Preceded by Erdem Başçı Occupation Civil servant Education Boğaziçi University | Alma mater Boğaziçi University Nationality Turkish | |
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Similar Erdem Başçı, Mehmet Şimşek, Durmuş Yılmaz, Süreyya Serdengeçti, Ali Babacan | ||
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Murat Çetinkaya (born 1976) is the current Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey appointed on April 2016.
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Early life
He was born in Çorlu, Tekirdağ Province in 1976. After finishing the high school in Tekirdağ, Murat Çetinkaya was educated in International Relations at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.
Career
Çetinkaya began his banking career at Albaraka Türk, where he served in several positions in the departments of foreign transactions, treasury and corresponding banks. In 2003, he transferred to the state-owned Halk Bankası. He worked in international banking and structured finance departments, and was ultimately promoted to vice general manager of the bank. From 2006 on, he served as a board member of the Halk Investment and Security Bank, a subsidiary of the Halk Bankası. By January 2008, he joined Kuwait Türk Bank, where he became vice general manager responsible for treasury, international finance and investment banking.
Çetinkaya was appointed vice governor of the Central Bank of Turkey on June 29, 2012. On April 19, 2016, he succeeded Erdem Başçı as governor of the Central Bank, who retired after completing his five-year official term.
