Unit Managers

Ahmet GÜLDAL - Board Chairman and General Manager

He was born in Kemaliye district of Erzincan province in 1964. He graduated from Erzincan Agricultural Vocational High School in 1981. Later he graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture at Ankara University in 1987. Following his debut at the Zonguldak Provincial Directorate subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 1989-1990 as an Agricultural Engineer he held the post of Project and Statistics Branch Director at the same provincial directorate in between 1990 and 2000. Then he served as the Manager of Malatya Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Manager of İzmir Provincial Directorate of Food Agriculture and Livestock and Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock in between 2000 and 2009 August 2009 and November 2017 and 24 April 2017 and 19 August 2018 respectively. Mr. Güldal was appointed as the Board Chairman and General Manager of Turkish Grain Board on 19.08.2018. He is married and father of three children.

Cihan SOYALP - Deputy General Manager

He was born in Ankara in 1973. After completing his primary secondary and upper secondary education in Ankara he graduated from Field Crops Department of Faculty of Agriculture at Ankara University at the top of his class in 1994. He worked as a temporary public servant at Turkish Statistical Institute in between 1995 and 1997. Following his compulsory military service he started to work for Turkish Grain Board (TMO) as an Expert in 1998. He held different posts at TMO in between 1998 and 2017 with the titles of Expert Specialist Denizli Branch Manager Shipping Branch Manager Domestic Trade Branch Manager Senior Specialist Security Branch Manager and Head of Trade Department. He was appointed as the Head of Grain Purchasing and Conservation Department and Acting Deputy General Manager as from 14/06/2017 and 14/09/2017 respectively and has held these posts since then. He is married and father of three children.

Ümit ORHAN - Deputy General Manager

He was born in Gevaş district of Van province in 1981. He graduated from the Public Administration Department of Faculty of Political Sciences at İstanbul University. He started to work as a parliamentarian consultant at Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in 2008. He started to work as a civil servant at the Ministry of Finance in 2008. In 2009 his career as a parliamentarian consultant resumed temporarily and he held this post till 2012. He was appointed as a Ministerial Counsellor at the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock by the resolution no. 2012/40 published in the Official Gazette No. 28233 on 14/03/2012. Serving as the Acting Deputy General Manager of Turkish Grain Board in between 09/01/2018 and 16/05/2019 Ümit Orhan was principally appointed as the Deputy General Manager of Turkish Grain Board by the Presidential Decree No. 2019/128 published on the Official Gazette on the latter date. He is married and father of two children.

Muharrem AKYAKA - Deputy General Manager
Gökhan GÜRBÜZ - Head of Purchasing and Conservation Department

He was born in Bala district of Ankara province in 1983. Following completing his primary secondary and upper secondary education in Bala he graduated from Faculty of Agriculture of Ondokuz Mayıs University. He started to work for TMO as an Expert at Şereflikoçhisar Sub-Branch in 2006. He worked as an agricultural engineer at Purchasing and Conservation Department and Private Office Branch in 2011-2013 and 2013-2014 respectively. He assumed the posts of Acting Director of Corporate Identity Branch Director of Aksaray Branch and Director of Licensed Warehousing Branch in 2014-2016 2017 and in between 22 November 2017 and 5 February 2020 respectively. Deputizing the Department of Purchasing and Conservation in between 24 April 2019 and 5 February 2020 Mr. Gürbüz was appointed as the Head of the said department on the latter date. He is married and father of 2 children.

Yasin SARISOY - Head of IT Department

He was born in Bolvadin district of Afyonkarahisar province in 1978. He completed his primary and secondary education in Bolvadin. He graduated from Computer Programming Department of Technical Sciences School of Higher Education at Konya Selçuk University and Economics Department of Anadolu University. He received Pedagogical Formation training at Dumlupınar University. His civil service started at IT Department of Turkey Electricity Generation and Transmission Co. in 1998. He switched to Turkish Grain Board (TMO) in 2001. He worked as a Computer Operator and Programmer at Afyon Alkaloids Plant. He worked as a Programmer at Eskişehir Branch Directorate in between 2008 and 2012 Supervisor of IT Unit at Akçakoca and Eskişehir Branch Directorate in between 2012 and 2016 Acting Manager of System Management Branch under IT Department in between 2016 and 2017 and principally appointed as the Manager of the same branch in 2017. He was appointed as the Head of IT Department on 09/01/2018 and has held the same post since then. He is married and has a daughter.

M. Murat CANBOLAT - Head of Technical Affairs Department
Enver ŞİMŞEK - Head of Hazelnut Affairs Department
He was born in Ankara in 1971. He graduated from Ankara Mamak Religious Vocational High School in 1997. He graduated from the Field Crops Department of Faculty of Agriculture at Ankara University in 1997. He took office for the first time in Turkish Grain Board in 1998 as an Agricultural Engineer. He worked for different units of Turkish Grain Board with the titles of Agricultural Engineer Unit Supervisor Manager of Trabzon Branch Manager of Market Tracking and Assessment Branch Manager of Hazelnut Trade Branch and Manager of Corporate Identity Branch respectively in between 1998 and 2016. He acted as the Head of Hazelnut Affairs Department and Head of Information Technologies Department in between 01/04/2016 – 17/04/2017 and 17/04/2017 – 22/06/2017 respectively. He assumed the post of Head of Technical Affairs Department from 22/06/2017 to 31/12/2017 and has been the Head of Hazelnut Affairs Department since the latter date. He is married and father of 2 children.
Erdoğan KILIÇ - Head of Poppy and Alkaloid Affairs Department
Hasip DEMİR - Hasip DEMİR
İsmail TEZER - Acting Chief Legal Advisor
Fatih KAYA - Head of Private Office Branch
He was born in 1983 in Ankara. He completed his primary secondary and upper secondary education in Ankara. He graduated from the Field Crops Department of Faculty of Agriculture at Ondokuz Mayıs University. He started to work for Turkish Grain Board as an Expert at Karapınar Agency subordinated to Konya Branch Directorate in 2006. He worked as an Agricultural Engineer at the Department of Trade in between 2012 and 2016 and acted as the Head of Aksaray Branch and Grain Purchasing and Conservation Branch between from 20/12/2016 to 01/03/2017 and from 01/03/2017 to 09/10/2017 respectively. Fatih Kaya who was appointed as the Head of Private Bureau Section on 9/10/2017 and has held this office since then is married and father of two children.
Ahmet AYAZ - Acting Head of Financial Affairs Department
Ayşin ŞENSES - Head of Strategy Development Department
She was born in 1969 in Ağrı Patnos District. She started her primary education in Patnos and completed it in Konya Ereğli. She finished her secondary education in Ankara. Later she graduated from the Office Management Department of Faculty of Open-University and the Faculty of Management of Anadolu University. She started work at The Feed Industry in 1988 as a government official. She later passed on to the Turkish Grain Board in 1993 and worked as an official and a specialist in the Private Bureau Branch and was appointed as the principal clerk. In 2002 she was appointed as the Private Bureau Branch Manager and in 2003 she was appointed as the Press Publication and Public Relations Manager. She also worked as a Minister Councellor at the Ministry of Agriculture Principal Clerk. In 2005 she worked as a Chief Specialist at TMO General Directorate and in 2006 at the RPC Department. She is married and has one daughter.
Cengiz BAĞIN - Head of Inspection Board
He was born in Ankara in 1974. He completed his primary and secondary education in the provinces of Ankara and Konya respectively. He graduated from the Public Administration Department of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Selçuk University in 1997. He started to work as a Deputy Inspector at Turkish Grain Board (TMO) in 1998 and received the titles of Inspector and Chief Inspector in 2001 and 2008 respectively. Cengiz Bağın who was acting Head of Inspection Board in between 01/04/2016 and 20/10/2017 and principally appointed for the same position on 20/10/2017 is married and father of three children.
Zeki SUNGUR - Head of Technical Affairs Department
Çağatay MARAŞ - Head of Trade Department

He was born in 1977 in Kırşehir. He completed his primary education in this city and his secondary and high school education in Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School. He graduated from Gazi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. In 2006, he started to work as an Accountant at the Aksaray Branch of TMO. Between 2011 and 2017, he worked as a Market Monitoring and Evaluation Branch Manager within the Department of Commerce. He has been working as the Head of the Trade Department since 30.12.2017. He is married and has a child.

 

Hidayet FODUL - Manager of Product Technology and Laboratory Branch
He was born in Gaziantep Araban District Muratlı Village in 1963. He completed his primary and secondary education in Gaziantep. He graduated from the Department of Soil of Selçuk University Faculty of Agriculture in 1989. He started working in Kütahya Fertilizer Industry of the Turkish Fertilizer Industry in 1990. He worked as an engineer in different departments of the same factory. He was appointed to the Gemlik Fertilizer Industry Co. in 1997 as Chief Engineer. After the privatization of Gemlik Fertilizer Industry in 2004 he was appointed to TMO Turkish Grain Board by the State Personnel Presidency. He worked in different sections of the Department of Purchase and Conservation from October 12 2004 to 2011. Later he worked as the Acting Manager of the Nut Process and Conservation Section of the Nut Process Department in 2011 and on 04.03.2011 he was appointed the Akşehir Branch Manager. On 19.04.2011 he was appointed as the Product Technology and Laboratory Manager and is still working in this position. He is married and has two children.
İsa DEMİREL - Manager of Department of Media, Publications and Public Relations

He was born in Kahramanmaraş in 1981. He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Public Relations and Publicity. He worked as a reporter and coordinator in national-local newspapers and televisions, and He worked in the field of advertising, promotion and public relations in the private sector. He managed Corporate Identity, Corporate Communication and Corporate Promotion projects. He took part in protocol, public relations, press and military broadcasting as a civilian expert in the Turkish Armed Forces. He resigned from the Turkish Armed Forces in 2011. He entered TMO (the Soil Products Office) as Manager of Department of Press and Public Relations via an exam. Later, he worked as the General Manager Advisor in TMO Private Office for a while and he was appointed as a "Press and Publication Specialist" at the TMO Press and Public Relations Department. He has been working as Deputy Director of the Press and Public Relations Department and TMO Polatlı Directorate Manager since February 05, 2020. He was appointed as the Manager of Department of Press and Public Relations on November 22, 2021. He is married and has two children

Fatih GÖÇMEN - Acting Head of Private Office Branch