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Born in 1962 in Denizli, Göka studied journalism at Marmara University. In 1985, he started working for TRT. Between 2012 and 2014 he worked an advisor (müşavir) in the Prime Ministry. He became the Assistant to the General Manager of TRT and a member of the Board of Directors in June 2014. In October 2014 he became the General Manager (Genel Müdür) of TRT.

Kurtuluş Zeydan, born in Hakkari, is a graduate of Gazi University's Communications Faculty. He started working for TRT in 1994, where he produced many programs. In October 2010 he became the Manager of Programming at TRT1, and since 2013 he's been working as the General Coordinator. His father Mustafa Zeydan was elected as a Parliament Member from Hakkari in 1990 and 1995 from Dogru Yol Party (DYP) and independently in 2003, switching to ANAP and eventually to AKP. One of his brothers, Rüstem Zeydan, was a Parliament Member for AK Parti (from Hakkari) between 2007-2011 and a candidate in 2015. His other brother, Abdullah Zeydan, was a candidate for HDP for Hakkari in 2015. Kurtuluş Zeydan’s father-in-law Fuat Sönmez also held managerial positions at TRT.

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