Gürkan Akgün

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) Department of Housing and Urbanization, Deputy Secretary-General

Gürkan Akgün graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of City and Regional Planning, and received his Master's Degree in Urban Planning from the same university. After working as an urban planner in various companies, he worked as a Bureau Supervisor in Planning and Urban Transformation Offices within the Planning and Project Directorate of Beylikdüzü Municipality. Since 2016, he has served as the Planning and Project Manager of Beylikdüzü Municipality. Akgün, who served on the Istanbul Branch and Headquarters administrative boards of the TMMOB Chamber of City Planners between 2012 and 2016, has published many articles in various books, magazines, and newspapers about urban planning and policy. In 2019, he was appointed as the Head of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB) Department of Housing and Urbanization, and he was appointed Deputy Secretary General in 2024.

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