Dr. Yusuf Bora KARTAL was born in Ankara in 1983. He completed his BSc, MSc and PhD studies in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 2005, 2007 and 2014 respectively..

He started his career at ASELSAN as a Candidate Engineer in 2004. He served as an Embedded Software Design Engineer between 2004 and 2009. After joining to the Radar System Design group in 2009, he served as the Leader of Surveillance Radar Systems Design team. Within the re-organization held in 2014, he promoted as the Systems Engineering Design Manager for Surveillance Radar Systems. After participating in several surveillance radar systems design projects, he was appointed as the Radar Programs Director at Radar and Electronic Warfare Business Sector in 2022.

He was appointed as the Executive Vice President of Communication and Information Technologies with the decision of the ASELSAN Board of Directors on January 3, 2025.

Dr. Yusuf Bora KARTAL is fluent in English, married and has two children.