Haluk Bayraktar

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Haluk Bayraktar
Haluk Bayraktar (cropped).jpg
EducationMiddle East Technical University
Columbia University
OccupationBusinessman · Engineer
Known forBaykar


TÜBİTAK
FamilySelçuk Bayraktar (brother)

Haluk Bayraktar (born October 4, 1978) is a Turkish engineer and executive. He is the CEO of Baykar, TUBITAK Board Member and founder and chairman of the board of Turkey Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation) and SAHA Istanbul.[1][2][3][4] He is a pioneer of Turkey for autonomous technology efforts which reshaped battlefields and geopolitics which resulted with a change of future warfare doctrines.[5][6]

Life[]

Haluk Bayraktar is the CEO of Baykar, Turkey’s premiere autonomous technology company. Haluk began his tenure at Baykar in 2004 as an engineering manager when Baykar’s autonomous technology efforts were still nascent. He has since been involved in every aspect of the business from engineering to project management to logistics support and business development.[7]

Haluk is also one of the founders of the Turkey Technology Team (T3) Foundation, an initiative intended to foster technology education among Turkish youth through entrepreneurship, competitions, and supplementary technology education.[8][9][10]

Additionally, Haluk was one of the founders and chairman of the board of Turkey’s Aerospace and Defense Cooperative (SAHA Istanbul), which includes over 600 companies and 16 universities.

During 2020 Corona pandemic peak times, he turned his company's engineering expertise to rapidly develop intensive health care ventilators and supported mass serial production.[11]

Honours and medals[]

Ribbon bar Award or decoration Country Date Place Note Ref.
Order of Merit 3rd Class of Ukraine.png Order of Merit of Ukraine (3rd Class)  Ukraine 25 August 2020 Kyiv Haluk was awarded with a Order of Merit of Ukraine at the Presidential Palace in Kiev by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for his service to Ukraine and Ukraine-Turkey relations [12][13][14]
AZ Karabakh order ribbon.png Karabakh Order  Azerbaijan 15 June 2021 Shusha Bayraktar was awarded this high award for his contribution to strengthening fraternal relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey, developing of cooperation, ensuring the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Azerbaijan [15][16]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.tubitak.gov.tr/sites/default/files/2204/haluk_bayraktar_cv.pdf[dead link]
  2. ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  4. ^ "SSB - TÜRK SAVUNMA SANAYİİ ÜRÜN KATALOĞU". www.ssb.gov.tr.
  5. ^ Washington, James Marson in Istanbul and Brett Forrest in (2021-06-03). "Armed Low-Cost Drones, Made by Turkey, Reshape Battlefields and Geopolitics". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  6. ^ Axe, David. "Behold The Turkish Navy's Drone Aircraft Carrier". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  7. ^ "İşte ilk Türk insansız hava aracını yapan üç kardeş". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Ekibimiz". Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  9. ^ "DENE-YAP TEKNOLOJİ ATÖLYELERİ'NDE PROJELER YARIŞTI". www.ibb.istanbul.
  10. ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  11. ^ Atherton, Kelsey D. "Drone Maker Creates Ventilators For The War On Coronavirus". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  12. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №341/2020". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України.
  13. ^ "Зеленський нагородив директора Baykar Makina Халука Байрактара державним орденом | Defense Express". defence-ua.com.
  14. ^ "Baykar Genel Müdürü Bayraktar: Ukrayna devleti tarafından üstün hizmet nişanına layık görüldüğüm için onur duydum". www.aa.com.tr.
  15. ^ "Aliyev'den Haluk Bayraktar'a Karabağ Nişanı". Daily Sabah. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev awarded Haluk Bayraktar with "Karabakh" order". Apa.az. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.


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