Sureyya Ciliv is a

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who is currently Chairman o
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Kuika Inc
Between 2007 and 2015, Ciliv was the

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(CEO) of

Turkcell Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş. (''lit. Turkcell Communication Services'') (, ) is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 39.3 million subscribers as of September 2021. In 2015, the company's number ...

Group - the leading technology and communications company in Turkey, a NYSE listed company with 72 million subscribers in 8 countries. Previously, he held executive positions at

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between 1997 and 2007. Sureyya Ciliv received the Global CEO of the Year Award at World Communication Awards in 2009.

Biography

Sureyya Ciliv graduated with ''summa cum laude'' from the

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in 1981 in Industry & Operations Engineering and Computer Engineering. He went on to receive his graduate degree, MBA from

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in 1983. Ciliv served as the President and CEO of Novasoft Systems Inc., a company he co-founded in Boston, MA. In 1997, he was appointed as the CEO of Microsoft Turkey, and held the position for 3 years. Between 2000 and 2007, he served in various executive management positions at Microsoft Office, Global Sales, Marketing in Redmond, WA. In 2007, he was appointed as the

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of Turkcell. Under his tenure, Turkcell was globally recognized as a leader in telecommunications and mobile services, elected as the "Most Admired Company" in Turkey seven times in 8 years.

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