PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Ahmet Yalçınkaya

Ahmet Yalçınkaya is a Turkish engineer and poet with a robotics thesis and a 2020 article on smart production systems that learn in real time and run processes autonomously. He held factory roles from 1993 to 2007, edited poetry journals, and published collections from 1997 to 2008. His studies include physics at Eskişehir Osmangazi University from 2020 to 2024. He is management coordinator at Molino in Konya, a role he has held since March 2016.

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Molino Machinery Industry and Trade Inc.
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Timeline

  1. 1963–1991

    A robotics master's thesis

    Born in Giresun, Turkey, in December 1963, he grows up in Germany. At Boğaziçi University, he earns a mechanical-engineering degree in 1987 and a robotics master's at Istanbul Technical University in 1991. His 1991 thesis examines dual numbers in robot kinematics and dynamics.

  2. 1993–1999

    Factory roles in Turkey

    At Ülker, he leads project development from 1993 to 1995; he becomes assistant technical manager at Karbogaz from 1995 to 1996, technical manager at Kahramanmaraş Kağıt from 1996 to 1998, and general manager at Armasan from 1998 to 1999.

  3. 1995–1998

    Editing poetry journals

    He represents Kiragi Poetry Journal in Istanbul from 1995 to 1997, serves on Endulus's editorial board from 1997 to 1998, and edits Mevsim in 1995.

  4. 1997–2008

    Poetry collections

    His collections include Dagʻlarda Yer Yok (1997), Yetim Kalan Shiirler (2001), and Yuragimning Koʻz Yoshi (2001). Özlem Sularında appears as an e-book in 2004 and in print in 2005, while Poems of the Night, an anthology with Richard Mildstone, appears in 2005 and 2008.

  5. 2000–2007

    Papfen and Namangan work

    At Papfen, he serves as assistant general manager from 2000 to 2007 and consults on textile technology at Namangan Mühendislik Ekonomi Enstitüsü from March to November 2006.

  6. 2012–2016

    Mill projects and management

    He directs a project at Konya Şeker from 2012 to 2014 and serves as general manager at Molino from 2014 to 2016.

  7. 2020–2024

    Smart production and physics

    In a 2020 article on smart production in mills, he describes a flexible system that learns in real time and runs processes autonomously. He studies physics at Eskişehir Osmangazi University from 2020 to 2024.

  8. Since 2016

    Molino management coordinator

    He is management coordinator at Molino Mak. San. ve Tic. A.Ş. in Konya, a role he has held since March 2016.

Career

  1. Since 2014Molino Machinery Industry and Trade Inc.General Manager, Management Coordinator
  2. 2012–2014Konya ŞekerProject Director
  3. 2006Namangan Institute of Engineering and EconomicsTextile technology consultant
  4. 2000–2007PapfenAssistant General Manager
  5. 1998–1999ArmasanGeneral Manager
  6. 1996–1998Kahramanmaraş KağıtTechnical Manager
  7. 1995–1996KarbogazAssistant Technical Manager
  8. 1993–1995ÜlkerProject development lead

Education

  1. 2024Eskişehir Osmangazi UniversityPhysics student
  2. 1991Istanbul Technical UniversityMaster's degree in robotics
  3. 1987Boğaziçi UniversityMechanical-engineering degree

From the biography.

  1. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1962 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.
  2. The United States employs an estimated 53% of people in our data with a known employment countryOur estimates of where AI careers are concentrated now and how countries’ shares of dated positions changed over time.
  3. 47% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionOur estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.

Sources and credits

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  1. Ahmet Yalçınkaya - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Ahmet Yalçınkaya – Wikipedia de.wikipedia.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Ahmet Yalçınkaya - Danışman - Ahya Engineering and Consultancy | XING xing.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Ahmet yalcinkaya uzpedia.uz. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Değirmenlerde ‘Akıllı Üretim’ imkanı ve temel unsurlar | Miller Magazine millermagazine.com. Checked 18 October 2026.