UZAY

Senior Management

Bülent AVENOĞLU

Deputy Institute Director (Technical Research, Production-Application-Software)

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Bülent AVENOĞLU received his BSc (1998) and MSc (2001) degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Hacettepe University. He started his career at TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute in 1999, where he worked as a senior principal researcher. Mr. AVENOĞLU has played important roles in Turkey's leading satellite projects such as GÖKTÜRK-2, RASAT, TÜRKSAT 6A and İMECE, and has held critical positions such as GÖKTÜRK-2 Project Manager and İMECE Production Work Package Leader.

AVENOĞLU gained administrative experience in positions such as Ground Support Systems Group Leader (2012-2018) and Assembly Integration and Test Group Leader (2018-2024) and was appointed as Technical Assistant Director of TÜBİTAK UZAY Institute in 2024. In his current position, AVENOĞLU leads strategic projects to increase Turkey's competence in space technologies.