10.00 – 10.30
Keynote Speeches - Mineral Water in Turkey and the World
Moderator
Haber Global Presenter
Congress Speakers
Volkan Mutlu Coşkun
Volkan Mutlu Coşkun was born in 1971 in Van.
He undertook his elementary education in Kayseri, Erzurum, Bursa and Kahramanmaraş and completed high school in Şanlıurfa.
V.M. Coşkun graduated from Istanbul Technical University Meteorology Engineering with honors. He also completed a degree in Economics from Anadolu University.
He worked as an Engineer at the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI), Operation and Maintenance Department between 1993 and 2003.
He worked as branch manager for several units within the DSI between 2004 and 2011.
V.M. Coşkun worked as a Private Secretary at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock between 2011 and 2014.
He was appointed as the Ministry Counselor on 11.06.2014 and served as the Ministry’s Private Secretary.
He was appointed as Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock on 27.08.2015.
Appointed as the Ministry Counselor on 23.02.2017, V.M. Coşkun served as the Deputy Undersecretary between 04.12.2017-19.08.2018.
Appointed as the General Manager of Meteorology on August 19, 2018, Mr. Coşkun represents Turkey in international organizations as the Permanent Representative of Turkey and a Member of the WMO 6th Regional Union (European Region) Management Group at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Mr. Coşkun was unanimously elected as a member of the WMO Executive Council by the 18th World Meteorology Congress on 13 June 2019. He will represent the 6th Regional Union (European Region) for the period 2019-2022 in the Executive Council.
V.M. Coşkun, who was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) on 11 November 2019, carried out this duty until 3 June 2022.
He continues his duty as the General Manager of Meteorology in the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, which was newly established with the Presidential Decree on 29.10.2021.
Volkan Mutlu Coşkun is married and the father of two children.
Volkan Mutlu Coşkun
General Manager of Meteorology in the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change
Sami Sarıyıldız
Sami Sarıyıldız has been serving as the Deputy General Manager of the General Directorate of Mining and Petroleum Affairs.
Sami Sarıyıldız
Deputy Manager, Mining and Petroleum Affairs
Dr. Kerem Kınık
Graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1993. Kınık received his PhD of Disaster Medicine from Bezmialem Vakıf University Health Sciences Institute. Worked as an administrator in the Ministry of Health and Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, as a council member in the Istanbul 10th Term Provincial Assembly and as the chairman of the Health Commission. He represented Istanbul in the European Union Regional Assembly Health and Social Policies Commission. Kınık, who also works as general manager in some national and international technology companies, still works as a faculty member at the University of Health Sciences and he is also the Head of Emergency and Disaster Management Department of same university. Starting from his university years, he volunteered for humanitarian aid in various organizations. Worked as a volunteer physician during the Kosovo War and the Marmara Earthquake. Served as the President of Doctors Worldwide Turkey and led humanitarian activities and projects in numerous conflict and disaster areas such as Pakistan, Palestine, Central Africa, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has written many articles on humanitarian aid, immigration policies, development, humanitarian law and humanitarian diplomacy. He was elected as the Deputy Chairman in 2015 and as the Chairman in 2016 in the Türk Kızılay, which he entered voluntarily in 2004. From 2015 to November 2017, he was a board member of the IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He was elected as the IFRC Vice President responsible for Europe and Central Asia Region at the 21st IFRC Legal Meetings held in Antalya on 6 November 2017. During his term as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Türk Kızılay made significant progress in terms of restructuring and institutional development, increasing volume, efficiency and productivity, and internationalization. He speaks English and intermediate-level Arabic.
Dr. Kerem Kınık
President of Türk Kızılay
Metin Kul
He was born in Trabzon in 1972. He graduated from the department of Forest Engineering at Istanbul University in 1994. During in his professional life, which started in 1994, he held various positions such as middle and senior management and member of the board of directors on supply chain, production, logistics, and general management in various industries such as textile, automotive, retail, franchising and, in particular, food. Coca-Cola, Ülker, Pınar, Panda, and Desa are among the companies he worked at. Metin Kul has been serving as the General Manager of Kızılay Beverage since 2019.
Metin Kul
General Manager of Kızılay Beverage
Prof. Dr. Birol Saygı
Prof. Dr. Y. Birol SAYGI was born in Izmir and graduated from Ege University Faculty of Food in 1980. He completed his master's degree in 1984 and his doctorate in 1989. He received the title of Associate Professor in 1991 and Professor in 2019. He worked as Food Engineer in Pınar Süt ve Süt Ürünleri Sanayi A.Ş. in 1981, Research Assistant at Ege University, Faculty of Engineering, Food Engineering Department, 1982-1984, 1984-1985 MEPASAN A.Ş. /Assistant General Manager in Antalya, 1985-1991 TUBITAK, Marmara Research Center, Specialist in Cold Technique Department, 1991-1993 TUBITAK, Marmara Research Center, Specialist-Consultant in Cold Technique Department, 1991-1996 BAYCAN A.Ş. Consultant and Board Member, 1996-2015 Döhler Ltd. and KONFRUT A.Ş. Assistant General Manager, 2016-2017 GÖKNUR Foodstuffs Energy Manufacturing Import Export Industry Inc. Deputy General Manager, 2016-2019 Istanbul Bilgi University, 2019-2021 Beykoz University, 2021-2022 Bahçeşehir University. Recently, he works at Istanbul Topkapı University. Prof. Dr. Y. Birol SAYGI has conducted research at the University of Karlsruhe / Germany (1987), East Malling Research Station (EMRS) / Silsoe Collage - Department of Postharvest Physiology / England (1989) and Reading University - Department of Food / England (1990). Prof. Dr. Y. Birol SAYGI's 3 Papers Published in International Refereed Journals, 14 Articles Published in National Refereed Journals, 6 of his books, 18 Book Chapters, 5 Papers he edited, 16 Papers Presented at International Scientific Meetings and Published in Full Text, 16 Papers Presented at National Scientific Meetings, International He has a total of 330 academic publications, of which 2 are published in Journals, 189 Published in National Journals, 8 TÜBİTAK Publications, 35 Seminars, Panels and Workshops are presented, and 20 are in national journals and newspapers. He has received over 400 citations to date.
Prof. Dr. Y. Birol Saygı
Organizing Committee Chair
10.30 – 11.30
R&D, Innovation and Sustainability in Mineral Water
Moderator
Ferhat Demir
After studying Industrial Engineering, he received his MBA from Kennesaw State University and his MA in Public Policy from Georgia State University. During this time, he started his professional career as a process development engineer at Assurant Solutions, which is one of the Fortune 500 companies. After working as a Coordinator at Kuehne Nagel, he returned to Turkey and founded the innovation consultancy firm QGroup. He managed the strategic planning processes at TUBITAK and designed the institution's innovation management processes. He worked with the Technology Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) on the development of innovative tools.
He has provided consultancy and training to many companies such as Halk Bank, TRT Belgesel, TTGV, Uludağ Beverage, Telateks A.Ş., Turkcell Global Bilgi, Havelsan, Eczacıbaşı Vitra, and others. Strategic Opportunity Canvas, Strategy Map, Strategic Business Model Design, Strategic Innovation Canvas, S-BUD, S3M-i (Strategic Management Maturity Model), and many other tools, methods, and models for innovation developed by Demir, whose portfolio includes many organizations from SMEs to multinational companies, from public institutions to non-governmental organizations.
Ferhat Demir teaches part-time communication and innovation courses at the Global Business School Barcelona and Bilgi University. He takes part in research projects at the Prague University of Economics, teaches entrepreneurship and innovation courses, and also continues his doctoral studies. He regularly writes innovation-oriented articles in Dünya Newspaper and Harvard Business Review.
Ferhat Demir
Founder of Turkey Innovation Movement
Congress Speakers
Tuğba Şimşek
Tuğba Şimşek was born in Bursa in 1981. She graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Chemistry in 2005. In his business life, which she started in 2005, she takes responsibilites in manager and director positions in the fields of Quality Assurance, R&D, Quality Management Systems, Production Operations, Supply Chain, Environmental Management, Corporate Communications, Legal and Scientific Affairs and Corporate Sustainability practices in the food industry. Among the companies she worked for are Sütaş, Pınar Su, Uludağ Beverage, Fersan and Kızılay Beverage. Tuğba Şimşek has been working as the R&D and Quality Director since June 2022 in Kızılay Beverages.
Tuğba Şimşek
R&D and Quality Director at Kızılay Beverage
Ali Gizer
Ali Gizer worked as an instructor at the Faculty of Communication, İstanbul University. With his researcher identity, he has been a manager, consultant, and trainer in many private sector organizations in his professional life for more than 30 years. Furthermore, he served as an Instructor at the universities of Istanbul, Yeditepe, Istanbul Aydın, and Bahçeşehir, and he still continues to teach at Koç University LSI.
Currently, through the company GTALLIANCE UK, which he is the founder of and the consultancy organizations he actively supports, he provides research, sustainability, and strategic management consultancy services.
For numerous national and international companies, which are leaders within their sectors, he offers services in the areas of preparation of the companies' sustainability policies and strategies, development, and reporting of action plans, and follow-up systems and also gives numerous public seminars and training on the platform.
He is a member of TÜAD (Turkish Researchers Association), ESOMAR (European Society for Opinion and Market Research), WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research), KALDER (Turkish Quality Association), and BTBA (British & Turkish Business Association). His publications and articles are regularly published in Reportare, Faster, and Gazete Europe.
Ali Gizer
Sustainability Specialist
Aslı Fırat Esen
Aslı Fırat Esen completed BA in Environmental Engineering at Istanbul Technical University and her MA in WASTE (air quality control, solid waste and wastewater process engineering) at Stuttgart University. She has worked in national and international projects on developing research and environmentally friendly buildings. Aslı Fırat Esen has been working for Şişecam since 2014 and is currently a Sustainability Specialist here. She works to prepare, apply and follows Şişecam’s process of its sustainability strategy.
Aslı Fırat Esen
ŞİŞECAM Sustainability Specialist
Mert Alkış
Mert Alkış was born in 1984. After completing MEV College in Ankara, he completed his BA in Food Engineering at Ankara University, Department of Engineering. He then completed his master's degree at the same university in the Natural Sciences department in 2011. Mert Alkış began working in Döhler Türkiye in 2012 and has been responsible for creating solutions for companies in the food and drink sector. He is still working for Döhler Türkiye as a Sales Manager.
Mert Alkış
Döhler Türkiye, Sales Manager
Sponsor
13.00 – 13.45
The Importance of Mineral Water in Terms of Nutrition and Health
Moderator
Ziyneti Kocabıyık
Ziyneti Kocabıyık graduated from Marmara University School of Press and Broadcasting. She started her journalism career as a reporter at Tercüman Newspaper. She worked as a medical reporter between 1993 and 2013. During these times she worked as the Editorial Manager of the Literature Medical Journal, PRN Journal of Family Medicine, Journal of Endocrinology Direction, Diabetes Science Journal and New Symposium Journals, and as the Editor-in-Chief and editor of the Literature Current Journal. In 2013, Ziyneti Kocabıyık started working as a health editor at Türkiye Newspaper. She is still currently working at the same newspaper.
Ziyneti Kocabıyık has participated in many national and international medical congresses with the purpose of creating news content. She took part in many congresses on media and health panels as a speaker. News material created by Ziyneti Kocabıyık has been rewarded many awards by foundations and associations in Turkey and abroad. As a member of the Turkey Journalist Association, Kocabıyık served as the chairman of ESAM (Education and Health Correspondents Association) between 2009 and 2015, which is the most established professional organization in the field of health. She still serves as a member of the board of directors at the same association.
Ziyneti Kocabıyık
Türkiye Newspaper Health Editor
Congress Speakers
Elvan Odabaşı
Nutrition and healthy lifestyle specialist Elvan Odabaşı completed her undergraduate education at Hacettepe University, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2004. Since 2005, she has been working as the executive dietitian of the ‘FORMEO Doya Doya Yaşam Merkezi’, which she founded. The high-calorie, low-GI, protein-rich, probiotic, and prebiotic-supported diet system she developed has made a difference in providing sustainable nutritional behavior in the consultancy service. She has contributed to many international and national congresses, seminars, institutions, organizations, and independent events both as a speaker and as an instructor. With the identity of the author, Odabaşı ensured the publication of the Sıfır Kalori Beslenme, which is the first in Turkey in 2007, and Diyet magazines for 5 years. In addition to her books titled Doya Doya Zayıfla (2011), Hayallerin Defteri (2015), and Limon Kasasından Hayaller (2020), Odabaşı has articles in numerous newspapers, magazines, and digital media.
Dyt. Elvan Odabaşı
Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Specialist
Prof. Dr. Alper Cihan
After graduating from Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, he received his specialty and doctorate from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine. Cihan, who received the position of Associate Professor at Zonguldak Karaelmas University and Professor at Istanbul University, has served in many administrative positions. He worked as the Director of Health Sciences at Zonguldak Karaelmas University, the founding Chief Physician at İstanbul Bağcılar Training and Research Hospital, the Director of the Istanbul University Distance Education Application and Research Center, the Director of Strategic Studies, and the vice-chancellor of Istanbul University. Alper Cihan, who served as the Head of the Public Hospitals Institution of the Ministry of Health in 2016 and the General Manager of Health Services in 2017, has been working as a lecturer at the Department of Health Management and Faculty of Health Sciences in Istanbul Cerrahpaşa University since 2018.
Prof. Dr. Alper Cihan
General Surgeon
Bülent Yardımcı
He graduated from Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University. He is an Internal Medicine Specialist. After completing his compulsory service at Bor State Hospital, he returned to Istanbul. He worked at Balıklı Greek Hospital, American Hospital, and Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital. After becoming an Assistant Professor at Istanbul Bilim University, he became an Associate Professor. Healthy Life, Geriatrics, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes Mellitus, Home Care, Functional Medicine, Nutrition and Metabolism, Palliative Medicine, and Thyroid diseases are the main topics of his interest. He is currently working as an Internal Medicine specialist at the American Hospital.
Doç. Dr. Bülent Yardımcı
Internal Medicine Specialist
Beraat Özçelik
After completing his PhD at Istanbul Technical University Food Engineering Department in 2000, Prof. Berat Özçelik continued his post-doctoral studies at Ohio State University, Food Science Department with a scholarship. He was appointed as Associate Professor in 2006 and Professor in 2012 at ITU Food Engineering Department.
Prof. Berat Özçelik is a full-time faculty member at Istanbul Technical University and served as Dean for 2 terms at ITU Faculty of Chemistry and Metallurgy and served 2 terms as Department Head and Rector’s Advisor at ITU Food Engineering Department.
Prof. Beraat Özçelik’s main work areas are the production of functional food, the extraction, characterization and purification of some bioactive components such as antioxidants and peptides from plant food wastes and/or plant foods, including their bioavailability with nano and micro encapsulation, and their use in the production of new products and nutritional supplements. He has also conducted studies on the application of sensory analysis on productions. He has over 100 international articles and magazine editorships in internationally respected journals, and he is the founder of a company named BIOACTIVE, which conducts research on functional food production at ITU Technokent.
Prof. Dr. Beraat Özçelik
Food Engineering, Istanbul Technical University
14.30 – 15.15
Beverage and Consumer Trends
Moderator
Günseli Özen
Having completed her undergraduate education at Istanbul University, Faculty of Communication, Günseli Özen received her graduate education from the Faculty of Business Administration, also at Istanbul University. She founded Rota Publications 31 years ago, in 1990, when she realized that the publications that focus on business and the economy in Turkey are not enough. She took over Turkey's first marketing and marketing communications magazine Marketing Turkey in 2002 and became its publisher.
Özen, who has served on the jury of the Golden Drum and European Premium Creativity (EPICA) Awards, one of the most important creativity festivals in Europe for 20 years, organizes events that are one of the important building blocks of publishing under the umbrella of Marketing Turkey. The Interactive Marketing Summit (IPZ) series, which started in Anatolia 18 years ago and whose agenda is determined according to the needs of each city is among the prominent ones.
Özen's books include “İş Dünyasında Mükemmelliği Arayanlara” “Sabunun Tarihi”, in which Hacı Şakir and Turkey's soap and detergent history are written., “Çivit Maviden Kar Beyaza” and “Başarı Tesadüf Değildir” series consisting of three books. She has a total of six books.
Günseli Özen, who continues to write in Marketing Turkey's online and offline channels, has been the Vice President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Women Entrepreneurs Council since 2020. Taking an active role in supporting women entrepreneurs with the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Innovation Consultancy, which she undertook in 2017, Özen continues to work on the implementation of inclusive business models and the investments of companies that carry out their activities both nationally and internationally in this region. Additionally, Özen is on the advisory board of PERYÖN and the Private Sector Volunteers Association.
Günseli Özen
Editor in Chief at Marketing Türkiye
Congress Speakers
Rasime Yılmaz
After graduating from the Faculty of Communication, Istanbul University in 2006, she received education in marketing at New York University in the USA between 2007 and 2008. Since 2008, she has worked in national and international brand teams in the food industry, mainly in the beverage category. Rasime Yılmaz worked in various companies including Doğuş Çay, Pladis, and Yum Brand. Recently, she has been working as the Marketing Director at Kızılay Beverage since 2019.
Rasime Yılmaz
Marketing Director at Kızılay Beverage
Can Çalışkan
He works as a Strategy Director at Refinery, where he started advertising. He held similar positions at TBWA and Tribal Worldwide Istanbul. Throughout his career, he had the opportunity to work with big and respected brands such as Yapı Kredi, AVEA, Türk Telekom, Sahibinden.com, McDonalds, ING, IKEA, Ülker, Eti, Netflix, Turkish Airlines, TikTok, LcWaikiki, Algida, Amazon Turkey. He still works with many of them. In order to explain advertising and strategic thinking to new generations, he shares stories on his #StratejiGibiStrateji account on Instagram.
Can Çalışkan
Strategy Director at Refinery
Alper Özcan
After specializing in both qualitative and quantitative research, he mainly switched to the field of strategic planning. He worked at TNS and Ipsos research companies, Alice BBDO, TBWA\Istanbul and Medina Turgul DDB (Strategic Planning Director) agencies. Currently, he is working at Kantar Insights Turkey office as Brand Strategy Group Director who is responsible for brand and communication strategy-oriented projects.
Alper Özcan
Brand Strategy Group Director of Kantar Insights Turkey
Yunus Emre Akkor
Yunus Emre Akkor was born in 1975 in Kilis.
With 25 years of experience in the kitchen and researching different food cultures, he has become a specialist in Ottoman, Anatolian and Middle Eastern food culture.
He was rewarded the Presidential Culture and Art Grand Award in 2022.
Yunus Emre Akkor’s programs have been broadcasted on national television for many years. One of these is the documentary on food history, which consists of five seasons and sixty-five episodes, broadcasted on Turkey’s culture and arts channel TRT2. Various parts of the documentary were broadcasted on international social and digital media with subtitles in thirty-four languages.
Awarded by the General Directorate of Social Services for his social work, Akkor has received many accomplishments in cooking competitions.
Yunus Emre Akkor has received many degrees of appreciation from NGOs and government organizations for his contributions of promoting Turkish culinary culture.
He organizes special events and workshops in fairs conducted by the Turkish Ministry of Culture overseas.
His book ‘Ottoman Sea Cuisine’ won the ‘Best Fish and Seafood Book’ award in 2012 in the ‘Gourmand World CookBook’ awards, which is known as the Nobel of cookbooks.
In July 2014, Akkor’s two new books named ‘Homemade Ice Creams’ and ‘Ottoman Cuisine from Tradition to Universal’ were published by Alfa publishing house.
His most recent book, ‘Kayseri Cuisine’ won the ‘world’s best local cookbook’ award in the Gourmand World Cookbook awards in 2020.
Akkor is a writer for Skylife, the official magazine of Turkish Airlines. He works as a lecturer in Gastronomy at various different universities.
He owns a restaurant called Galeyan and a halva shop. He also provides advice for many hotels, restaurants and brands.
Yunus Emre Akkor is married and has three children named Ayla, Alaz and Arel.
Yunus Emre Akkor
Internationally Recognized Chef, Author, Presenter
16.00 – 16.45
The Future of the Sector, Opportunities and Threats
Moderator
Akan Abdula
Akan Abdula holds 17 years of work experience in marketing strategies, brand management and market research. He was the head of the Strategy and Planning department at Gray Istanbul advertising agency and a member of the Global Strategy Council of Gray Group Worldwide. Akan Abdula was among the 12 strategists who led the global council. He was a member of the Advertising Self-Regulatory Board. Works produced by Akan Abdula have been nominated for numerous golden Effie awards, including Turkey’s best product launch and the most effective social responsibility campaigns.
In 2012, he founded the FutureBright and Behavior Institute. Both these companies are among the fastest growing companies in Turkey. The companies have over 400 brands in their portfolio. Akan Abdula provides personal consultancy to the biggest brands in Turkey and also teaches a course on Consumer Behavior at Bilgi University Brand School. He founded ZMET Institute in 2016 and became the ninth global partner of Olson Zaltman & Associates. The Daily Telegraph reported on their strategic approach.
Akan Abdula
FutureBright Group – Founder
Congress Speakers
Metin Kul
He was born in Trabzon in 1972. He graduated from the department of Forest Engineering at Istanbul University in 1994. During in his professional life, which started in 1994, he held various positions such as middle and senior management and member of the board of directors on supply chain, production, logistics, and general management in various industries such as textile, automotive, retail, franchising and, in particular, food. Coca-Cola, Ülker, Pınar, Panda, and Desa are among the companies he worked at. Metin Kul has been serving as the General Manager of Kızılay Beverage since 2019.
Metin Kul
General Manager of Kızılay Beverage
Prof. Dr. Birol Saygı
Prof. Dr. Y. Birol SAYGI was born in Izmir and graduated from Ege University Faculty of Food in 1980. He completed his master's degree in 1984 and his doctorate in 1989. He received the title of Associate Professor in 1991 and Professor in 2019. He worked as Food Engineer in Pınar Süt ve Süt Ürünleri Sanayi A.Ş. in 1981, Research Assistant at Ege University, Faculty of Engineering, Food Engineering Department, 1982-1984, 1984-1985 MEPASAN A.Ş. /Assistant General Manager in Antalya, 1985-1991 TUBITAK, Marmara Research Center, Specialist in Cold Technique Department, 1991-1993 TUBITAK, Marmara Research Center, Specialist-Consultant in Cold Technique Department, 1991-1996 BAYCAN A.Ş. Consultant and Board Member, 1996-2015 Döhler Ltd. and KONFRUT A.Ş. Assistant General Manager, 2016-2017 GÖKNUR Foodstuffs Energy Manufacturing Import Export Industry Inc. Deputy General Manager, 2016-2019 Istanbul Bilgi University, 2019-2021 Beykoz University, 2021-2022 Bahçeşehir University. Recently, he works at Istanbul Topkapı University. Prof. Dr. Y. Birol SAYGI has conducted research at the University of Karlsruhe / Germany (1987), East Malling Research Station (EMRS) / Silsoe Collage - Department of Postharvest Physiology / England (1989) and Reading University - Department of Food / England (1990). Prof. Dr. Y. Birol SAYGI's 3 Papers Published in International Refereed Journals, 14 Articles Published in National Refereed Journals, 6 of his books, 18 Book Chapters, 5 Papers he edited, 16 Papers Presented at International Scientific Meetings and Published in Full Text, 16 Papers Presented at National Scientific Meetings, International He has a total of 330 academic publications, of which 2 are published in Journals, 189 Published in National Journals, 8 TÜBİTAK Publications, 35 Seminars, Panels and Workshops are presented, and 20 are in national journals and newspapers. He has received over 400 citations to date.
Prof. Dr. Y. Birol Saygı
Organizing Committee Chair
Mustafa Karpuz
After extensive experience in management at Coca Cola and Efes group, Mustafa Karpuz has been leading Krones Turkey’s operations since 1999.
Mustafa Karpuz
Krones Turkey General Manager
Mehmet Ömer Kızıl
M. Ömer Kızıl graduated from Uludağ University, Department of Economics in 1996. He has been working at Uludağ İçecek since 1989. Having begun his professional life at a young age, he gained experience in different companies between 1989 and 1995. He worked as Media and Public Relations Manager between 1995 and 2001 and as Sales Deputy General Manager between 2001 - 2010. He has been at the same role since.
In 2007, M. Ömer Kızıl successfully completed the Turquality program that was designed in partnership with the Ministry of Economy, Sabanci and Koc universities.
M. Ömer Kızıl is currently also head of the Bursa Philharmonic Association, Turkey Spring Water Producers Association (MASUDER), a board member of the European Federation of Bottled Waters (EFBW), Turkey Basketball Federation board member, Bursa Industrial and Businessmen Association, Bursaspor Board member and a member of BURDA SKAL.
M. Ömer Kızıl is married and the father of two children.
Mehmet Ömer Kızıl
Uludağ İçecek Deputy Chairman/ MASUDER Chairman