Fikret Orman

Turkish businessman and sports executive (born 1967)

Fikret Orman

Orman at the press conference in 2017

33rd President of Beşiktaş JK
In office
25 March 2012 – 24 October 2019
Preceded by| Yıldırım Demirören
Personal details
Born|  (1967-11-04) 4 November 1967 (age 57)
Istanbul, Turkey
Spouse| Sedef Orman (1992–2012)
Children| 2
Alma mater| Yıldız Technical University
University of Florida
Profession| Civil engineer, businessperson

Fikret Orman (born 4 November 1967) is a Turkish businessman and sports executive.

## Career

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Orman graduated from Işık Lisesi [tr], before going on to study at Yıldız Technical University, and later at the University of Florida in the United States.[1] He has a degree in civil engineering. Orman has been involved in the construction and tourism sectors.[2]

On March 25, 2012, Orman became the 33rd president of Beşiktaş J.K., receiving 4,025 of the 4,545 votes cast in the extraordinary congress held after previous president Yıldırım Demirören resigned to be appointed at Turkish Football Federation.[3] He was re-elected at the next ordinary congress in 2013, and once again in May 2016. His latest term ended in May 2019.[4]

On 24 September 2019, Orman announced his resignation from Beşiktaş J.K.[5] During his 7.5 years of tenure, commercial debts of club raised from TRY580 million up to TRY2.6 billion.[6] During same period, there were total of 77 transfers made in and out, including Pepe, Mario Gómez, Demba Ba, Anderson Talisca, Jose Sosa, Gary Medel, Alvaro Negredo and Domagoj Vida.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Fikret Orman - Biyografi" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019. "1967 yılında İstanbul'da doğmuştur. Orta öğrenimini Işık Lisesi'nde, Yüksek Öğrenimini Yıldız Üniversitesi ve ABD Florida Üniversitesi'nde tamamlamıştır. Sanayi, Turizm ve İnşaat sektörlerinde Yönetim Kurulu Başkanlıkları ve Üyelikleri bulunmaktadır. İngilizce bilmektedir."
2. ^ Beşiktaş JK Official Site - Fikret Orman
3. ^ cnnturk.com-Büyük farkla Fikret Orman
4. ^ "Fikret Orman yeniden başkan!". haberturk.com (in Turkish). Retrieved March 17, 2018.
5. ^ "Beşiktaş Başkanı Fikret Orman İstifa Etti!" (in Turkish). NTV Spor. 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
6. ^ a b "Beşiktaş'ta Fikret Orman dönemi sona eriyor" (in Turkish). Milliyet. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.

## External links

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* Profile at Beşiktaş J.K.

Honorary titles

Preceded by

Yıldırım Demirören

|  President of Beşiktaş JK
2012–2019  | Succeeded by

Ahmet Nur Çebi

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Beşiktaş J.K. presidents

* Mehmet Şamil Şhaplı (1903–1908)
* Şükrü Paşa (1908–1911)
* Fuat Paşa (1911–1918)
* Fuat Balkan (1918–1923)
* Salih Bey (1923–1924)
* Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni (1924–1926)
* Fuat Balkan (1926–1928)
* Ahmet Fetgeri Aşeni (1928–1930)
* Emin Şükrü Kunt (1930–1932)
* Abdülkadir Ziya Karamürsel (1932–1935)
* Fuat Balkan (1935–1938)
* Abdülkadir Ziya Karamürsel (1938–1939)
* Yusuf Ziya Erdem (1939–1941)
* Abdülkadir Ziya Karamürsel (1941–1942)
* Abdullah Ziya Kozanoğlu (1942–1950)
* Ekrem Amaç (1950)
* Salih Fuat Keçeci (1950–1952)
* Abdullah Ziya Kozanoğlu (1952–1955)
* Tahir Söğütlü (1955–1956)
* Danyal Akbel (1956–1957)
* Ferhat Nasır (1957)
* Nuri Togay (1957–1958)
* Enver Kaya (1958)
* Nuri Togay (1959–1960)
* Hakkı Yeten (1960–1963)
* Selahattin Akel (1963–1964)
* Hakkı Yeten (1964–66)
* Hasan Salman (1966–1967)
* Hakkı Yeten (1967–1968)
* Talat Asal (1968–1969)
* Rüştü Erkuş (1969–1970)
* Nuri Togay (1970)
* Agasi Şen (1970–1971)
* Himmet Ünlü (1971–1972)
* Şekip Okçuoğlu (1972–1973)
* Mehmet Üstünkaya (1973–1977)
* Gazi Akınal (1977–1979)
* Hüseyin Cevahir (1979)
* Gazi Akınal (1979–1980)
* Rıza Kumruoğlu (1980–1981)
* Mehmet Üstünkaya (1981–1984)
* Süleyman Seba (1984–2000)
* Serdar Bilgili (2000–2004)
* Yıldırım Demirören (2004–2012)
* Fikret Orman (2012–2019)
* Ahmet Nur Çebi (2019–2023)
* Hasan Arat (2023–)

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