Ozgul Ozkan Yavuz

Özgül Özkan Yavuz is the Secretary General of İstanbul Development Agency and a member of the Board of Directors of the European Association of Regional Development Agencies (EURADA).Before holding this position, she was General Manager of the İstanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau while serving in the Executive Board of European Cities Marketing Association. She hold various positions in Ministry of Culture and Tourism between 1997 – 2014, serving in diplomatic mission as Culture & Tourism Attaché in Turkish Embassy to The Hague, Netherlands and as Director for International Relations & Tourism in Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency, among other administrative posts.She graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in the Middle East Technical University with a Bachelor degree (Hons.) on Urban and Regional Planning. She had MSc degrees from Centre for Urban and Regional Studies in the University of Birmingham (2000) and from Urban Policy Planning and Local Governments Programme of Middle East Technical University (1998).