Melis Türker

Project Specialist

She graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration in 2015. She completed her master's degree in Local Administrations, Urban and Environmental Studies at the same university.

She as a Project Specialist of our project titled “Integrated Municipal Good Governance Model” takes a role in designing and implementing the good governance model for municipalities. Türker, who started her career at the East Marmara Development Agency, continued at the United Cities and Local Governments the Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA) and worked at the Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (UNDP-IICPSD). As a short-time expert, she worked with international organizations in the field of training guideline preparation precess. She carries out her studies in the fields of smart city, sustainable urbanization, local governance, city diplomacy, urban mobility, clustering, networking, training design, performance evaluation.

Being a part of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers community, Türker as a volunteer takes part in social projects.