User:Slmsahilman/Haluk Bayraktar

Haluk Bayraktar (b. October 4, 1978, Istanbul), CEO of Baykar, manufacturer for the first indigenous UAV systems for Turkish Armed Forces, TUBITAK Board Member, founder and chairman of the board of Turkey Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation), founder and chairman of the board  Chairman of of SAHA Istanbul, the biggest industrial cluster of Turkey.

Life
Haluk Bayraktar is the CEO of Baykar, Turkey’s premiere autonomous technology company. Haluk began his tenure at Baykar in 2004 as an engineering manager when Baykar’s autonomous technology efforts were still nascent. He has since been involved in every aspect of the business from engineering to project management to logistics support and business development.

Haluk is also one of the founders of the Turkey Technology Team (T3) Foundation, an initiative intended to foster technology education among Turkish youth through entrepreneurship, competitions, and supplementary technology education.

Additionally, Haluk was one of the founders and chairman of the board of Turkey’s Aerospace and Defense Cooperative (SAHA Istanbul), which includes over 600 companies and 16 universities.

Haluk was awarded with a state medal (order of merit) of Ukraine at the Presidential Palace in Kiev by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for his service to Ukraine and Ukraine-Turkey relations.