TechFlow news — On October 24, according to an official announcement by CoinTR exchange and public records from the Turkish Trade Registry Gazette, ŞAKİR ERCAN, former Deputy Minister of Monitoring and Inspection for Treasury and Finance of Turkey, has been appointed Chairman of the Board of CoinTR. Additionally, ERGÜN AKINCI, current Chief Advisor at the Central Bank of Turkey and former Chairman of Deutsche Bank Turkey, along with MEHMET EMİN, former Deputy General Manager of Vakıfbank (Turkey's state-owned bank), have been appointed as board members. ALİ EŞELİOĞLU has been named Chief Executive Officer; he previously served as Deputy Director of the Market Department at the Central Bank of Turkey, overseeing national gold reserves, import/export operations, foreign exchange trading, and bond/note transactions, before stepping down one week ago. Yakup DEMİR has been appointed Chief Compliance Officer of CoinTR, formerly serving as Head of Institutional Authorization and Licensing Office at Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK).
ALİ EŞELİOĞLU, CEO of CoinTR, said: “CoinTR is a regulated and compliant exchange in Turkey, and one of the few exchanges that fully meets regulatory requirements during annual compliance reviews. We are committed to providing secure and stable trading services for global users. Ninety percent of our product, technology, and wallet team come from the world’s top three cryptocurrency exchanges, while 80% of our business team possess over four years of industry experience, giving us globally leading capabilities in product and technology. We aim to collaborate with outstanding global industry partners to help more high-quality enterprises and teams enter the Turkish market, jointly promoting the development of Turkey’s cryptocurrency and Web3 ecosystem, and transforming Istanbul into a digital economic trade hub spanning Europe and Asia.”
