Bayram Tekçe

Born in Ereğli, Zonguldak in 1972, Bayram Tekçe graduated from Ereğli Anatolian High School and then from Ankara University Department of Dutch Language and Literature in the Faculty of Languages and History-Geography as a Philologist.

Mr. Tekçe started his professional career as a licensed professional tourist guide under the roof of the Ministry of Tourism. As a member of the Istanbul Chamber of Guides (IRO), he guided Dutch and Belgian tourists on cultural tours between 1996 and 2004. Mr. Tekçe also worked as a simultaneous interpreter and organizer for UEFA sports competitions.

These field experiences provided Mr. Tekçe with a great opportunity to develop language and communication skills, recognize and understand foreign cultures, along with gaining unique experiences to establish systems and manage organizations. These significant achievements have been the milestones of his success in real estate sales to foreigners today.

Mr. Tekçe founded Antalya Homes Emlak A.Ş., whose legal name today is Tekce Overseas Gayrimenkul A.Ş, in 2004, when real estate sales to foreigners became legal. Since then, Mr. Tekçe has led several firsts in the real estate sector. Mr Tekçe, who closely follows the latest global trends with his innovative vision, was the first to see that Bitcoin, the first launched currency of the crypto world, could be used as a means of payment in the real estate market.

Mr. Tekçe, who made the world’s first real estate sale with Bitcoin in September 2017, converted crypto payments on foreign exchanges where he was an accredited broker, ensuring significant foreign currency inflow to Turkey. Mr. Tekçe invested in Proptech and launched the first systematic example of an online real estate sales platform in Turkey with TeleProperty, a remote purchasing system he introduced in 2008.

Tekce Overseas took the first step towards becoming a global company in 2017. By establishing Tekce Overseas SA, headquartered in Málaga, Spain, the company began operating in the Spanish real estate market, serving buyers from all over the world under the Spain Homes ® brand. In 2018, Mr. Tekçe established Tekce Exclusive Gayrimenkul Pazarlama AŞ, which manages the organization of professional sales offices.

Bayram Tekçe has transformed Tekce Overseas into a corporate real estate brokerage company that offers a “new way of living” to foreign real estate investors with integrated services. Mr. Tekçe has established a company organization that provides 360-degree services across all areas of the real estate market, guiding the entire investment journey of foreign investors from property acquisition to starting their new life, with consultancy in visa, finance, and legal matters alongside after-sales services. In 2018, Mr. Tekçe established the 'Real Estate Export Committee' in the Real Estate Investors Association (GYODER) by using the concept of 'real estate export' for the first time. Chairing this committee, Mr. Tekçe laid the foundations of major goals for 2025. 

Interested in finance and technology as well as real estate, and believing in the synergy of these fields, Bayram Tekçe carried his sales experience gained in real estate, real estate portfolio, and mastery in exit strategies to the field of investment funds as of 2020. Mr. Tekçe launched a major development and led a first in Antalya, the main center where activities are carried out and international investors directly invest. Mr. Tekçe, who established Antalya's first 3 investment funds in the areas of "venture capital and real estate investment", introduced the First Tekçe Land Property Investment Fund to the industry, creating a great chance for land investments.

Focusing on sustainable projects in the crypto market, Fintech, and Proptech, Bayram Tekçe founded Apenin Technology AG, a crypto asset management company that provides crypto gateway services, in Switzerland in 2022, where commercial payments with cryptocurrency are authorized. In the same year, Mr. Tekçe added a new one to the integrated services that he had started in the real estate field. In 2022, Tekce Visa was launched as the registered trademark of Tekce Legal Consultancy SA, a legal consultancy company established in Spain in partnership with Özkan Tekçe. Tekce Visa provides legal consultancy services on all issues for individuals looking for opportunities to start a new life abroad through real estate purchase.

A visionary entrepreneur, Bayram Tekçe continued to invest in innovative fields. In collaboration with guitarist Cem Köksal and Bahtiyar Balci, he founded Shark Instruments Sanat Ürünleri AŞ, Turkey's first guitar production factory, in 2018 and began mass production in 2025.

Mr. Tekçe, who established the GYODER Real Estate Export Committee in 2018, started his civil society activities with the “real estate export vision” for Turkey. Since 2020, he has served on the board of directors as the Founding Vice President of Real Estate Service Exporters Association (GİGDER) and as the Chairman of the Board of GİGDER since 2023. 

TEKCE group companies are members of the Service Exporters Association, the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK), and the Spain Business Council.

Bayram Tekçe, who speaks English and Dutch at an advanced level, is married and a father of 2 children.