Mustafa GÜLTEPE

Mustafa GÜLTEPE

Chairman of the TİM

Chairman of the İstanbul Apparel Exporters Association

Chairman of the Talu Tekstil San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

Board Member of the Taha Pazarlama Ve Mağazacılık A.Ş.

Born in Tonya-Trabzon in 1968, Mr. Mustafa GÜLTEPE has graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Industrial Engineering in 1990 and obtained an MBA from Istanbul University.

He started his career at Taha Textile in 1992. He is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Talu Textile, which was founded in 1994 as a member company of Taha Group. For the last 32 years, he is actively in charge of executive management in the apparel industry, both in production and export operation levels of the supply chain management of ready-wear products. He has production facilities in Istanbul, Sakarya and Malatya, in which about 3400 people is employed.

Gültepe is within the Management Board of İHKİB since 2006. He worked as the Vice Chairman of the Board since 2014 and became the Chairman of İHKİB in the elections held in April 2018. He is also the Chairman of Sakarya 1st Organized Industrial Zone.

He is married and has three children. He speaks English fluently.