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Bekir Bayrakdar was born in Kocaeli in 1971 and graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations. He has worked in various positions in the field of finance and tax since 1996.
A senior appointment was made at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance. The appointment decision, signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was published in the Official Gazette dated October 15, 2026.
According to Presidential Decree No. 2026/325, Head of Revenue Administration Bekir Bayrakdar was appointed as Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of Presidential Decree No. 3.
Bayrakdar had been serving as the Head of Revenue Administration since January 2019.
WHO IS BEKİR BAYRAKDAR?
Born in Kocaeli in 1971, Bekir Bayrakdar graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations in 1995.
Bayrakdar, who started his career as the Chairman of the Board of Tax Inspectors in 1996, served as Assistant Tax Inspector and Tax Inspector until 2004.
Bayrakdar, who held various managerial positions at the Kocaeli Tax Office between 2004 and 2008, worked as the Istanbul Treasurer between 2008 and 2014, as the General Manager of Accounting between 2014 and 2015, and as the Head of the Istanbul Tax Office between 2015 and 2019.
Bayrakdar, who was appointed as acting Head of Revenue Administration in January 2019, was appointed to this position as principal in February 2020.
Bayrakdar, who became a Member of the Supervisory Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey in May 2023, was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye in May 2026.
Bayrakdar also has a Certified Public Accountant certificate and an Independent Auditor license.
MSCI temporarily froze index changes for Turkish stocks due to the risk of coordinated transactions of funds closely related to small-scale public companies in Türkiye and announced that the market classification will be re-evaluated until 2027.
The notification prepared by the Public Procurement Authority increased the monetary limit regarding social security premium and tax debts of real and legal persons participating in public tenders from 5,000 TL to 50,000 TL. The change was made in the relevant articles of the General Communiqué on Public Procurement No. 27327, dated 22/8/2009, published in the Official Gazette. A temporary regulation has been added for tenders that have already started and will enter into force 30 days after the notification publication date.

With the appointment decision signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Head of Revenue Administration Bekir Bayrakdar was appointed as Deputy Minister of Treasury and Finance. According to the Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette dated October 15, 2026, Bayrakdar had been serving as the Head of the Revenue Administration since January 2019.
Türkiye Sigorta AŞ announced that General Manager Taha Çakmak resigned from his position as of October 15, 2026. Çakmak has served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank since 2021 and was appointed as the General Manager of Türkiye Sigorta and Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik in 2023.
DSGV President Ulrich Reuter stated that the economic recovery in Germany and the increasing number of initiatives could reduce the political polarization observed in the last elections. The government revised its 2026 and 2027 growth forecasts upwards.

Taha Çakmak, General Manager of Türkiye Sigorta and Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik, resigned from his position. While a travel ban was imposed on Çakmak, his assets were also taken into consideration.