Ebubekir Şahin appointed as the new CEO of Türk Telekom

According to a statement from the company, following his tenure as Chairman of the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Şahin will lead Türk Telekom's efforts toward its vision of building Türkiye's digital future.

Türk Telekom Chairman İsmail İlhan Hatipoğlu, whose views were included in the statement, stated that they continue their investments and their contributions to the country's economy and employment, and noted the following:

We continue our investments and activities aimed at building our country's digital future. We work in every corner of all 81 provinces with over 34,000 employees within the Türk Telekom family. On behalf of our Board of Directors, I thank Ümit Önal, who has accomplished significant work for our company at important milestones in the telecommunications sector. I wish Önal, whose contributions to our company as a Board Member will continue, success in his role as the President of the Republic of Turkey's Cyber ​​Security Directorate. Under the leadership of our new CEO, Ebubekir Şahin, Türk Telekom, Türkiye's leading information and communications technologies company, will continue to be a flag bearer in the journey of building our country's digital future.

Şahin was born in the Çayeli district of Rize in 1974. Completing his primary education in Rize and his high school education in Sakarya, Şahin graduated from Gazi University's Faculty of Communication in 1995 and completed his master's degree in Journalism in 2002.

In this order, Şahin worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the General Directorate of Security, as an advisor to a member of parliament at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) during the Welfare-Path governments, and as Private Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, Private Secretary and Department Head at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Advisor to the President of RTÜK (Radio and Television Supreme Council), and Public Relations Advisor to the Prime Ministry during the first term of the AK Party as of 2002.

Ebubekir Şahin served as the Head of Administrative and Financial Affairs Department, Deputy General Manager, and Acting General Manager at Anadolu Agency between 2011 and 2014.

After serving as Deputy Undersecretary and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Family and Social Policies between 2014 and 2017, Şahin was elected as a RTÜK member from the AK Party quota as a result of the election held in the Turkish Grand National Assembly General Assembly on October 16, 2017, in accordance with Article 35 of the RTÜK Law No. 6112.

After serving for a period as a member, Ebubekir Şahin was elected as the Chairman of the Supreme Board on January 23, 2019, and was re-elected on October 18, 2023, serving his fourth term as the President of RTÜK.

Ebubekir Şahin, who is married and has two children, speaks English.