Selim Gökdemir

Selim Gökdemir (born 1960) is a Turkish businessman. He is chairman of the board of directors of the Megapol Group in affiliation with which he has made several of İzmir's first skyscrapers.

Biography

Selim Gök Demir was born in 1960 in İzmir. He attended the İzmir Atatürk Lisesi[1] and graduated from high school in 1978. He went to Germany to study electrical engineering and established his first company in Germany in 1984. Later, he was requested to come back to Turkey by his father who was a well-known contractor. Gökdemir became general manager of the family's brick factory.[2]

He started in real estate in the end of 1980, when he worked on the development of a plot owned by his family.[2] In 1992, he became chairman of the Megapol Group board of directors and in 1994, he developed his first tower, Mavi Kule.[2]

Megapol Group was responsible for the construction of the first two skyscrapers in Bayrakli.[3]

He developed several towers in İzmir including Gökdemir, Mavi Kule, Heris Tower, Sunucu Plaza, Kordon Kule, Megapol Tower,[4][2][5] and Çarşı Kule; and, as of 2018, was working on the Megapol İzmir project.[6]

Gökdemir was involved in legal proceedings involving arrested individuals connected with alleged financing of FETÖ.[7][8][9]

Personal life

He is fluent in Turkish, German and English and has three children.[2]

References

  1. ^ "ArkiPARC - Konuşmacılar - Selim Gökdemir". www.arkiparc.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. ^ a b c d e SOHBETLERİ, Elif Ergu, Elif ERGU / CUMARTESİ. "İzmir'in kulecisi". hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Retrieved 2022-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ TATLIBAL, Engin (8 October 2016). AydIn, Nuran (ed.). "Selim Gökdemir: İnşaat, Türkiye için vazgeçilmez!". emlakkulisi.com (in Turkish). Gözlem (Newspaper). Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  4. ^ "Megapol'den 2016'ya 800 milyonluk yatırım". Haberturk. 19 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Rüyalarımı gerçekleştiriyorum". egedesonsoz.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  6. ^ Gençer, Osman (2018-11-05). "Cesur yürekler yine çıktı meydana". haberturk.com (in Turkish). Haberturk. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  7. ^ "Son dakika: Ünlü iş adamından flaş FETÖ itirafı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 13 April 2017. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  8. ^ odatv4.com. "FETÖ itirafçısı işadamına malları geri verildi". odatv4.com. Retrieved 2022-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "'FETÖ ile mücadele'den cebini dolduranlar". cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-10-03.