New management took office at CMB

With the Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette dated 31 October 2026, Tax Audit Board Chairman Muhsin Atcı was appointed as the Chairman of the Capital Markets Board (CMB), Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) Deputy Chairman Ersin Başar Ekmekci was appointed as the Deputy Chairman, and Yasemin Girici was appointed as the Board Member. More than 20 years of experience and senior management background of the three newly appointed names draw attention.

By Presidential Decree, Tax Audit Board Chairman Muhsin Atcı was appointed as the CMB Chairman, MASAK Deputy Chairman Ersin Başar Ekmekci was appointed as the Deputy Chairman, and Yasemin Girici was appointed as the Board Member. The appointed new structure is expected to strengthen the CMB's supervisory capacity in terms of preserving market integrity and strengthening investor confidence.

MUHSIN ATCI

Born in Konya Ereğli in 1979, Muhsin Atcı graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Administration. He completed his master's degree in development policy at Duke University in the USA. He continues his doctoral studies in finance at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University. Atcı, who started his 23-year career as an assistant tax auditor in 2003, served as revenue controller and tax inspector, then served as Ankara Large-Scale Taxpayers Group President and Tax Audit Board Vice President. Atcı had been chairing the Tax Inspection Board since October 2023.

ERSİN BAŞAR EKMEKCİ

Ersin Başar Ekmekci graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Administration in 2000. He completed his postgraduate education in Financial Economics at Boston University. Ekmekci, who worked for many years in the fields of tax audit and fight against financial crimes, served as MASAK department head and vice president. It is expected that the CMB's institutional knowledge in suspicious transaction analysis and the fight against financial crimes will strengthen the CMB's hand against market distortion activities.

YASMIN GİRICI

Board member Yasemin Girici graduated from the Department of Economics at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2001 and completed her master's degree in economics in the fields of macroeconomics and development economics at Rutgers University in the USA in 2004. Girici, who served as the General Director of Economic Research at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, served as the director representing Turkey, Romania, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Algeria on the Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in the 2023-2026 period. Girici, who has more than 20 years of experience in macroeconomics, financial markets and development finance, is expected to add a global perspective to the Board.

The new administration is expected to increase deterrence in auditing, restore confidence in the market and protect investors. It is anticipated that the international experience of the staff will support the harmonization and deepening of Türkiye's capital markets with global standards.