Council Staff

Prof. Hüseyin AĞIR
Institutional Internal Evaluation & Status Report huseyinagir@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3281 gorevlendirme

Prof. Yunus Nadi YÜKSEK
Training yunusnadiyuksek@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3280 gorevlendirme

Assoc. Prof. Songül OMUR
Student Involvement songulomur@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3162 gorevlendirme

Asst. Prof. Çiğdem SAZAK TURGUT
Information Services cigdemsazakturgut@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3152 gorevlendirme

Asst. Prof. Meryem Ayşegül KOZAK ÇAKIR
International Relations aysegulkozak@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3234 gorevlendirme

Asst. Prof. Sibel ORHAN YILDIZ
External Evaluation, Follow-up sibelorhan@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3171
gorevlendirme

Dr. Erdem SARIAYDIN
Authorization and Recognition erdemsariaydin@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3250 gorevlendirme

Dr. Resul TELLİ
Institutional Accreditation, Mid-term Evaluation
resultelli@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3232 gorevlendirme

Res. Asst. Sena ÇATAL
Institutional Internal Evaluation senacatal@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3161 gorevlendirme

Mehmet YILMAZ
Secretary General mehmetyilmaz@yokak.gov.tr kurulcalisani

Ömer Faruk YILDIZ
Branch Manager
Administration, Publicity and Stakeholder Relations
omerfarukyildiz@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3240 kurulcalisani

Burhan AĞIRMAN
Financial Services Specialist
Administrative and Support Services & Administrative Processes burhanagirman@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3270 kurulcalisani

Mustafa ÇOLAK
Expert
Authorization and Recognition
mustafacolak@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3150 kurulcalisani

Hatice MENDİL
THEQC Assistant Expert
Higher Education Evaluation haticemendil@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3292 kurulcalisani

Mustafa ÖZCAN
THEQC Assistant Expert
Authorization and Recognition mustafaozcan@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3290 kurulcalisani

Muzaffer Mert TOPUZ
THEQC Assistant Expert
Higher Education Evaluation mmerttopuz@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3291 kurulcalisani

Sezai AKIN
THEQC Assistant Expert
Higher Education Evaluation sezaiakin@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3293 kurulcalisani

Bahar HELLAÇ
Computer Engineer
Information Services baharhellac@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3200 kurulcalisani

Hüseyin BİLGİLİ
Computer Engineer
Information Services huseyinbilgili@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3210 kurulcalisani

Seda TEKİN
Computer Engineer
Information Services sedatekin@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3160 kurulcalisani

Sultan BAHAT
Computer Engineer
Information Services sultanbahat@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: kurulcalisani

Gülşah SAYDAN
Industrial Engineer Process Management & Methodology Development gulsahsaydan@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3231 kurulcalisani

Züleyha KOL
Translator-Interpreter
Translation & International Relations
zuleyhakol@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3172 kurulcalisani

Bahattin DEMİRLİOL
Administrative Officer Institutional Internal Evaluation bahattindemirliol@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3261 kurulcalisani

Harun KAPLAN
Administrative Officer Documentation & Movables and Inventories Management harunkaplan@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3260 kurulcalisani

Mücella YAZICI
Administrative Officer
Activity and Publication
mucellayazici@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3202 kurulcalisani

Oğuzhan AKSOY
Administrative Officer Private Secretary oguzhanaksoy@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3101 kurulcalisani

Semih TOPÇU
Administrative Officer
Activity and Publication
semihtopcu@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3251
kurulcalisani

Serap ŞAHİN
Administrative Officer
Council & Documentation serapsahin@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3102
kurulcalisani

Çağrı BALIM
Civil Servant
Activity and Publication
cagribalim@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3262
kurulcalisani

Musa Bahadır YURTTERİ
Civil Servant Higher Education Evaluation musayurtteri@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3181
kurulcalisani

Hüseyin DURSUN
Officer Private Secretary huseyindursun@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3100
kurulcalisani

Merve SÖZEN
Office Staff Human Resources & Ethics mervesozen@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3170
kurulcalisani

Ömer Barış ÖZTÜRK
Office Staff Higher Education Evaluation omerbarisozturk@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3230
kurulcalisani

Resul KARAKAYA
Office Staff Procurement & Tendering resulkarakaya@yokak.gov.tr
Internal: 3201
kurulcalisani

Asst. Prof. Tuba CANVAR KAHVECİ
Adviser
Internal Quality Assurance System tcanvar@sakarya.edu.tr danismanlar

Prof. Ivan LEBAN
International Adviser Born on 6 July 1947 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. After graduation at University of Ljubljana from Chemistry, D.Phil. degree obtained at Physics Department, University of York, England, from Crystallography in 1973. Elected as Full Professor of Chemistry at University of Ljubljana in 1989, ranking now as 6th chemist in Slovenia with over 200 publications (WOS) and over 3000 citations. Emeritus Professor at University of Ljubljana in 2019. In 2002-2005 he was a Vice-rector of University of Ljubljana and from 2013-2018 a Director of Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (SQAA-NAKVIS https://www.nakvis.si/)). SQAA is a full member of ENQA (https://enqa.eu) and registered in EQAR (https://www.eqar.eu/). From 2001-2005 he was promoting Bologna reform at University of Ljubljana, introducing ECTS point system and Diploma Supplement. From 2006-2018 he was external expert - evaluator of EUA IEP (https://www.iep-qaa.org/) doing evaluations of several universities in Slovenia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Russia, Georgia. He was a Vice-Chair of European Consortium of Accreditation (ECA, ecahe.eu) and a Vice-Chair of Central and Eastern European Network of QA Agencies (CEENQA, ceenqa.eu). He is a freelance journalist and is writing about popular science in the local weekly newspaper. Married with Janja Leban with three daughters in family. ivan.leban@gmail.com internationalconsultants

Prof. Olgun ÇİÇEK
International Adviser After completing his postgraduate education in England, he started working as a lecturer at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Business Administration in 1992. He completed his doctorate at the same university and received the title of Assistant Professor in 1998. In 2001, he went abroad and took part in different periods, positions and projects from Department Head to Vice Rector in state and private universities in different countries (TRNC, Dubai, Singapore, Switzerland, England and USA) for 21 years. During this period, he received the title of Associate Professor in Dubai in 2005 and Professor in TRNC in 2013. Finally, he served as a Board Member in KKTCYÖDAK (Higher Education Planning, Supervision, Accreditation and Coordination Board) between 2014-2022. Currently, as an elected Board Member, he is the Vice President of CEENQA (Association of Quality Assurance Agencies for Central and Eastern European Countries) and also the Vice President of IQA (Association of Quality Assurance Agencies for Islamic Countries). In addition, as an elected member; CHEA-CIQG International Advisory Council Member, BAC-British Accreditation Council, Accreditation Committee Member, and an assessor on behalf of many institutional and program accreditation bodies (QAA, NVAO, AQAS, OCQAS etc.) in America, Europe, Middle East and Far East, Consultant in TKTA, Azerbaijan and IAAR, Kazakhstan Quality Assurance Agencies and International assessor and Consultant in YÖKAK. As of April 01, 2022, after 21 years, he was reappointed to his own position in Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Business Administration and at the same time, he started to work as the External Relations Coordinator within DEÜ Rectorate. He has been appointed as YÖKAK Advisor as of 06/06/2022. olguncicek@yokak.gov.tr internationalconsultants

Ronny HEINTZE
International Adviser Ronny Heintze is a Senior-Consultant at AQAS, the largest German Accreditation agency, where he serves as Commissioner for International Affairs. In his ten years of service he coordinated more then 140 accreditation procedures in- and outside of Germany with a special focus on Joint Programmes. His international experiences cover projects across Europe, Asia, the Arab world and South America. He served as an expert in numerous projects of the European Union with assignments in Egypt and the Republic of Moldova. He is currently representing ENQA in the programme committee of the European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) which he chaired in 2019. In 2016 he was appointed chairman of the Working Group on Innovation in Quality Assurance and Accreditation of the European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA) in which he was elected to the board in 2018. Ronny is an agency reviewer for ENQA as well as the global network INQAAHE. He held teaching assignments at the University of Bonn and Erfurt and currently teaches about the United Nations at the University of Trier. Before joining the Quality Assurance community he held executive positions at NMUN in New York, organizing the worlds largest Model UN conference hosted by the United Nations. He holds a M.A. degree of the University of Bonn in Political Science, Psychology and Media Science. heintze@aqas.de internationalconsultants

- Turkish Higher Education Quality Council Üniversiteler, 06800 Çankaya/Ankara
- 0312 266 38 22 - 0312 266 39 31/32
- theqcsecretariat@yokak.gov.tr

- Turkish Higher Education Quality Council Üniversiteler, 06800 Çankaya/Ankara
- 0312 266 38 22 - 0312 266 39 31/32
- theqcsecretariat@yokak.gov.tr