Turkish American Chamber of Commerce

Our unique service has established our place in commerce. This allows us to make a distinctive and substantial impact for our members.

Vural Cengiz - President

Mr. Cengiz has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Finance from Ankara University’s School of Political Sciences (SBF). In addition, he has a Master of Arts degree in Economics and MBA from State University of West Georgia. He was a teacher in the faculty of Ankara University and Cukurova University from 1980 to 1986.

Since 1986, Mr. Cengiz has been in the United States and served Turkish-American community in several organizations. He helped 130 Bosnian families to settle in Atlanta area working together with World Relief and International Rescue Committee.

Mr. Cengiz received Volunteer of The Year awards from IRC and Save the Children. He was the president of Georgia Turkish American Cultural Association between 1994 and 1996.

Mr. Cengiz received High Service Award of TACA in 1998, and on the national level he has been serving as a volunteer in the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) since 1996. Starting as a treasurer, he was elected as vice president, president-elect, and finally president in the Southeastern region.

He received the Meritorious Service Award of ATAA in 1996, and Distinguished Service Award of ATAA in 1998. Cengiz is currently residing in Florida and has a business for Real Estate and Securities Investments, besides financing and environment consulting.

Fuat Ornarli - Vice President

Fuat Ornarli, P.E., graduated from the Middle East Technical University in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. After taking several graduate courses such as 'Budgeting in construction' , 'Cost Analysis' , 'Disputes of Contacting', 'Specifications' , and 'Value Engineering', he began his professional career as a Civil Engineer and General Contractor.

Mr. Ornarli started his career working with construction design projects. In 1998, he moved to the United States, starting with structural engineering and gained experience in bridge design, residential, commercial, industrial building design, and inspections. He has also co-authored multiple professional publications for engineers.

After 35 years of experience in engineering, he continues his work as a Professional Structural Engineer with his PSN Consulting company.

Since 1998, Mr. Ornarli has been serving the Turkish-American community as well as interacting with multiple American and Turkish businesses.