Kaleseramik Executive Management

Timur Karaoğlu completed his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at Yıldız Technical University in 1998 and his master's degree in Civil Engineering at Istanbul Technical University in 2000. With experience in management, business development, and developing and implementing marketing and sales strategies, he began his career in 2001 as Kalekim Product Officer at Kale Pazarlama, a Kale Group company.

After completing the MBA programme at Istanbul Kültür University in 2007, Karaoğlu worked for four years as Deputy Sales Manager at Kale Pazarlama. He served as Distribution Channel Sales Manager at Kaleseramik from February 2008 to 2013, and subsequently as Vice President for Retail Markets and Deputy General Manager for Domestic Sales and Marketing until 2018.

Appointed Deputy General Manager for Sales and Marketing at Kalekim in February 2018, he became Kalekim General Manager on 21 October 2019. Timur Karaoğlu assumed the role of General Manager of Kaleseramik in March 2024.

Born in 1974, Tuğrul Selvi completed his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at Yıldız Technical University. He began his career at Kaleseramik in 1996 as Energy and Environment Manager and has served as Tile Factories Director since 2020. In October 2024, alongside his existing position, he also assumed the role of General Manager of Kale Al-Sadaf, as Kaleseramik Tile Factories Director / Kale Al-Sadaf General Manager…

Born in 1970, Süleyman Soysal graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Trakya University's Faculty of Engineering and Architecture in 1993. He joined Çanakkale Seramik Fabrikaları A.Ş., a Kale Group company, in 1994. After his military service, he continued his career at Kalebodur Seramik A.Ş. in 1996 and took up a role at Kaleseramik Çanakkale Kalebodur Seramik Sanayi A.Ş. in 2000.

With experience in technical operations, business development, production and management, Soysal became Production Manager in 2011, Factories Director in 2013 and Vice President for Operations in 2015. He has served as Deputy General Manager for Operations at Kaleseramik since 2017.

Cemşit Baylan completed his undergraduate degree in Economics at Marmara University and his master's degree in Finance at Istanbul University. He began his career as an Audit Assistant at KPMG in 1992 and rose to Audit Manager during his six years there. From 1998 to 2003, he served as Assistant to the Chairman of the Board at Karamancı Holding.

After holding Finance Director roles at various companies in the logistics and real estate sectors between 2003 and 2010, he joined the Kale family in 2010. Following nine successful years as Finance Director at Kalekim, Kale Group's leading construction chemicals company, he has served since 2019 as Deputy General Manager for Finance at Kaleseramik, another leading Group company in building materials.

Onur Özdemir completed his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering at Yıldız Technical University in 2005, his master's degree in Engineering Management at Istanbul Technical University in 2006, and the Integrated Supply Chain Management Master's Programme at the University of Michigan in 2017.

With experience in management, supply chain, sales channel management, and developing and implementing sales strategies, he began his career at Kaleseramik in 2004 as Project Sales Officer. He subsequently served as Export Logistics Manager from 2008 to 2010, Order Management and Logistics Group Manager from 2010 to 2012, Channel Development and Sales Support Manager from 2012 to 2013, Supply Chain Development Manager from 2013 to 2017, and Digital Transformation Project Management Manager from 2017 to 2019.

He became Domestic Markets Sales Director in December 2019 and has served as Deputy General Manager for Commercial Operations, Türkiye, since the beginning of 2023.

Born in 1980, Kerem İdemen earned his undergraduate degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Istanbul University in 2004 and an MBA from Bahçeşehir University in 2015. He began his career in 2006 as Export Regional Officer at Silverline Endüstri A.Ş. and served as Export Regional Manager at Eczacıbaşı Yapı Gereçleri San. Tic. A.Ş. between 2010 and 2015.

He worked as Export Regional Sales Manager at Kaleseramik from 2015 to 2023 and has served as International Markets Commercial Director since December 2023. He is proficient in English.

Zeliha Nur Yurdatap completed her undergraduate degree in Business Administration, taught in English, at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2004 and joined Kale Group that same year as a Management Trainee. During this period, she worked at every stage of operational processes at Kaleseramik A.Ş.'s production facilities as part of end-to-end process management. In 2005, she became Product Manager responsible for the Ceramic Coverings category. She was appointed Çanakkale Seramik Brand Manager in 2011 and completed the Executive Development Programme at Koç University that same year. She became Product and Design Director in 2015 and has served as Kaleseramik Marketing Director since 2018.

Throughout her career in marketing, she has held significant responsibilities in market and customer research, data management, channel development, pricing and positioning, product and service portfolio management, concept and design management, architectural applications, community management, CRM, customer and after-sales services, brand communications and digital marketing.

Selin Çevik Ersayın completed her undergraduate degree in Economics and her master's degree in Production Management and Marketing at Marmara University. She began her career in 2002 as a Logistics Specialist at Kale Eksport. After deciding to pursue marketing and working as an International Marketing Specialist, she held successive roles at Kaleseramik as Brand and Communications Manager, Çanakkale Seramik Brand Manager, İda/Edilcuoghi Brand Manager and Çanakkale Seramik Product Manager.

She played an active role in Kale Group's brand identity work and successfully completed the Future Leaders Programme at Sabancı University. An EFQM Assessor, she served as Covering Materials Product and Design Manager from 2015 to 2024 and became Ceramic Coverings Category Marketing Director in June 2024. From July 2026, she assumes the role of Category Marketing Director.

Hüseyin Bayıroğlu was born in Ordu in 1972. He completed his undergraduate studies in Economics and postgraduate studies in Business Administration and Human Resources. He began his career in 1997 as Order Officer at Kalekim A.Ş., a Kale Group company, and subsequently served as Sales Officer, Sales Manager, Personnel and Administrative Affairs Manager, Human Resources Manager and Head of Human Resources. Since 2021, he has served as Human Resources Director at Kaleseramik, a Kale Group company.

Born in Çanakkale in 1975, Cem İlhan graduated from the Department of Computer Engineering at Istanbul University in 1997. That same year, he began his career as Software Officer at Kaleseramik, a Kale Group company. He became Software Engineer at Kalekalıp in 2002, Software Support Manager at Kaledata in 2006 and Logistics ERP Application Development Manager at Kale Holding in 2012. He assumed the role of IT Manager at Kaleseramik in 2017 and has continued in that position since then.

Işıl Mert Encür completed her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering at Balıkesir University in 2008, the Leadership Development Programme delivered through the Sabancı University Executive Development Unit (EDU)–Kale partnership in 2019, and her master's degree in Digital and Industrial Transformation in 2024. She began her career in 2008 as Business Development Officer at Kale Nakliyat, a Kale Group company. Over 12 years there, she rose to Business Development and Strategic Planning Manager.

In 2020, she joined Kaleseramik, the Group's flagship company. As Strategic Planning Manager, she currently works on strategic planning and performance management, project and innovation management, and data/process management.