051990 – today
Chronology
He has been working since the age of twelve; every school summer was spent working.1 The companies he founded or ran span four sectors: consumer goods, real estate, advanced materials chemistry and artificial intelligence.
- 2025 – today
Obsora Holding, Inc. — co-founder
Delaware, USA. A company that collects and labels AI training data.2
- 2024 – 2025
British Robotics — director and COO
United Kingdom. A project moving public services to AI and robotics.3
- 2024 – today
Mergen Technopark — founder
Istanbul. A project to turn a bankrupt shopping centre into a technology park; currently on hold.4
- October 2020 – March 2022
ABTC Ltd — founder, director
London, United Kingdom.5
- February 2020 – today
Turing Kimya — founder, chairman
Teknopark Istanbul. Lead-free radiation shield; first place at TEKNOFEST 2021 (ISIF'21 Grand Prix).6
- 2018 – 2020
- April 2018 –
TCAB Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. — chairman
Istanbul. An information technology company.9
- 2013
RM USA LLC — founder
Orlando, Florida. Reha Medin's US company.10
- December 2008 – today
Reha Medin Global — partner and general manager, later chairman and CEO
Istanbul. A franchise network that reached 64 offices, DAMAC and Sumitomo, Mashattan, Atlasglobal, the first listing exchange with sahibinden.com.11
- 2006 – 2008
Sanko – Martelli partnership — marketing director
Istanbul and İnegöl. Textiles and denim.1
- 2005 – 2007
Olsan Dış Ticaret — horeca sales manager, brand manager
Campari and Skyy Vodka sales to hotels, restaurants and bars in Turkey. In 2006 his global segmentation and customer management plan for Campari International was accepted and rolled out in Romania.12
- 2003 – 2004
Vepa Velar Kozmetik — sales manager
Turkish sales of Aramis, DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger and La Mer; a team of 25, 2 million dollars in yearly revenue, 30 percent average yearly growth.1
- —
Net Medikal Dış Ticaret — trader
Turkish distribution rights for hearing aid brands.1
- 2001
Turkish Armed Forces — lieutenant, English teacher
Army Language School; set up language courses for officers.1
- 2000 – 2001
Omnia advertising agency — marketing communications specialist
Communication, fairs and conferences for automotive, construction and software groups.1
- 1990 – 2000
School years
Sales to tourists in the Grand Bazaar; an internship in corporate banking at Dışbank.1
Education and languages
| Institution | Field | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Istanbul University | Faculty of Business Administration, BA13 | 1996 – 2000 |
| Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi | — | 1989 – 1996 |
| Army Language School | Teaching certificate | 2001 |
Turkish native, English advanced; German and Italian basic.
Systems he runs
Tools he builds with and runs today: Claude and Claude Code, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok; HeyGen and ElevenLabs for voice and avatars; Cloudflare, Supabase, Next.js, FastAPI; the Meta and Google advertising platforms. At Reha Medin he set up the company's software arm: CRM systems for sales offices, apps for real estate consultants, online payments for property management, franchise monitoring and reporting.1
Sources
archive Document held in Tamer Çiçekçi's archive; no online copy. statement Tamer Çiçekçi's own statement or post.
- 1Tamer Çiçekçistatement
- 2Obsora Holding co-founder documents — archivearchive
- 3British Robotics role documents, 2024–2025 — archivearchive
- 4Mergen Technopark investor letter and executive summary, 2025 — archivearchive
- 5Companies House — ABTC Ltd, 12927660document
- 6Turkish Trade Registry Gazette, 24 February 2020, issue 10022, pp. 233–234archive
- 7Castello — Accor supply contract, 27 September 2019 — archiveAccorarchive
- 8Tamer Çiçekçi, 12 October 2026statement
- 9TCAB Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. board resolution — archivearchive
- 10RM USA LLC, Orlando — Reha Medin 2013 group profile, archivearchive
- 11Reha Medin press release, 10 January 2009: general manager Tamer Çiçekçi and the new partnership — archivearchive
- 12Correspondence with Campari headquarters, 13 March 2007: "I am the horeca guy for Campari in Turkey" — archivearchive
- 13Tamer Çiçekçi's 2007 application correspondence: BA in Business Administration, Istanbul University — archivearchive