He was born in Gaziantep in 1968. After passing the entrance exam in 1993, he was appointed as an Assistant Accounting Expert at the Ministry of Finance; following his success in the qualification exam, he was promoted to Accounting Expert in 1996 and to Senior Accounting Expert in 2003.
He graduated from Kütahya Emet High School and then from the Department of Public Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Gazi University.
Between 2003 and 2005, he earned a master’s degree in Financial Economics at Boston University in the United States.
In 2003, he served as Deputy Director at the Presidency of the Finance Higher Education Center. During this period, he assumed responsibility for implementing the Finance Quality Management Project, which was launched by the Ministry of Finance to promote Total Quality Management.
Starting in October 2005, he served at the Revenue Administration, first as Group Director for Taxpayer Services, and later as Director of the Audit and Compliance Management Department and Director of the Strategic Development Department.
From August 2010 to January 2018, he worked as a Tax Implementation Coordinator at Türk Telekom Group.
Karyağdı holds the titles of Sworn in Certified Public Accountant and Independent Auditor.
Since 2018, he has continued his professional career at Yeni Ekonomi Danışmanlık A.Ş. and BTNK Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik Ltd. Şti., where he serves as a founding partner with the aim of institutionalizing family-owned businesses.
Nazmi Karyağdı, a member of the Tax Council at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, has served two terms as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ankara Branch of the Turkish Quality Association (KalDer) and as a member of the Executive Board of the Turkish Informatics Association.
Nazmi Karyağdı has published numerous articles in various journals and newspapers on topics such as tax law, accounting, capital markets, total quality management, management, institutionalization in family businesses, and finance.
He was one of the founders of the websites vergialgi.com and TurkishTaxNews.com, which launched in 2012.
Nazmi Karyağdı has authored nine books, the titles of which are as follows:
- Profit Distribution in All Its Aspects, the Association of Financial Accounting Experts, 1st Edition-1999, 2nd Edition-2002, 3rd Edition-2008, 4th Edition-2014, 5th Edition-2026
- Taxes and Incentives for the Information Technology Sector, co-authored with Bülent Taş, Seçkin Publications, 1st Edition – 2017, 2nd Edition – 2023, 3rd Edition – 2025
- Value-Based Management in the New Economy and Netizen Society, co-authored with Prof. Dr. Özlem ATAY and Prof. Dr. Mualla SELÇUK, Turkish Quality Association (KalDer) Publications, 2021
- A Value-Based Management Approach to Developing Organizational Culture, co-authored with Prof. Dr. Özlem ATAY and Prof. Dr. Mualla SELÇUK, PEGEM Academy Publications, 1st Edition 2021, 4th Edition 2023
- The Men Who Sell Taxes, Publication of the Association of Financial Accounting Experts, December 2015
- Tax Audits at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Ministry of Finance, Directorate General of Strategic Development Publication, 2006
- Total Quality Management and the Turkish Tax Administration, Ankara Chamber of Industry Publication, 2001
- The Legal Nature and Taxation of Royalty Income, co-authored with Ömer Duman, 1st Edition: Ministry of Culture Publication, 2000; 2nd Edition: Association of Financial Accounting Experts Publication, 2010
- Declaration and Taxation of Rental Income, Oluş Publishing, 1998
Nazmi Karyağdı is married and has one child.
E-mail address for contact: nazmi.karyagdi@yeniekonomi.com.tr