Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Turkish businessman.

Born in Bursa, Burkay completed his Master's Degree in International Marketing at the University of Sussex in Brighton, England.

He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Burkay Group, where family companies operating in the textile, retail, petrochemical and energy sectors are gathered under one roof.

İbrahim Burkay has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTSO), the largest chamber of commerce and industry in Türkiye with more than 55,000 members, since May 2013.

Mr. Burkay served as a member of the Board of Directors of TOBB, the umbrella organization of the Turkish business world, between 2013-2018 and was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of TOBB once again in 2023.

Ä°brahim Burkay has been serving as the 1st Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) since 2022. Mr. Burkay is also a member of the TFF Executive Committee and is responsible for TFF Strategic Planning and New Project Development.

He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEÄ°K), the window of the Turkish business world to the world, since 2014.

With the decision of the Council of Ministers, he served as a Board Member representing 1.5 million companies that make up the private sector in the Presidency Public Ethics Board between 2017-2021.

Some of the organizations in which Ä°brahim Burkay has served;

-BTSO Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman of the Board of Directors (2013-Present)
-TOBB Board of Directors of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (2023-Present) (2013-2018)
-TFF 1st Vice President of Turkish Football Federation (2022-Present)
-TEKNOSAB High Technology Organized Industrial Zone Chairman of the Board of Directors (2015-Present)
-DEIK Foreign Economic Relations Board Member (2014-Present)
-ULUTEK UludaÄŸ University Technology Development Zone Chairman of the Board of Directors (2013-Present)
-GUHEM Gökmen Space Aviation Center Chairman of the Board of Directors (2018-Present)
-BUTGEM BTSO Education Foundation Chairman of the Board of Directors (2013-Present)
-BSB Bursa Business School Chairman of the Board (2013-Present)
-MESYEB Vocational Qualification Center Chairman of the Board of Directors (2014-Present)
-BEBKA Bursa EskiÅŸehir Bilecik Development Agency Board Member (2013-Present)
-BTU Bursa Technical University Founding Board Member
-Member of the Presidential Public Ethics Committee (2017-2022)
-UTIB UludaÄŸ Textile Exporters Association Chairman of the Board of Directors (2006-2018)
-UTIB UludaÄŸ Textile Exporters Association Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors (2018-Present)-Bursaspor Congress Member
-Bursaspor Divan Board Member
-UludaÄŸ University Empowerment Foundation Member
-Bursa Technical University Empowerment Foundation Member