Ali Nihat Yazıcı (born 1964) is the head of

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. After graduating from

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as an electronics and communication engineer in 1987, Yazıcı worked for the

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT; Turkish: ) is the national public broadcasting, public broadcaster of Turkey, founded in 1964. TRT was for many years the only television and radio broadcaster in Turkey. Before the introductio ...

(TRT) as an engineer. He got an MBA from

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. He graduated from

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first with a higher education degree on Radio and Television. He left

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at a thesis level on Radio and Television. He was appointed to TRT Television vice presidency between 1991 and 2001. Yazıcı is a

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and was elected as president to the

as of 18 November 2000.

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Chessbase News: 12 October 2007: Ali Nihat Yazici, President of Turkish Chess Federation, sues European Chess Union
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