Executive Team

Türkan Özilhan Tacir

CEO / General Director

Ms. Özilhan graduated from Oglethorpe University in 1996. She worked at Anadolu Holding as Financial Affairs Assistant Specialist from 1996 to 1998 and as Human Resources Specialist from 1998 to 2000. She then went on to serve as Continuity of Care Services Supervisor at Anadolu Medical Center in 2004, Patient Services Manager at Anadolu Medical Center from 2004 to 2007, Director of Logistic Services at Anadolu Medical Center from 2007 to 2011, and Director of Administrative Services at Anadolu Medical Center from 2011 to July 01, 2014. Ms. Türkan Özilhan Tacir has been serving as chief executive officer at Anadolu Medical Center since July 2014.

Timur Atsüren

Deputy General Manager

Timur Atsüren completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of Tourism Management at Yeditepe University. After having received his graduate degree from the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado in 2007, Timur Atsüren started his professional career in the United States of America. Between 2005-2008 he worked as Purchasing Specialist at The Little Nell, between 2008-2010 as Purchasing Manager at Sodexo, between 2010-2012 again as Purchasing Manager at Aksigorta (Ak Insurance). Mr. Atsüren then joined Acıbadem Healthcare Group in 2013 and worked there as Business Development and Project Manager. He then became Deputy Director at Acıbadem Maslak Hospital and Operation Director (COO) at Acıbadem Serbia Bel Medic. Timur Atsüren is the Deputy General Manager at the Anadolu Medical Center since January 1, 2022.

Prof. Dr. N. Yalçın İlker

Medical Services Director

Prof. Dr. N.Yalçın İlker was born in Ankara on September 24, 1956. He studied at the TED Ankara College for his middle school and high school education between 1967 and 1974. He graduated from 19 Mayıs University Medical School in Samsun in 1980. He completed his specialty training in medicine at Hacettepe University in the Department of Urology in 1984. He then served as an Associate Professor of Urology in the Urology Department of Marmara University between 1989 and 1994 and as a Professor of Urology after 1994. Before joining our Group, Mr. Nazmi Yalçın İlker served as Head of Department of Andrology in Marmara University between 1995 and 2003; as a member in the Pre-Graduation Education Research and Planning Commission of Marmara University between 1998 and 2001; as a Coordinator-Manager of the Medical School Foundation of Marmara University between 1995 - 2000 and 2002 – 2004. He served as the Director of Surgical Sciences at Marmara University from 2000 to 2004. He served as a specialist physician at the Medical Services Department of Anadolu Medical Center between December 1, 2004 and November 01, 2012. Serving as the Medical Services Director at Anadolu Medical Center as of November 01, 2012, Prof. Dr. Nazmi Yalçın İlker is married and has two children.

Aslı Akyavaş

Director of International Services

Ms. Akyavaş graduated from Bosporus University, Department of International Relations in 1996. She completed a certificate program in Marketing at the University of California in 2002. Between 1996 and 2001, she worked as International Advertising and Product Manager at Arçelik; as Marketing Director at Ricline Textiles between 2002 and 2004. She worked at Anadolu Medical Center as International Services Supervisor between August 1, 2005 and January 1, 2007 and as International Services Manager between January 1, 2007 and April 1, 2010. Ms. Akyavaş has been serving as Director of International Services at Anadolu Medical Center since April 2010.

Attending Nurse Birsen Civil Subaş

Patient Care and Nursing Services Director

Born in 1978 in Trabzon, Ms. Subaş graduated from the Nursing School at Marmara University in 2001. She then received her graduate degree from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Health Sciences at Marmara University in 2004 and completed the MBA program at Maltepe University in 2009.After having started her career as a nurse in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Şişli Hospital in 2001, Ms. Subaş worked as a nurse in the General Intensive Care Unit at the International Hospital between 2003-2005. Then she joined Anadolu Medical Center between 2005-2015 where she respectively worked as a Supervisor Nurse, Manager at the Department of Neurosciences, Manager in charge of Training and Research and as Assistant Director at the Department of Patient Care and Nursing Services. Between 2015- 2021, Ms. Subaş worked at Ankara Güven Hospital respectively as Quality and Training Nursing Services Manager, Nursing Services Coordinator and as Nursing Services Director.Ms. Subaş is the Patient Care and Nursing Services Director at Anadolu Medical Center since September 21, 2021.

Timuçin Yurdanur

Director of Financial Affairs

Mr. Yurdanur graduated from the Department of Economics at Middle East Technical University in 1997. He completed the Executive MBA program at Koç University in 2004. He is a Certified Public Accountant. Timuçin Yurdanur started working as Financial Control Specialist at the Office of Financial Affairs at Anadolu Industry Holding in 1997 and continued to work there as a Financial Controller after 2001. Mr. Yurdanur became Financial Control Manager at Anadolu Medical Center in 2005 and he has been serving as Director of Financial Affairs since January 2010.

Burak Uzkan

Information Systems Director

Mr. Uzkan graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 1993. He completed MBA program in Bilkent University in 1995. He worked as a Quality Assurance and Quality Control Manager in Elimko from 1995 to 1996, and as a Business Solutions Supervisor between 1996 and 2004. Mr. Uzkan worked as Information Systems Manager at Anadolu Medical Center from 2004 to 01.07.2014. He has been serving as the Information Systems Director since July 1, 2014.

A.Murat Sümer

Administrative Services, Quality and Patient Safety Director

Mr. Murat Sümer graduated from the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Istanbul Technical University in 1998. He then received his master's degree from Engineering Management Program at the same university in 2003. After starting his career at the Anadolu Group as a Human Resources Assistant Specialist in 1998, Mr. Sümer worked in various positions at various companies of the Anadolu Group such as the Anadolu Industry Holding, Anadolu IT Services and Anadolu Medical Center. Between 1998 - 2004, he worked as a Human Resources Specialist at the Anadolu Industry Holding. He then continued his career as SAP HR Consultant at Anadolu IT Services Company of the Anadolu Group. Between 2006 - 2008, he was the Human Resources Supervisor at the Anadolu Industry Holding. Mr. Sümer started working at the Anadolu Medical Center as Human Resources Operations Manager in June 2008. He then worked as a Strategic Planning and Performance Development Manager between January 2009 - December 2017 and as Quality and Patient Safety Deputy Director between January 2018 - July 2020. Ahmet Murat SÜMER is the Administrative Services, Quality and Patient Safety Director since August 01, 2020. He is fluent in English.

Yalın Okyay

Human Resources Director

Yalın Okyay was born in Ankara, in 1979. He graduated from Kadıköy Anatolian High School in 1997 and from the School of Business Administration at the Istanbul University in 2001. Between January 2004 - December 2006, he worked as a Human Resources Assistant Specialist at Toyotetsu Turkey. Mr. Okyay then worked at the Anadolu Industry Holding Inc. as a Human Resources Assistant Specialist between December 2006 – February 2008, as Human Resources Specialist between March 2008 – December 2008 and as Human Resources Manager between January 2009 – February 2011. Mr. Okyay then started at the Anadolu Medical Center where he worked as a Human Resources Supervisor between March 2011 – December 2011, as Human Resources Manager between January 2012 – December 2017 and as Human Resources Deputy Director between January 2018 – December 2019. Mr. Yalın Okyay became the Human Resources Director on 01.01.2020. Mr. Okyay is fluent in English.

Dr. Özgür Devrim Kılıç

Deputy Chief Medical Officer / Physician-in-Chief - Managing Director

Dr. Özgür Devrim Kılıç completed the Ondokuz Mayıs University Medical School in 1996, and master’s programme in health management at the Okan University in 2012. He worked at his own institutions between 1997 and 2010. After 2010, he worked as the manager at Pendik Şifa Hospital, Istanbul Bölge Hospital, Medicalpark Göztepe Hospital and Memorial Ataşehir Hospital. Dr. Kılıç joined Anadolu Medical Center in 2014 as physician in charge of a floor within the Medical Services Department. He has been serving as Deputy Chief Medical Officer / Physician in Chief – Managing Director since January 1, 2016.

Levent Yiğit

Domestic Business Development and Sales Director

After graduating from the Department of Healthcare Management at Başkent University in 1999, Mr. Levent Yiğit received his master's degree from the Department of Numerical Methods at Marmara University in 2003. He started his career at the Acıbadem Healthcare Group and worked there as Marketing Specialist between 2000-2005. Mr. Levent Yiğit joined the Anadolu Medical Center in 2005 and worked as Corporate Services Manager until 2010. After working as Marketing Coordinator at the Memorial Healthcare Group between 2010-2012, he rejoined the Anadolu Medical Center in 2012. There he worked as Administrative Services Deputy Director between 2012-2014. After working as Domestic Business Development Deputy Director since 2014, Mr. Levent Yiğit has been assigned as Domestic Business Development and Sales Director at the Anadolu Medical Center on February 1, 2022.