05.04.2025 16:00
It has been claimed that Can Akın Çağlar, the Secretary General of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB), who was detained as part of an investigation against the İBB and released under judicial control, has resigned. It has been suggested that Volkan Demir, who was elected as a member of the Party Council at the CHP's 38th Ordinary Congress, will replace Çağlar.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has claimed that Can Akın Çağlar, the Secretary General of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM), who was detained as part of the investigations initiated against IMM and released under judicial control, has resigned from his position.
It has been suggested that Prof. Dr. Volkan Demir, who was elected as a member of the Party Council at the 38th Ordinary Congress of the CHP, will take over the vacant position of Secretary General of IMM following Çağlar's resignation.
WHO IS CAN AKIN ÇAĞLAR?
He was born in 1962 in Sivas and completed his high school and university education in Istanbul. After graduating from Istanbul University Faculty of Economics in 1983, he participated in the Master's Program in Money and Banking at the same university. He began his professional career in 1985 as an Assistant Auditor at the Undersecretariat of Treasury. During his 10 years in public service, he held various auditing positions in many banks and financial institutions operating in Turkey.
After completing his master's degree in Financial Economics at Boston University in the USA between 1995-1997, he returned to Turkey and continued his career as Deputy General Manager at Egebank AŞ and also as General Manager at Ege Yatırım AŞ. He served as General Manager at Faisal (Family) Finance AŞ Participation Bank between 1998-2003.
In 2003, he returned to the public sector and served as General Manager of T.C. Ziraat Bankası for 8.5 years until 2011. During this time, he also held various chairmanships of the Board of Directors in many financial subsidiaries of Ziraat Bank in both domestic and international markets for varying periods. In 2011, he left his position at Ziraat Bank and was appointed as a Board Member of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA). In 2014, he left his public position and continued his professional life as General Manager at Eureko Sigorta A.Ş., a Dutch company.
During his 5-year tenure as General Manager of Eureko Sigorta until May 2019, he also served as a board member at Inter-American, the insurance company of the Netherlands-Achmea Group in Greece, as well as board member positions at TARSİM and DASK, and held the chairmanships of the Insurance Information Center and the Guarantee Fund, in addition to the presidency of the Turkish Insurance Association, the highest institution in the insurance sector. Before his appointment to IMM, Mr. Çağlar's last position was as Deputy Chairman of the Board at Eureko Sigorta AŞ. He is married and has three children.