Mazen Abou Chakra Member of Board of Directors(1976) Mazen Abou Chakra serves as executive member of the Board of Directorsof Oger Telecom Limited, and acts as the Chief Legal Officer of Oger TelecomLimited. He is also member of the Board of Directors of 3C TelecommunicationsPTY Limited and Cell C (Pty) Limited in South Africa and Argela Yazılım ve BilişimTeknolojileri A.Ş. and Assist Rehberlik ve Müşteri Hizmetleri A.Ş. in Turkey. Mr.Abou Chakra began his career as a trainee at the law firm of DePardieu Brocas& Maffei in Paris before moving to the law firm of Shearman & Sterling (ParisOffice). Prior to joining Oger Telecom, he served as an associate at Nabil Abdel-Malek Law Offices in Beirut. Mr. Abou Chakra is admitted to the Beirut BarAssociation and holds a degree (Maitrise) in Law from Saint Joseph Universityin Beirut and a Masters in International Business Law from Paris I - SorbonneUniversity in Paris.Mehmet Habib Soluk Member of Board of Directors(1950) After graduating in Mechanical Engineering, at Yıldız Technical University,Mehmet Habib Soluk served in various positions at Denizcilik Bank and TürkiyeGemi Sanayi A.Ş. Camialtı Shipyard. He worked as the Investment Planning andSupervision Branch Manager at the Coastal Safety Authority, Head of Research,Planning and Coordination Department at the Undersecretariat for MaritimeAffairs, Assistant General Manager for PTT, General Manager at the CoastalSafety and Ship Rescue Authority, and Deputy Undersecretary. He is now theUndersecretary to the Ministry of Transportation. Between November 2008 andMarch 2011 he served as a member on the Board of Directors of Türk <strong>Telekom</strong>.He also served as a member on the Audit Committee of Türk <strong>Telekom</strong> betweenApril 2009 and March 2011. He has held a seat as a member of the Board of Türk<strong>Telekom</strong> since July 2011.Süleyman Karaman Independent Board Member(1956) Süleyman Karaman was born in 1956. He graduated from the MechanicalEngineering Faculty of Istanbul Technical University. In 1981 took his master’sdegree from the same university and was granted the title of High MechanicalEngineer. Between 1979 and 1981 he performed prototype studies, improvementactivities, and compliance tests on farming machinery and worked on thefirst Turkish tractor produced by the private sector. In 1981, he began workingas assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of IstanbulTechnical University. In addition to his postgraduate studies, he also gavetechnical drawing and enginery lectures as Assistant Lecturer in the samefaculty up until 1984. Between 1984 and 1994, he worked as Vice EnterpriseManager, Enterprise Manager, Vice General Manager, and Board Member in theautomotive sub-industry. He was appointed as the vice general director of theGeneral Directorate of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Electric, Tramwayand Tunnel Operations (IETT) in 1994. He has attended seminars such as TotalQuality Management, Permanent Improvement, and Synergistic Management.Additionally, he participated in the organization of the first and secondInternational Transportation Symposiums and read the paper he prepared.He was appointed as advisor to the General Director of IETT in 2001 and lateras General Director and Board Chairman to Turkish State Railways in 2003.Karaman serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of TTNET and Board Member ofNet Ekran Televizyonculuk ve Medya Hizmetleri. Karaman who has been servingas a board member since June 30, 2012, was appointed to the Audit Committeemembership on October 17, 2012.Efkan Ala Independent Board Member(1965) Mr. Efkan Ala was born in 1965. He holds a bachelor’s degree from IstanbulUniversity and a M.A. degree from Karadeniz Technical University. His previousexperience includes various governorship positions. He was officially chargedwith governing a number of Turkish cities including Ordu, Tunceli, Batman,and Diyarbakır. He worked as Manager of Education Office of Internal AffairsMinistry, Manager of Education, Office of Tourism Ministry and Tourism MinistryConsultant. He has been working as undersecretary of Prime Minister since2007. Efkan Ala was a statutory auditor at Türk <strong>Telekom</strong> from March 12, 2008to June 30, 2012. He has held a seat as an independent member of the Board ofTürk <strong>Telekom</strong> since June 30, 2012. He has been serving as Chairman of the AuditCommittee since October 17, 2012.Adnan Çelik Independent Board Member(1954) Mr. Çelik was born in Sakarya in 1954. He studied Mathematics in AnkaraGazi Education institute between 1974 and 1975 and graduated from IstanbulTechnical University in 1982. He started his career in 1980 working as an engineerand manager in the fields of trading oil, computer and biomedical products.He was educated in Business English at Marmara University’s ContemporaryBusiness Administration Institute between 1989 and 1990. He studied English fortwo months in EF College in London. He was deputy general manager at IstanbulDeniz Otobüsleri A.Ş. between 1994 and 2003. He served as a board member inTürkiye Denizcilik İşletmeleri in 2003. He was deputy general manager and boardmember of Istanbul Ulaşım A.Ş. between 2003 and 2004. He served as a boardmember and general manager of Istanbul Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret. A.Ş. from July2004 to May 2011. Çelik who has been serving as a board member since June 30,2012, was appointed to the Corporate Governance Committee Chairmanship onOctober 17, 2012.32TÜRK TELEKOM ANNUAL REPORT 2012
The Board of Directors andCommitteesStatutory Audit BoardThe number of Board Members and duty termswere determined, and the Board of Directors andIndependent Board Members were elected at the June30, 2012 Ordinary General Assembly.Jameel Abdullah A. Al Molhem resigned from his positionon the Corporate Governance Committee and Board onMarch 24, 2013. He had been appointed as Board Memberand Corporate Governance Committee member byreplacing Ghassan Hasbani on December 7, 2012.On December 7, 2012, it was decided that the boardmembership position which became vacant due to theresignation of board member and Audit Committeeobserver member, Ameen Fahad A Alshiddi, would befilled by appointing Maziad Nasser MAl-Harbi as boardmember. As a result of a vacancy arising from theresignation of board member Saad Zafer M Al Kahtanion September 15, 2012, Al Shiddi was appointed to theboard on October 15, 2012 and on the same day, he wasappointed as Corporate Governance Committee member.The aforesaid appointments shall be submitted to theapproval of the shareholders at first General Assembly.As of December 10, 2012, member of the Statutory AuditBoard, Aydın Gülan, resigned from his position.As of June 30, 2012, member of the Statutory AuditBoard, Efkan Ala, resigned from his position.The Corporate Governance Committee was establishedon October 17, 2012 to monitor the Company’s compliancewith corporate governance principles and to performimprovement activities and make suggestions to theboard of directors. The member of the Committee is theChairman of the Board; Mohammed Hariri. Adnan Çelikretains his chair on the committee as Chairman.Members of the Audit Committee were determined onOctober 17, 2012. The Chairman of the Committee is theIndependent Board Member, Efkan Ala, and the membersare independent board members İbrahim Şahin andSüleyman Karaman. Board Members Rami Aslan andMazen Abou Chakra serve as Observer Members.Lütfi AydınAfter completing his bachelor’s degree at the Faculty ofTheology at Marmara University, Lütfi Aydın obtaineda master’s degree in management of public enterprisesfrom Istanbul University. Following various positionsin local government, he held the office of director atdifferent departments within the Ministry of Cultureand the Ministry of Transport. Working as the AssistantGeneral Manager at the Ministry of Transportation,General Directorate of Communications since 2003,Aydın has been a statutory auditor at Türk <strong>Telekom</strong> sinceFebruary 2011.Efkan Ala and Aydın Gülan resigned from their positionson the Statutory Audit Board on June 30, 2012 andDecember 10, 2012, respectively.34TÜRK TELEKOM ANNUAL REPORT 2012
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