He was appointed as Türksat Satellite Operations Deputy General Manager on February 9, 2017, and CEO of Türksat on January 21, 2021.
In 2006, He joined Türksat A.Ş. as a specialist and took part in the Turksat 3A Satellite Project Technology Transfer Program in France as a data processing and satellite software manager in 2006-2007. Between 2014-2017, he worked as Research Development and Satellite Design Director.
He was a database specialist for a retail company in New Jersey, US in the beginning of his career. Prior to 2006, he worked as a software engineer and manager in the field of telecommunications in the US.
He is a graduate of Hacettepe University Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department in 2000. In 2003, he received his master's degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology in the United States. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Computer Engineering at Yıldırım Beyazıt University.
After completing his primary, secondary and high school education in Çorum, he graduated from Istanbul University Computer Science and Engineering. He completed his master’s degree in the field of Computer Engineering at Gebze Technical University. He is currently working on his doctoral studies at the same university. In 1998, he started his professional career in the private sector in Istanbul. He became an IT manager in 2001.
In 2005, he continued his career as a Software Development Manager at Türksat. He was appointed as Software Development Director in 2014. In December of 2020, he was appointed as the Department Head of Turkey Agricultural Credit Cooperatives. In May 2021, with the decision made by Türksat’s Executive Board, he was appointed as Deputy General Manager responsible for Türksat Informatics Services.
Çerikçi is the Türksat Legal Counsel since 2014. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Access Providers Association and member of the RAYSİMAŞ Rail Systems Engineering Consulting Inc. Board of Directors.
He started his professional career as a freelance lawyer in his own office in 1997. After having working for 7 years, he worked as a Specialist Lawyer in Türksat Legal Consultancy in 2005. He also served as manager responsible for litigations at Türksat. He served as a consultant in the TBMM between 2010-2014.
A graduate of Ankara University Faculty of Law he has a Notarial and Mediator certificate.
Mustafa ÖZYAR, who started his professional life as a judge in 1997, served as Legal Advisor to the Prime Ministry in 2007 after working as a judge for 12 years, and served as the General Manager of Legislation Development and Publication of the Prime Ministry between 2011 and 2015, as well as a member of the Supervisory Board of Anadolu Agency and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Prime Ministry Printing House Revolving Capital Enterprise.
Mr. ÖZYAR, who was a member and Deputy Chairman of the Prime Ministry Information Acquisition and Evaluation Board, served as the 2016-2017 Parliamentary Ombudsman, Deputy Undersecretary of the Prime Ministry, and coordinated the drafting of the legislation enacted during the transition phase of the Presidential Government System. After the transition to the Presidential Government System, he served as Deputy Secretary General of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey responsible for legislation, and served as Advisor to the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States between 2022-2023.
Mr. ÖZYAR graduated from İzmir Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law and completed his master's degree in Public Law at Selçuk University Faculty of Law.
Dr. Demirel has been assigned as the Deputy General Manager responsible for satellite communications services on January 29, 2021.
He started his career in 2006 as a specialist in Türksat A.Ş. Between 2006-2008, he was the Satellite Electric Power Systems Specialist in France within the scope of the “Türksat 3A Satellite Project Technology Transfer Program”. He took part in satellite design activities within Türksat R&D and Satellite Design Directorate and in the management of installation and acceptance processes of USET, which is the only satellite assembly, integration and test center of Turkey.
Between 2014 and 2021, he conducted Türksat 5A, Türksat 5B and the first domestic communication satellite Türksat 6A satellite programs as Türksat Satellite Programs Director.
Between 2014 and 2021, he directed satellite programs for Türksat 5A, Türksat 5B and Türksat 6A (the first domestic communication satellite) as Türksat Satellite Programs Director.
He completed his undergraduate education in Istanbul Technical University Electrical Engineering Department in 2002. He received his master's degree from Darmstadt Technical University Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department in Germany and completed his Ph.D. in the same department.
After graduating from Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2001, Ahmet Selami Söğüt completed his master's degree in Business Management at Beykent University in 2014.
Söğüt, who started his career at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) İsbak A.Ş. in 2001, worked as an engineer in Signaling, Communication and Image Systems, Camera Systems and R&D departments, and then was appointed as technical manager to İsttelkom A.Ş. in 2014. He worked as the Electronic Systems Manager until the end of 2019 in the IMM company, which manages the installation, maintenance and repair of IOT and radio systems, fiber optic lines and network systems throughout Istanbul, and took an active role in many technical infrastructure projects in IMM subsidiaries, where he worked for 18 years.
Since January 2020, he has worked as the General Manager at PTT Kule Transmitter Tesisleri AŞ, which is authorized to provide communication services to GSM operators, Internet Service Providers and OKTH service providers in addition to radio and TV broadcasters. He also managed the establishment and commissioning of the technical infrastructures of Çamlıca and Çanakkale Towers.
Söğüt, originally from Gümüşhane, is married and has 3 children.
Studied business English at The State University of New York Stony Brook and received a Master of Business Administration degree in information systems from Townsend School of Business, New York. He also has a bachelor’s degree from Dumlupınar University, Türkiye in Business Administration.
Began his journey at TÜRKSAT in 2006 and worked at various departments conducting international projects with United Nations and executing domestic-international satellite services sales-marketing processes. In addition, leading the creation of corporate project management office and satellite services automation projects were some of his many experiences with in the company.
He also worked at local and international companies in different positions and fields such as sales, marketing and business development prior to TÜRKSAT.
He became the IT Business Development & Project Mgt. Director and managed over a hundred IT projects within the scope National e-Transformation Strategy during 2014-2023.
On February 1, 2023, he was appointed as the Vice President of Administrative and Financial Affairs.