Board of Directors
Çiçek Olgu Kama – Chair
Çiçek Olgu Kama graduated from the Faculty of Law at Istanbul Bilgi University and in 2006, she got her Master Degree in Economic Law at Galatasaray University. In the same year, she finished the program of International Business and Finance at New York University and in 2008, having finished the master degree in Banking, Corporate and Finance Law at Fordham University she gained her second L.L.M. degree.
Attorney Olgu Kama who has been working on compliance with the corporate law, white collar crimes, corporate investigations, the fight against corruption, the corporate law and the commercial law over twenty years is registered in the Istanbul Bar Association since 2003. In addition to the Works of B20 Anti-Corruption Group, she served as co-chair at B20 the Anti-Corruption Task force in 2015. In the meantime, she wrote many articles about the compliance with the law and took place as a speaker in both international and national conferences and symposiums. Since 2012 she has been a member of TI-Türkiye.
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Fikret Sebilcioğlu – Vice Chair
Fikret Sebilcioglu is a managing partner at the Cerebra CPSs& Advisors Firm. Previously, he worked at PwC’s Istanbul and Rotterdam offices between 1993 and 2008 at the external audit department. He has experience in the fields such as accounting, financial reporting, internal control system, internal audit, forensic accounting, fraud examination, ethics and compliance programs.
Since 2009 he has been focused on the subjects like misuse of company assets, bribery, conflict of interest, financial statement fraud, compliance with FCPA and UK Bribery Act and forensic accounting. He also serves at the international firms established in Turkey in the fields of UFRS, US. GAAP, internal control, internal audit and making them comply with the Sarbanes&Oxley law as well. He has experience in designing and implementing the internal control systems and in the examination of the operational activities, as well as the design and implementation of internal audit mechanism and financial reporting. He has the titles of Certified Fraud Examiners, Professional Certified Public Accountant, TRACE Anti-Bribery Specialist and Independent Auditor.
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Selçuk Argun – Vice Chair
Graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law in 1999, Selçuk Argun has been working as a lawyer in trade, business and competition law for 18 years. He is currently working as a managing partner in Argun Law Office. He is a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, headquartered in Brussels. Since 2013, he has been a member of the TI-Türkiye.
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Köksal Çebi
Customs Consultant, currently serving as the Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Istanbul Association of Customs Consultants. He represents the Beylikdüzü City Council for the Association for the Fight Against Corruption and Injustices. Çebi is also the founder of the Büyükçekmece Volunteer Civil Society Organizations Platform and served as its spokesperson during the first term. He has also been a partner in an advertising and public relations company and has held the presidency of an amateur sports club.
As the founder of the Çebi Family Association and a member of the Local Governance Reform Group and Internal Evaluation Group at the Checks and Balances Network, he actively works to promote “Reconciliation Culture” in his hometown, Trabzon, Araklı, as the founding president of the Restorative Justice Association. In this capacity, he collaborates with civil society and public entities to establish legally mandated “City Councils” and “Public Officials Ethics Commissions.”
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Emine Oya Özarslan Herrig
E. Oya Özarslan, a graduate of Ankara University Faculty of Law, completed her master’s degree in international law at the University of Texas. She is registered with both the Istanbul and New York Bar Associations and is an international lawyer and compliance specialist. As the founding president of Transparency International Türkiye, Özarslan also served as a board member at Transparency International. She has expertise in areas such as the European Union harmonization process and international conventions. She co-chaired the Governance Group during Türkiye’s 2015 G20 Presidency. Özarslan has publications on issues such as anti-corruption, transparency, political party financing, ethics, and open governance.
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Özge Atılgan Karakulak
Özge Atılgan Karakulak graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Law in 2004 and completed her master’s degree in Economic Law at Galatasaray University in 2006.
She started her professional career at Gün + Partners Law Firm in 2004 and became a partner in 2013. She currently leads the practice areas of pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare law, as well as intellectual property and competition law at Gün + Partners.
Combining her legal consultancy and litigation experience with her knowledge of the pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare sectors, she provides services to companies in every phase of the healthcare sector’s business cycles, including licensing processes, promotional activities, pricing and reimbursement regulations, distribution chains, joint marketing agreements, compliance, and white-collar crimes. She also works on competition law issues such as merger notifications, vertical restraints, and abuse of dominance.
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Ömer Bayraktar
A graduate of Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law, Ömer Bayraktar completed the Non-Thesis Master’s Program in Economic Law at Galatasaray University Institute of Social Sciences following his graduation. During the same period, he completed his legal internship under the Istanbul Bar Association. A year later, he joined the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, for a master’s program in ‘International Commercial and Business Law’ and obtained an LLM degree.
Upon returning to Türkiye, he began practicing law at Bayraktar Law Firm. During this period, he focused particularly on criminal law and later joined the doctoral program in Public Law at Yeditepe University Institute of Social Sciences, obtaining the title of Doctor with his thesis on “Insurance Fraud.” Av. Dr. Ahmet Ömer Bayraktar has published articles in various legal journals and is currently a board member of the Turkish Criminal Law Association, as well as a member of Galatasaray Sports Club.
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Audit Board
Cüneyt Eti
Cüneyt Eti graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Business in 2005 and later worked in the financial audit, fraud investigation, and dispute advisory departments of EY, a global audit and consulting firm. Before being transferred to EY’s London office in 2015, he was responsible for establishing and managing EY’s Forensic and Data Analytics Department in Türkiye for five years.
During Türkiye’s G20 presidency, he served in the B20 Anti-Corruption group and C20 working groups. After 2017, he ventured into the technology sector and, in 2020, was recognized as an “Exceptional Talent in Technology” by the UK government. He is also a partner at Sius Consulting in the UK, working with multinational companies on internal audits, fraud investigations, and disputes.
Emrah Akın
Emrah Akın completed his undergraduate education in Public Administration at Ankara University Faculty of Political Science. He then earned his master’s degree in Financial Economics from Boston University and studied Business Economics at Harvard University.
He began his professional career as a Finance Inspector at the Ministry of Finance Inspection Board and served as the Group Director at Ankara Tax Office between 2006-2008. In 2011, he was appointed as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Economy. In 2013, he left public service and joined KPMG as a partner, providing services to clients from various sectors.
He holds titles as a Certified Public Accountant and Independent Auditor. In May 2022, he joined BDO as a Partner. Akın is also the Chairman of the Tax and Incentives Working Group of the International Investors Association (YASED).
Kayra Üçer
Kayra Üçer graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 1998 and obtained a master’s degree in law from Georgetown University Law Center in 2000. He is a partner specializing in corporate law at Hergüner Bilgen Özeke Attorney Partnership. Üçer is also the co-founder and President of the International Law Association and a member of the Turkish Corporate Governance Association (TKYD).
