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Atila Türeli Named Acting General Manager of Borsa İstanbul
On November 1, Borsa İstanbul appointed Atila Türeli as acting general manager.
The decision was made by the board of Turkey’s main stock exchange, where Türeli had been a deputy general manager.
He joined the exchange in 2000 as a lawyer after working as a judge, and has spent much of his career in its legal department.
He later led the exchange’s member affairs and compliance departments, then served as chief legal adviser from 2016 to 2023.
His appointment puts a long-serving exchange official in charge while he serves in the role on an acting basis.
The announcements do not say how long the acting appointment will last or what happens next.
Atila Türeli was appointed acting general manager of Borsa İstanbul.
The appointment followed a decision at the company’s board meeting on 1 November 2026.
Türeli was a deputy general manager of Borsa İstanbul before the appointment.
He previously worked in the exchange’s legal department and served as its chief legal adviser from 2016 to 2023.
He is also a board member of Türkiye Ürün İhtisas Borsası and a general assembly member of the Istanbul Arbitration Centre.
- Who
- Atila Türeli, Borsa İstanbul’s deputy general manager.
- What
- He was appointed acting general manager of Borsa İstanbul.
- When
- 1 November 2026.
- Where
- At Borsa İstanbul. The sources do not state where the board meeting took place.
- Why
- The company’s board decided to appoint him. The reason for the decision was not stated.
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Türeli graduated from Istanbul University’s Faculty of Law.
He began working as a lawyer in the exchange’s legal department.
He served as director of the exchange’s member affairs department.
He served as the exchange’s chief legal adviser.
Borsa İstanbul’s board appointed him acting general manager.
- Appointment
- Acting general manager of Borsa İstanbul
- Decision date
- 1 November 2026
- Law degree
- Istanbul University, 1993
- Legal adviser
- Chief legal adviser at the exchange, 2016–2023
- Other role
- Board member of Türkiye Ürün İhtisas Borsası