Hamdi Akın İpek is the Chairman of

Koza İpek Holding Koza İpek Holding is a Turkish conglomerate. It includes twelve companies, three of them are publicly traded and mining companies Koza Altın and Koza Anadolu (''Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri A.S.'', quoted as KOZAA) and İpek Dogal ...

, a

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conglomerate that spans different industries and sectors in

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and internationally. In May, he was arrested in

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in relation to a Turkish request based on his role in

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him and was released with travel restrictions. He is due to face an extradition

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in September, according to the British interior ministry. The Turkish government attempts to have him and extradited to face

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were blocked by the UK courts in April.

Education

In 1986, İpek received a MA degree from Harlaxton College, UK (British Campus of the University of Evansville, Indiana, USA) and a bachelor's degree in

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from

Hacettepe University Hacettepe University is a leading state university in Ankara, Turkey. It was established on 8 July 1967. It is ranked first among the Turkish universities by URAP in 2021. The university has two main campuses. The first campus is in the old to ...

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, in 1990.

Experience

Akın İpek is the Chairman of Koza İpek Holding, a Turkish conglomerate that spans different industries and sectors in Turkey and internationally. The group includes interests in the

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and print,

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and

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sectors. Ipek sits on the board of all 22 companies in the Koza group, three of which are

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. Akın İpek began his career as a

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Manager in 1992 at Koza İpek Basın ve Basım San Tic. A.Ş., a printing business, where he has been president of the

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since 2004. He served as president of the Board of Directors of Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik İşletmeleri A.Ş. and as

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of Koza Altın İşletmeleri A.Ş. and İpek Doğal Enerji Kaynaklari Araştırma Ve Üretim A.Ş., three publicly traded companies on the

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with diverse interests in print, mining and energy. Other notable positions held by Mr Ipek were the presidency of the board of ATP Inşaat Ve Tic A.S., a

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and commerce company; Koza Ipek Sigorta Aracılık Hizmetleri A.Ş., an

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age firm; and the chairmanship of ATP Havacılık Ticaret A.Ş., an aviation commerce company. Akın İpek was chairman at Koza İpek Gazetecilik ve Yayıncılık A.Ş., the company that runs the ''

Bugün ''Bugün'' ( en, Today) was a Turkish daily newspaper. It was established in 2005. Columnists and journalists working for it have included Cengiz Çandar, Ahmet Almaz, Toktamış Ateş and Kamil Maman. ''Bugün'' was founded in January 2003 as ...

'' and ''Millet'' newspapers and Bugün TV and Kanaltürk TV stations in Turkey. Akin Ipek is also a director of the English company Koza Limited, a subsidiary of Koza Altin Isletmeleri A.S., which has mining interests in

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and the

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Charity

Akın İpek is a founder of the Koza İpek Educational, Health Services and Charity Foundation which helped to establish “İpek University”, the first university in Turkey dedicated to the

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and

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References

External links

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