With the decree published in the Official Gazette, Ömer Abdullah Karagözoğlu has been appointed to the position vacated by Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan at BTK.
With Decree No. 2018/106 signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a new assignment has been made at the Information Technologies and Communication Authority. Board Member Ömer Abdullah Karagözoğlu has been appointed in place of Dr. Ömer Fatih Sayan, who was previously appointed as Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure. Figen Kılıç has been appointed to the Second Presidency position, and Orhan Öge, Hacı Adnan Cengiz, and Rıdvan Kahveci to the memberships.
Who is Ömer Abdullah Karagözoğlu?
Ömer Abdullah Karagözoğlu was born in 1975 in Glasgow, Scotland. He graduated from Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2000.
Between 2002 and 2004, Karagözoğlu worked as a software engineer at İSKİ. In 2004, at BELBİM, a technology-producing company affiliated with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, he held positions such as Software Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Manager, Application Support Chief, and Information Systems Chief successively.
Leaving BELBİM in 2016, Karagözoğlu continued his career at BTK as Presidential Advisor and Board Member, and with the published decree, he will henceforth serve as the President of the Information Technologies and Communication Authority.