Senior Management

Cengiz Eroldu graduated from the Business Administration Faculty of Istanbul University in 1988 and completed the MBA program at LUISS University (Italy) in 1995. He began his career as an Audit Specialist at Koç Holding in 1989. He was appointed to the position of Assistant Accounting and Industrial Governance Manager for Tofaş in 1995, working in the Accounting and Industrial Governance Department and the Budget and Governance Department from 2001 to 2008, and in the Finance Department between 2008 until 2015. Since January 2015, he he has been serving as Member of the Tofaş Board of Directors and CEO.

Ahmet Taşangil graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Business Administration in 2000. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School. Until 2004, he worked as an Assistant Manager at KPMG and then joined Koç Holding in 2006, where he worked as Finance Specialist, Finance Manager and Finance Coordinator. Ahmet Taşangil is appointed as Tofaş Deputy Finance Director in May 2024.

İbrahim Anaç completed his bachelor’s degree at the Police Academy in 1990. He completed his master’s degree in Internatioanal Management in 1994 and Business Administration in 1996 at the University of St. Thomas. He started his professional career in 1997 as a LCV Product Specialist at Hyundai. Anaç held various roles at Doğuş Otomotiv and Nissan Türkiye before he joined Peugeot Türkiye in 2017 as Brand Managing Director. In 2022, he was appointed as Commercial Vice President - Middle East and Africa Region at Stellantis. He has worked as General Manager at Stellantis Türkiye from 2024 until 2025 May.

Zeki Erdal Şimşek graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Aeronautics and Space Sciences Department in 1987 and completed the MBA program at Istanbul University in 1989. In 1990, he began his professional career as a Project Engineer at Tofaş; after 11 years of service, he was appointed Plant Manager at the Fiat automobile plant in Cairo. Returning to Tofaş in 2003, Zeki Erdal Şimşek served as a manager in different departments before becoming Quality Director. He has been the Factory Director since April 2017.

Giuseppe Masciocco graduated from University of Roma La Sapianza, Mechanical Engineering department and completed his master degree at the same university and department in 1989. He started his career at Elasis as Steering System Designer in 1991. Between the years 1993-2007 he worked as System Engineer, Punto 99 Project Team Leader, "Panda Concept " Project Responsible, Vehicle Design Technical Manager, Vehicle R&D Design & Testing Manager. After 2007, he continued his career at Fiat Group Automobiles as Alfa Romeo Model Responsible (Segment E), Quality Vehicle Line (Segment A), Quality Product Evaluation & Special Vehicles. He has been working as Quality Vehicle Line (Maserati & Sport / Electrification) at Maserati S.P.A. since 2017. Masciocco joined Tofaş as R&D Director in August 2020.

Ersan Ferruh Arar graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Industrial Engineering Department in 1991. Arar started his career at Tofaş in 1992 in the Import Department, and after working in various departments within the Supply Chain and Purchasing Directorates, he served as Purchasing Global Resources Manager between 2002 and 2005, Electrical Direct Material Purchasing Manager between 2005 and 2010 and Metal Direct Material Purchasing Manager between 2010 and 2016. Between 2016-2024, Arar served as Body, Exterior Trim and Raw Material Purchasing Manager. Ersan Ferruh Arar is appointed as Purchasing Director in March 2024.

Altan Aytaç graduated from the Industrial Engineering Department of Boğaziçi University in 1992. He began his professional career at Tofaş Auto Trading where he was involved in setting up the first logistics department in the area of commerce. He completed the EMBA program at Koç University in 1997. The same year, he became Manager of the CBU Logistics Department. After completing the production integration and simplification projects in the area of outbound logistics, Mr. Aytaç was appointed Commercial Projects Coordinator in 2003, Fiat Brand Manager in 2004, and Business Unit Director Türkiye for the Alfa Romeo and Lancia brands in 2006. He rose to the position of Tofaș Supply Chain Director in 2008, and After Sales and Spare Parts Director in January 2015. Altan Aytaç has served as Fiat Business Unit Director since August 2015.

Ali Eren Çopur graduated from Sabancı University Electronics Engineering Department in 2011. He completed his master's degree in Business Management at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2014 and his doctorate in the Department of Economics at Uludağ University in 2022. Çopur started his career in 2011 at Borçelik as a System Analyst with the training program and worked as a production technologies & automation engineer in 2013-2014. Since 2014, he has worked at Tofaş respectively as Software Development Specialist, Software Architect (SAP Technologies), Software Process and Integration Manager, ICT Value Stream Manager, Organizational Transformation and Innovation Leader, Talent Management and Organizational Transformation Manager, Industrial and Commercial Solutions Manager. Çopur was appointed as Information and Communication Technologies Director as of December 2024.

Bora Duran completed his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Dokuz Eylül University in 2008. He completed his master’s degree in Business Administration at the University of Gloucestershire in 2011. He started his professional career in 2012 at Doğuş Otomotiv as SEAT Sales Planning Assistant and held positions including Porsche Sales Specialist, Regional Sales Supervisor and Region Manager. In 2019, he began his role as the Sales Region Manager for Citroën. Following 2021, Duran held roles including Training and Development Manager, Customer Experience Director and Citroën Sales Director at Stellantis Türkiye. He has worked as Citroën Brand Managing Director at Stellantis Türkiye from beginning of 2025 until May.

Hasan Erdoğan graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 2004. Having completed his master's degree in Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University, Hasan Erdoğan completed the Executive MBA program at Koç University in 2013. Hasan Erdoğan started his career at Tofaş as a Spare Parts Logistics Specialist in 2006. Erdoğan worked as Spare Parts Sales Regional Manager and After Sales Business Development Manager, respectively. Hasan Erdoğan was appointed the position of Light Commercial Vehicle Marketing Manager at Fiat Marketing Directorate in 2016. Hasan Erdoğan has been working as Mobility Solutions Director at Tofaş since 2022.

Selim Eskinazi completed his bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Sabancı University in 2006. He started his professional career in 2006 at Doğuş Otomotiv as Porsche Marketing Specialist and held various roles including Porsche Sales Supervisor, Porsche Sales Assistant Manager, SEAT Region and Fleet Sales Assistant Manager and Porsche Sales & Marketing Manager. He has worked as DS Automobiles, B2B Sales and Spoticar Brand Managing Director at Stellantis Türkiye from 2022 until May 2025.

Mahmut Karacan completed his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Çukurova University in 1995. He started his professional career in 1995 as a Dealer Consultant at Chrysler Kamyon A.Ş. After working at Daimler Chrysler in sales and marketing operations, he joined TOFAŞ in 2012 and worked as Alfa Romeo, Jeep & Lancia Marketing Manager and as Alfa Romeo, Jeep & Lancia Director. He has worked as Fiat Sales Director at Tofaş from 2015 until May 2025.

Gupse Kaplan completed her undergraduate degree at Marmara University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, and her postgraduate studies at the Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences at the University of Nice, France. Between 2007 and 2011, she worked at Subaru and Citroën brands, respectively. Between 2011 and 2017, she worked as Commercial Vehicle Product Manager, Passenger Car Product Manager, and Supply Chain Manager at Renault Mais. Kaplan, who started working as Product and Pricing Manager at Peugeot Turkey in 2017, assumed the role of Marketing Director in 2020. In 2023, she was appointed as Peugeot Brand Manager for Stellantis Middle East and Africa Region, and served as Peugeot Brand General Manager at Stellantis Turkey from 2024 to May 2025.

Yüksel Öztürk graduated from Uludağ University, Mechanical Engineering Department in 1991. Öztürk started his professional career as a Product Development Engineer at Tofaş in 1993. Between 2001 and 2005, he was appointed Direct Material Electricity Manager and Material Electricity Manager. Between 2005-2024 Öztürk served as Purchasing Director. Yüksel Öztürk has been serving as Purchasing Director since March 2024.

Erkan Polat graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1986. Between 1987 and 1989, he attended the Master’s Program at the University of Manchester in the U.K. and earned his Master’s Degree. Mr. Polat began his professional career as Design Engineer at Etibank Aluminum Enterprises in 1989. In 1992, he began working at Tofaş as Press Method Engineer. From 1999 to 2004, he served as Press Engineering Administrator and then Die and Press Business Development Manager, respectively. In 2006, he was appointed Die Production Manager, and from 2010 to 2013, he served as Die&Press Production Manager. Between 2013 and 2015, he worked as R&D Body Design Manager, and later as Egea Hatchback Model Manager from 2015 to 2016. Mr. Polat was appointed Vehicle Engineering Director in 2016.

Orçun Sarıca completed his bachelor's degree in 2002 and his master's degree in 2005 at Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Having completed the Leadership Development Program at Harvard University in 2018, Orçun Sarıca started his career in 2003 and worked in sales and project departments of different companies. Since 2006, he worked as a Technological Systems Specialist, Paintshop Engineering Administrator, Paintshop Manager, Supplier Quality and Development Manager and Suspension, Chassis and Engine Systems Purchasing Manager at Tofaş, respectively. Orçun Sarıca has been working as Human Resources Director at Tofaş since 2021.

Hüseyin Şahin received his Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from Uludağ University in 1990. He started his professional career as Project Manager at Efthor in 1996. He served as Human Resources Expert at Fruehauf from 1997, becoming the Human Resources Manager in 1999. He joined Otokoç as Human Resources Manager in 2001; between 2003 and 2005, he served as the Antalya Branch Manager and Birmot Zincirlikuyu Branch Manager of Otokoç. From 2005 to 2011, he was the Birmot Assistant Operational General Manager. After serving as Sales Director at Tofaş between 2011 and 2015, Hüseyin Şahin was appointed After Sales and Spare Parts Director in July 2015.

Recep Temizesen obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Middle East Technical University in 1988. He started his professional career at Çimhol A.Ş. in 1988, where he worked as Project Engineer until 1991. He joined Tofaş in 1992 as a Press Method Engineer, subsequently serving as Press Shop Process Section Manager, Press Shop Engineering and Technology Manager, Press Shop Manager and Assembly Shop Manager from 1999 to 2015. Recep Temizesen has served as Production Director since January 2015.

Murat Ulupınar completed his bachelor’s degree in Economics at Boğaziçi University in 2009. He completed his master’s degree in Business Management at Koç University in 2017. He started his professional career in 2009 at Deloitte as Assistant Auditor. Following 2010, he held various roles in the audit function roles at Koç Holding. He joined Tofaş in 2017 and worked as Internal Audit Administrator and Internal Audit Manager. He has worked as Accounting Manager at Tofaş from 2022 until May 2025.

Yiğit Yantaç completed his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a minor in Economics at Koç University in 2007. He completed his master’s degree in International Finance at İstanbul Bilgi University in 2010. He started his professional career in 2007 at Fortis Bank Türkiye as Strategic Planning and Performance Management Supervisor. He held various roles in the finance function at HSBC Bank and at Borusan Holding. In 2019, he joined Groupe PSA as Opel Business and Controlling Manager and worked as B2C Sales Manager and Sales Director for the Opel Brand. He has worked as Opel Brand Managing Director at Stellantis Türkiye since from 2023 until 2025 May.

Sinan Yıldırım graduated from the Middle East Technical University as a mechanical engineer in 1988 and started his career at BOTAŞ. He joined Tofaş in 1990 where he first worked as an engine engineer in Method Mechanical unit and then as an engine specialist in the R&D Department, followed by an assignment in Italy for the new engine project. Appointed as head of engineering to the Transmission Parts Manufacturing Unit, Mr.Yıldırım joined Fiat GM Powertrain in 2001, where he worked until 2007. Having rejoined Tofaş at the end of 207 as Product Quality Manager, he completed his MBA at Bilgi University in 2008. Appointed as Manufacturing Technology Manager in 2010, Sinan Yıldırım has been serving as Quality Director since April 2017.