Emre Burçkin

Consulta Independent Audit, Certificated Financial Consulting and Consulta Group Chairman of the Board; Association of Italian Entrepreneurs (CIMM) Deputy Chairman; Member of the Turkish/Italian Friendship Association in Milan; as well as the Italian/Roma Club in Turkey, Emre Burçkin has today left 38 years of professional life behind him.

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Born in 1952, Burçkin married his wife Sebnem – a retired employee of Turkish Airlines – in 1977, and they have two children. His daughter Zeynep Eroglu, who completed her education in the field of economy in the Marmara University School of Economic and Administrative Sciences has followed a similar professional route to that of her father, while his son Cem Burçkin, who was born in 1986, obtained his Associate's Degree from Istanbul Ticaret University, School of Engineering, Department of Textile Patterns, before completing his bachelor's degree in the department of business administration.

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Burçkin's career in the private sector began in the field of accounting and auditing in the 1974–1978 period. Following his undergraduate studies at the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences in 1976, he completed his graduate degree at the same university in the field of finance in 1978.

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In 1980, he started working as a research assistant in the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, School of Business Administration, department of accounting; and in 1986, he worked as a lecturer at Marmara University, School of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration. He started his PhD studies in 1984 in the field of Accounting & Finance at Marmara University, after which he served under the titles of assistant professor, associate professor and professor, respectively in 1988, 1990 and 1996.

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In the administrative field, he acted as the Director of Marmara University Accounting Research and Application Center and was a member of the steering committee of Marmara University, School of Economic and Administrative Sciences. In addition to his academic duties, he has also offered financial consulting and training services to the private sector and to various organizations under the license provided by Law 2547. He has for many years worked with the most popular organizations in Turkey, particularly in the fields of energy, construction and pharmaceuticals, and has made some very important contributions to foreign capital movements between Turkey and the European Union. He has in particularly enabled Italian companies to invest in Turkey, and has arranged conferences to discuss issues related to the regulations and foreign capital laws related to foreign investments in Turkey that are issued mostly by Tusiad and Uni-credit. He has organized further conventions in Turkey for international financial consultants, auditors and tax lawmakers, and so has contributed greatly both to the promotion of Turkey and to the attraction of international capital.  By giving conferences involving the Republic of Turkey Foreign Capital Agency, he has enabled the training of Turkish and foreign staff in foreign agencies in issues related to tax regulations.

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Burçkin has contributed greatly to the economy with his independent business, with the graduate thesis he managed, and with national and international publications, books, presentations and projects. Burçkin has at various times of his life lived in Italy, Switzerland and London, where he has been engaged in research and education, and he still makes foreign visits every year for the meetings and events of INAA and Ambrosetti, who are among the business partners of the Consulta Independent Audit and Certificate Financial Consulting company that he founded in 1988 in which he has acted as Chairman of Board and responsible chief auditor since 2001.

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Apart from his academic life and professional business life, Burçkin is also a member of the Italian High School Graduates, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the Burgazada LIONS Association, the Istanbul YMM and the Association of Higher Trades Board of Trustees. He is also the club chairman of Kınalıada Aquatic Sports Club, being a former swimmer and diver.

In 2012, Burçkin was awarded the “Honor of Knighthood” by the Italian Government for his valuable contribution to Turkish-Italian economic relations.

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His hobbies include collecting Ottoman Firmans, antique clocks, cars and paintings, and he has a deep interest and love of Italian culture and economy. His personal interests include researching the Italian language and culture, and studies of the economic activities and developments in the history of Istanbul.