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Tel: +90 312 212 44 16-17-18 Fax: +90 312 212 49 30 Mail:bilgi@binaliyildirim.com.tr Personel Web:www.binaliyildirim.com.tr
He graduated from the Faculty of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at The Technical University of Istanbul with an Msc Degree in 1977. As a Naval Architecture and Marine Engineer, he worked at the various technical and managerial levels of General Directorate of Turkish Shipbuilding Industry and Camialtı Shipyard / Istanbul between 1978 /1993. He studied Maritime Safety Administration at the World Maritime University (WMU) - Malmoe between 1990 and 1991 under the governorship of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) where he was granted Msc degree on Maritime Safety Administration. During his two-year stay at WMU, he had several one to six weeks on the job training trips to various Scandinavian and the other European countries and their ports together with the experts of the Maritime Administration for a total of six months. He was appointed as the General Manager of Istanbul Sea Buses Corporation (IDO) in 1994 and managed the company until the year 2000. During his task, he supervised important projects for shifting the urban traffic of Istanbul towards maritime modes of transport. IDO became one of the largest firms in this field following the introduction of 29 sea terminals, 22 sea buses and 4 ferries, opening of Istanbul - Yalova and Bandırma lines, and putting into service of Adnan Menderes and Turgut Özal high speed ferries. Mr. Yıldırım was awarded the "Quality in Tourism Award" by Skal International in 1999 because of his contributions to maritime public transportation and tourism. He is the member of various Non-Governmental Organizations as well as the Head of Piri Reis Maritime Foundation and Culture and Co-operation Association of Refahiye. He is a Member of the Board of Governors of the World Maritime University (WMU) Malmoe / SWEDEN since March 2007. Mr. Yıldırım is a Member of the Parliament since the year-2002 and the Minister of Transport in the 59th Government of the Republic of Turkey. He was re-elected as a Member of Parliament from the province of Erzincan in the general elections held on 22nd July 2007 and continues his post as the Minister of Transport of the 60th Government of Turkish Republic. Mr. Yıldırım is married with 3 children and speaks English and French.
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