Profile

Murat Dedeman

Chairman
Dedeman Hotels and Resorts International

Murat Dedeman was born in 1951 in Ankara. He completed his undergraduate in Ankara Economics and Administrative Sciences Academy, upon completion of his studies at TED Ankara College.

After the completion of his degree, he joined his father, Mehmet Kemal Dedeman, and worked within the Dedeman Group in a variety of offices at different management levels. Since 1992, he has served as the Chairman of the Dedeman Holding.

The Dedeman Group which continues its activities in the same path of Mehmet Kemal Dedeman has focused on hotel management, mining and real estate, has realized new investments creating employment and value in these fields, has brought in lot of new things and has been known in domestic as well as in foreign as a reliable brand. Dedeman Holding has realized education and health investments in lot of areas of Turkey within social responsibility awareness.

The Dedeman Grouphas consolidated its leader position in the Turkish Hotel Management under the Presidency of Murat Dedeman thanks to its installations it brought into service in different geographies like Palandöken, Bodrum, Rize, Diyarbakır, Konya and has contributed to the development of these areas in terms of tourism. Moreover, Dedeman has gained the characteristic of being Turkey’s first and only hotel chain which operates under its own brand on the international stage with the hotels put into service in Nothern Cyprus, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria and Syria.

The Dedeman Group has also taken important steps in the field of mining and has contributed to the development of the mining sector’s standards in Turkey. Dedeman, which continues its activities with the concept of “Respectful Production to the Environment in Modern Enterprises”, has been one of the biggest mining societies of Turkey in terms of reserves, production and exportation of chrome, zinc and lead.

Murat Dedeman, who has served as a member in professional association and foundations like TYD (Turkish Tourism Investors Association) ,TUGEV (Tourism Development and Education Foundation), SKAL(International Association of Travel and Tourism Professionals), TUROB (Touristic Hotels and Investors Association), TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association), TABA (Turkish-American Business Association) connected with the sectors Dedeman Holding is showing activity and other memberships. Furthermore, Dedeman is also member of social, sport and cultural association and foundations like Kayseri Province Charity, TED Ankara College Association, TED Istanbul College Foundation, Umut Foundation Founding Trustee, Turkish Mining Development Foundation, Turkish Police Office Foundation.