Council of Europe; the International Relations Council; the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA); the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM); the Service Exporters' Association (HİB); and the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK). He served as the Rector of Altınbaş University from 2015 to 2025. In October 2017, he was appointed as a member of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council. In February 2025, he was appointed Chief Advisor to the President and granted the title of Ambassador. In April 2025, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council. He is married, a father of two, and speaks English and French. Mr. Erhan, who was elected as a Member of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Participation Bank effective April 9, 2026, also serves as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.
