Bilal Ekşi (Born in 1968 in Rize, Turkey) is Deputy Chairman and CEO of Turkish Airlines.
[1][2] Ekşi graduated from Yıldız Technical University, the Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering in 1989.
After graduation he joined as an Electronics and Communications Engineer the Turkish State Railways, later being assigned to the position of Workshop Manager at Metro Istanbul.
In 2010 he became General Manager of the company's sister air carrier Cyprus Turkish Airlines.
[3] On October 21, 2016, Ekşi has been assigned as Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee of Turkish Airlines, succeeding Temel Kotil.