According to a statement from Borsa İstanbul, Atila Türeli was appointed acting general manager of Borsa İstanbul AŞ by a decision adopted at the board meeting held today.
The appointment was made after General Manager Korkmaz Enes Ergun was detained on October 31 as part of a fund investigation. Ergun was detained over allegations of membership in an organization established to commit a crime and bribery.
From the judiciary to the exchange’s legal department
Türeli was born in Ereğli, Konya, in 1970 and graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1993. After obtaining his attorney’s license in 1994, Türeli worked as a judge in the judicial courts until 2000. He completed a master’s degree in European Union Public Law and Integration at Bahçeşehir University in 2008.
In 2000, Türeli passed an examination held by the Istanbul Stock Exchange (İMKB) and began working as an attorney in its Legal Counsel’s Office. At the exchange, he served as head of the Member Affairs Department from 2012 to 2014, head of the Compliance Department from 2014 to 2016, and chief legal counsel from 2016 to 2023.
Türeli currently also serves as a board member of the Türkiye Products Specialised Exchange (TÜRİB) and as a General Assembly member of the Istanbul Arbitration Centre.