He graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University 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 (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 Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. 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 Turkish Airlines 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.[2]
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 2012 and 2013. [3] On 1 January 2014, Kotil became President of the AEA.[4]
Awardsedit
2014 Airline Strategy Awards - Executive Leadership Award [5][6]
Referencesedit
^ "Bloomberg Profile". Bloomberg. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^"Turkish Airlines names Bilal Ekşi as new chief". Hurriyetdailynews. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^"Speaker Profile". WTTC. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^"New Chairman of the Association of European Airlines to be announced". eturbonews. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^"2014 Airline Strategy Awards Web Page". ASA. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^"2014 Airline Strategy Awards - Executive Leadership Award PDF Page" (PDF). ASA. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
External linksedit
"Flying the Flag", economist.com; accessed 27 December 2014.
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temel, kotil, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, december, 2014, learn, when, r. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Temel Kotil born 1959 in Rize Turkey is an aeronautical engineer and currently the CEO of Turkish Aerospace Industries Previously he served as the CEO of Turkish Airlines from April 2005 to October 2016 1 Temel KotilTemel Kotil at WTTC Global Summit 2015Born 1959 12 03 3 December 1959 age 64 Rize Turkey NationalityTurkishEducationIstanbul Technical University BS University of Michigan M Sc University of Michigan PhD OccupationBusiness executiveYears active2003 presentTitleChairman CEO of Turkish Aerospace Industries 2016 present PredecessorMuharrem DortkasliChildren4WebsiteTUSAS Temel KotilHe graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University 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 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 Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality 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 Turkish Airlines 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 Eksi 2 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 2012 and 2013 3 On 1 January 2014 Kotil became President of the AEA 4 Awards edit2014 Airline Strategy Awards Executive Leadership Award 5 6 References edit Bloomberg Profile Bloomberg Retrieved 24 November 2017 Turkish Airlines names Bilal Eksi as new chief Hurriyetdailynews Retrieved 24 November 2017 Speaker Profile WTTC Retrieved 25 October 2013 New Chairman of the Association of European Airlines to be announced eturbonews Retrieved 24 November 2017 2014 Airline Strategy Awards Web Page ASA Retrieved 27 December 2014 2014 Airline Strategy Awards Executive Leadership Award PDF Page PDF ASA Retrieved 27 December 2014 External links edit Flying the Flag economist com accessed 27 December 2014 nbsp Media related to Temel Kotil at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Temel Kotil amp oldid 1186515421, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
