Who is Gürol Sami Özer? Why was Türkiye Sigorta Deputy General Manager Gürol Sami Özer arrested?

Türkiye Sigorta announced that it terminated the employment contract with the company's deputy general manager Gürol Sami Özer today. So, who is Gürol Sami Özer? Why was Türkiye Sigorta Deputy General Manager Gürol Sami Özer arrested?

WHO IS GÜROL SAMI ÖZER?

Gürol Sami Özer graduated from Robert College in 1995. He completed his undergraduate education at Boğaziçi University Faculty of Business Administration in 1999. He completed his master's degree in Bilgi University MBA program in 2008.

He started his career as an MT (manager candidate) at Körfezbank A.Ş. in 1999.

He worked as an expert in the Treasury department of Körfezbank in 1999-2000, and as Treasury Senior Specialist, Deputy Treasury Manager and Treasury Director at Calyon Bank Türk A.Ş. in 2001-2008.

He worked as Trading and Derivative Instruments department manager at Denizbank A.Ş. between 2009 and 2014.

He started his career as Fund Management and Economic Research Department Manager at Vakıf Emeklilik in 2015 and has been working at Türkiye Sigorta ve Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik A.Ş. since 2020. He continued as Director of Fund Management & Economic Research.

Özer was appointed Deputy General Manager of Treasury and Pension Operations on May 15, 2025.

WHY WAS GÜROL SAMI ÖZER ARRESTED?

Türkiye Sigorta Deputy General Manager Gürol Sami Özer was arrested within the scope of the fund investigation.

On October 24, former Türkiye Sigorta and Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik general manager Taha Çakmak was arrested as part of the investigation.