Temel Kotil (born 1959 in

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) is an

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and currently the CEO of

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. Previously, he served as the CEO of

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from April 2005 to October 2016. He graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical universit ...

with a B.Sc degree in 1983. Awarded a scholarship by the Turkish Ministry of Industry in 1984, he was educated at the

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

(USA), where he obtained an M.Sc degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1986 and another M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering in 1987 from the same university. Kotil continued his studies there and received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1991. After returning home in 1991, he was appointed an associate chair in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. He founded and managed the laboratories of aircraft design, structural mechanics and advance computational mechanics. At the same time, Kotil was charged with duties of the manager of the department's computer center. From 1994 until 1997, he served as the manager of a technical department at

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. Between 2002-03, he worked as the head of the Research, Planning and Coordination Department at Advance Innovative Technologies Inc. in New York. In 2003, he returned to Turkey and was employed by

in Istanbul becoming its executive vice president in charge of technical affairs. In April 2005, Kotil was appointed to assume the position of the General Manager and CEO of the biggest airline company of Turkey. Kotil retired as CEO of Turkish Airlines in October 2016, being succeeded by

Bilal Ekşi Bilal Ekşi (Born in 1968 in Rize, Turkey) is Deputy Chairman and CEO of Turkish Airlines. Biography Ekşi graduated from Yıldız Technical University, the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1989. After graduation h ...

. Kotil is a member of the Turkish Mechanical Engineering Society since 1991 and has been a member of the Board of Governors at the International Air Transport Association since 2006. In 2010 he was elected as a Board of Governors of Association of European Airlines (AEA) and became Vice President between the years of 2012 and 2013. On 1 January 2014, Kotil became President of the AEA.

Awards

*2014 Airline Strategy Awards - Executive Leadership Award

References

External links

"Flying the Flag"
economist.com; accessed 27 December 2014. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kotil, Temel 1959 births People from Rize Living people Istanbul Technical University alumni University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni Academic staff of Istanbul Technical University Turkish chief executives Turkish Airlines Structural engineers Businesspeople in aviation Turkish mechanical engineers