Hasan Arat

Hasan Arat (born 27 September 1959) is a Turkish Sports Administrator, businessman and former professional basketball player. He was the leader of Istanbul's Bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Sports administration

Hasan Arat rose to international prominence as leader of Istanbul's bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Vice-President of the Turkish National Olympic Committee was appointed leader of the Bid when Istanbul were officially shortlisted as a Candidate City by the International Olympic Committee in May 2012.[1] This was Istanbul's fifth and most successful Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.[2] The announcement of the 2020 Host City was made on 7 September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires following presentations by each candidate city,[3] and Istanbul lost to Tokyo in the final round of voting by the International Olympic Committee, following the earlier elimination of Madrid.[4] Arat led Istanbul's final presentation to the International Olympic Committee members where he was joined by Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[5][6] Following Istanbul's presentation, Arat said, "The Bid has united the people of Turkey, especially our young people, behind a common vision for our country’s future. Whatever happens with the vote, this bid has brought the whole nation together; it has inspired and engaged our younger generation; and it has made a lasting connection between Turkey and the Olympic Movement.”[7][8]

Following Arat's leadership of the Istanbul 2020 Bid, he was elected as an Executive Committee member of the European Olympic Committee,[9][10] and appointed a member of the International Olympic Committee's Marketing Commission.[11][12] In May 2014, IOC President, Thomas Bach, announced that Arat would be one of nine members of a new Olympic Bidding Procedure Working Group, which aimed to review the bidding procedure to host an Olympic Games in order to make it simpler and more appealing for cities to apply.[13][14]

Basketball career

Hasan Arat played professional basketball for 7 years. After beginning his career at Adana Demirspor, he played for 5 years for Besiktas Gymnastics Club (BJK) from 1977 -1981. He was the Vice-President of Besiktas Gymnastics Club (BJK) from 1998-2000.[15]

Business career

Arat is the Chairman of the Executive Board of Capital Partners, a leading real estate developer operating in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and UAE.[16][17] Some of the projects developed by Capital Partners include the Ritz Carlton Moscow, Renaissance Atyrau, Renaissance Aktau, Marriott Executive Apartments Atyrau, Metropolis Shopping Mall and Business Center Moscow, Esentai Park Almaty, Ritz Carlton Almaty and Kaplankaya Canyon Ranch Bodrum, Turkey.[18]

Arat holds a variety of other business positions, including membership of the Board of Trustees of Acibadem University,[19] Board member of FIBA Holding,[20] and a member of the International Advisory Council of Abraaj Capital Limited.[21] He is a Vice President of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation's (UNTWO) Affiliated Members Board of Directors, representing the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB),[22][23] was the former President and is a current member of the Executive Council and Board of Directors of the International Apparel Federation (IAF)[24] and is a Council Member of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) Turkish Chinese Business Council.[25]

Arat was awarded the ‘Businessman of the Year’ award in 1996 by Economist Magazine, the National Productivity Center of Turkey and Dunya Newspaper.

Personal life

He lives in Istanbul with his wife, Simin, and has a son, Ali, and a daughter, Zeynep.

References

  1. ↑ "Exclusive: Istanbul 2020 appoints Hasan Arat as bid leader". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  2. ↑ "The Business Year". Thebusinessyear.com. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  3. ↑ "2020 Host City Election". Olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  4. ↑ Jacob Steinberg. "Olympics 2020 decision (Tokyo, Istanbul or Madrid) – as it happened". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  5. ↑ "Istanbul 2020 Optimistic Ahead of Vote". businesswire.com. 7 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Turkish PM, Istanbul team vow to 'mobilize all means' for 2020 Olympics ahead of vote - OTHERS". Hurriyetdailynews.com. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  7. ↑ "Istanbul 2020 Optimistic Ahead of Vote". Reuters.com. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  8. ↑ "Istanbul 2020 Optimistic Ahead of Vote". Businesswire.com. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  9. ↑ "Ireland’s Hickey to head EOC until 2017". Sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  10. ↑ Cristina Diaz. "Executive Committee". Eurolympic.org. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  11. ↑ "Ser Miang Ng and Takeda chosen by Bach to head IOC Finance and Marketing Commissions". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  12. ↑ "Marketing". Olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  13. ↑ "IOC President Thomas Bach announces composition of Olympic Agenda 2020 Working Groups". Olympic.org. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  14. ↑ "Agenda 2020 Olympic Bidding Procedure Evaluation Group Named". GamesBids.com. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  15. ↑ "Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü". Bjk.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  16. ↑ Danielle Rossingh (27 February 2013). "Istanbul Uses Economy, Youth in Push for Olympic Games". Bloomberg.com.
  17. ↑ "Hasan Arat kimdir, ne iş yapar, hayatı, kariyeri... (Olimpiyatlara Doğru)". Hbrdr.com. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  18. ↑ "Capital Partners". Capitalpartners.ws. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  19. ↑ "Mütevelli Heyeti". Acibadem.edu.tr. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  20. ↑ "Fiba Group - Hakkımızda - Yönetim Kurulumuz". Fibaholding.com.tr. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  21. ↑ "The Abraaj Group" (PDF). Abraaj.com. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  22. ↑ "TOBB joins the UN World Tourism Organization’s administration". Tobb.org.tr. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  23. ↑ "Unlocking potential: Cambodia, Burundi, Turkey". Tradeforum.org. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  24. ↑ "IAF’a Türk başkan". ZAMAN.com.tr. 22 July 1995. Retrieved 2015-04-29. C1 control character in |title= at position 4 (help)
  25. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20141119221323/http://www.deik.org.tr:80/KonseyDetay/169/38/Y%C3%BCr%C3%BCtme_Kurulu.html. Archived from the original on November 19, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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