(1965) Mr. Efkan Ala was born in 1965. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Istanbul University and a M.A. degree from Karadeniz Technical University. His previous experience includes various governorship positions. He was officially charged with governing a number of Turkish cities including Ordu, Tunceli, Batman, and Diyarbakır. He worked as Manager of Education Office of Internal Affairs Ministry, Manager of Education, Office of Tourism Ministry and Tourism Ministry Consultant. He has been working as undersecretary of Prime Minister since 2007. Efkan Ala was a statutory auditor at Türk Telekom from March 12, 2008 to June 30, 2012. He has held a seat as an independent member of the Board of Türk Telekom since June 30, 2012. He has been serving as Chairman of the Audit Committee since October 17, 2012.

(1962) Mr. Ibrahim Şahin was born in 1962. After graduating from Ankara University Faculty of Law, İbrahim Şahin served in various positions at the Internal Affairs Ministry and worked as an advisor and undersecretary at the Ministry of Transportation and as PTT General Manager. Şahin was a member of the Statutory Audit Board of Türk Telekom between December 31, 2002 and June 1, 2007. He has been Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of since June 1, 2007 and Vice Chairman of Executive Committee since April 9, 2009. Şahin has been the General Manager of TRT since November 21, 2007. He has been serving as an Audit Committee member since October 17, 2012 that held this position between June 16, 2008 and April 9, 2009.

(1956) Süleyman Karaman was born in 1956. He graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Istanbul Technical University. In 1981 took his master’s degree from the same university and was granted the title of High Mechanical Engineer. Between 1979 and 1981 he performed prototype studies, improvement activities, and compliance tests on farming machinery and worked on the first Turkish tractor produced by the private sector. In 1981, he began working as assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Istanbul Technical University. In addition to his postgraduate studies, he also gave technical drawing and enginery lectures as Assistant Lecturer in the same faculty up until 1984. Between 1984 and 1994, he worked as Vice Enterprise Manager, Enterprise Manager, Vice General Manager, and Board Member in the automotive sub-industry. He was appointed as the vice general director of the General Directorate of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Electric, Tramway and Tunnel Operations (IETT) in 1994. He has attended seminars such as Total Quality Management, Permanent Improvement, and Synergistic Management. Additionally, he participated in the organization of the first and second International Transportation Symposiums and read the paper he prepared. He was appointed as advisor to the General Director of IETT in 2001 and later as General Director and Board Chairman to Turkish State Railways in 2003. Karaman serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of TTNET and Board Member of Net Ekran Televizyonculuk ve Medya Hizmetleri. Karaman who has been serving as a board member since June 30, 2012, was appointed to the Audit Committee membership on October 17, 2012.

(1972) Mr. Aslan serves currently as Chief Executive Officer and executive member of the Board of Directors of Oger Telecom Ltd. He is also Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Mr. Mohammed Hariri, on the telecom activities of Saudi Oger Group. Previously, Mr. Aslan assisted Saudi Oger Group in establishing the Oger telecom business since 2005. He was a key member of the team that established the equity/debt capital structure of the company through bringing equity and debt participants together in the Telecom investments of the group. Mr. Aslan also has since managed the relationships with the Company’s various investors and lending groups. In addition to being a member of the Board of Turk Telekom and Oger Telecom Ltd., Mr. Aslan also sits on other boards including İnnova, Sebit Eğitim, Cell C (Pty) Limited and 3C Telecommunications Pty Limited in South Africa. Mr. Aslan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and Finance and an MBA degree from McGill University, Canada. Prior to joining the Oger Group in 2005, Mr. Aslan worked for over 12 years in North America, Europe and the Middle East with MetLife where he started his career, later with TD Bank Financial Group, and most recently with Citigroup.

(1976) Mazen Abou Chakra serves as executive member of the Board of Directors of Oger Telecom Limited, and acts as the Chief Legal Officer of Oger Telecom Limited. He is also member of the Board of Directors of 3C Telecommunications PTY Limited and Cell C (Pty) Limited in South Africa and Argela Yazılım ve Bilişim Teknolojileri A.Ş. and Assist Rehberlik ve Müşteri Hizmetleri A.Ş. in Turkey. Mr. Abou Chakra began his career as a trainee at the law firm of DePardieu Brocas & Maffei in Paris before moving to the law firm of Shearman & Sterling (Paris Office). Prior to joining Oger Telecom, he served as an associate at Nabil Abdel-Malek Law Offices in Beirut. Mr. Abou Chakra is admitted to the Beirut Bar Association and holds a degree (Maitrise) in Law from Saint Joseph University in Beirut and a Masters in International Business Law from Paris I-Sorbonne University in Paris.