Seminar Series of the School of Applied Sciences – Fall 2022 – 4. Seminar

Dear Students of the School of Applied Sciences,

You are kindly informed to welcome the Regional Director of BTA Turkey, Mr. Kerem Arman and Deputy General Manager in Charge of Operations of TAV Esenboğa, Mr. Alp Karayalçın as the guest speaker of the seminar series.

Date      : Thursday, 2 December 2021

Time      : 14:40-15:30

Place     : AB-3 / Law Auditorium

Mr. Kerem Arman was born in Adana in 1971. He completed his undergraduate education in Bilkent University, Department of Tourism and Hotel Management in 1997. He started his business life at Bilkent Tadım Pizza and Tunalı Tadım Pizza as the Operations Manager. Afterward, he worked as the Operations Manager at the world's largest Mexican restaurant chain El Torito Restaurant and El Torito Express. After working as the Ankara Regional Manager at Sofra Yemek Üretim ve Hizmet A.Ş (EUREST) ​​between 2000-2006, he worked as the Operations Manager of BTA Ankara at the newly opened Esenboğa Airport. Mr. Kerem Arman currently continues to work as the Director of BTA's points of service in Turkey. Mr. Kerem Arman is also a member and volunteer of the Spinal Cord Paralysis Association of Turkey.

Mr. Alp Karayalçın was born in Ankara in 1974. After graduating from TED Ankara College, he completed his undergraduate education in Bilkent University, Department of Tourism and Hotel Management. After his graduation, he worked as the Project Manager at Flap Tour as a PCO (Professional Conference Organizer) and then established his own agency, Mentor Tour. After 10 years of travel agency experience, Mr. Alp Karayalçın moved to the aviation industry and started working at TAV Holding. Mr. Alp Karayalçın worked as the Deputy Logistics Manager of Havaş Tunisia, Deputy Revenue Manager of TAV Tunisia, ORAT (Operational Preparation and Airport Transfer) Responsible of TAV Macedonia, and the Operations Coordination Manager of TAV Airports Holding, respectively. Mr. Alp Karayalçın is still working at TAV Esenboğa as the Deputy General Manager of Operations. Mr. Kerem Arman and Mr. Alp Karayalçın is going to make a presentation titled “TAV and BTA: A Success Story” in the Seminar course.