Born in İstanbul in 1983. While attending İstanbul Erkek High School, he also attended the exchange programs at TASIS in Lugano, Switzerland. After graduating from the department of International Relations at Koç University, he attended the international exchange program at UCLA (University of California). Upon returning to Turkey, he has been an investor and a founding partner at various tourism enterprises. Currently he is the CEO of INFLOW Network, and the Chairman of Digital Tourism Association.
He speaks English and German, and is married with 2 kids.
Managing Partner
Afşın Avcı
Graduated from Boğaziçi University MIS department. Between 2009 and 2014, he worked as Turkey Country Director of Berlin based global in-game advertising company SponsorPay. The company was sold to RNTS Media in October 2015 for 190M$. During this period, he also contributed in foundation of a social media agency, DF Istanbul. Also worked at Yemeksepeti (Delivery Hero) for a special project for 4 months. In the beginning of 2014, Avcı took up the role as country director of the Paris based advertising network Kwanko, and led it through the Turkish market.
Afşın Avcı continues his career as the CEO of GAIA Creative Group and the managing partner of INFLOW Network.
Chairman of Board
Neşet Dereli
Graduating from the Department of Economics in Boğaziçi University in 1998, he continued his career in advertising & marketing using his experience from his student days.
After working in advertising agencies for almost 15 years as a copywriter & creative director, he worked as the Digital Marketing & Brand Manager at Turkish Airlines, then went on to advise & manage the digital marketing strategies of several prestigious companies before finding his own calling in INFLOW Network and GAIA Creative Group.
Neşet Dereli has also been teaching copywriting courses in Boğaziçi University since 2004, and is the Chairman of Board in INFLOW Network and GAIA Creative Group at the moment.
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