20.01.2026 13:11
The fact that DEIK President Nail Olpak's son Halil Enes Olpak serves as the Chairman of the Turkey-Angola Business Council and a member of the Executive Board of the Digital Technologies Business Council, while his other son Muhammet Enes Olpak serves as a member of the Executive Board of the Saudi Arabia Business Council, has brought discussions about the concentration of high-level positions within the same family in the institution.
Recent developments at the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) have reopened discussions about the institution's management approach. The fact that family members of Nail Olpak, who has been serving as the President of DEIK for nearly 8 years, hold critical positions within the organization has raised the question in the public eye: "Is it an institutional structure or a family business?"
As DEIK holds significant representation power in Turkey's foreign economic relations, the criteria by which the management staff is determined has become a matter of curiosity due to its semi-public nature.
TWO NAMES FROM THE SAME FAMILY, STRATEGIC ROLES
Nail Olpak's son, Halil Enes Olpak, serves as the President of the Turkey-Angola Business Council and is also a Member of the Executive Board of the Digital Technologies Business Council under the institution. His other son, Muhammet Enes Olpak, holds the position of a Member of the Executive Board of the Saudi Arabia Business Council. The presence of different family members in influential positions in DEIK's foreign economic relations with various countries has sparked discussions.