Süreyya Serdengeçti

Süreyya Serdengeçti
Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey
In office March 14, 2001 – March 13, 2006
Preceded by	Gazi Erçel
Succeeded by	Durmuş Yılmaz
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 64–65) Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Alma mater	Vanderbilt University
Occupation	Civil servant, academician
Profession	Economist

Süreyya Serdengeçti (born 1952) is a Turkish economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey. He is currently working as an instructor in Turkish and world economics at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Ankara, Turkey.

He was born 1952 in Istanbul, Turkey. After completing high school in Istanbul, he studied economics at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and earned 1979 his BA degree. From 1984 to 1986, he attended The Graduate Program in Economic Development at (GPED) at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. and received a master’s degree in economics.

Serdengeçti entered the Central Bank of Turkey in 1980 and worked first in the international debt relief section. After returning from the USA, he served from 1992 as manager for the foreign exchange administration and from 1992 for open market operations. In 1994, he was appointed press spokesman and assistant general manager for foreign affairs being responsible for balance of payments and international institutions. Serdengeçti was appointed to the post of general manager for money markets covering the fields international reserve management, foreign exchange and interventions, interbank market, open-market operations and treasury contracting. Additionally his existing post, he was promoted to vice governorship for credits, informatics and statistics in 1998.

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