Dr. Fatih Hasdemir has started his duties as the Secretary General at IZÜ

03.02.2025

On his first day at IZÜ, Dr. Hasdemir met with the administrators of the university's administrative units. Our Rector, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cevat Acar, and Vice Rector, Prof. Dr. İsmail Küçük, wished him success in his new role.

Born in 1965 in Erzurum, Dr. Hasdemir completed his undergraduate education in the Department of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Uludağ University (1987). He pursued his graduate and doctoral studies in the United Kingdom. Between 1995 and 2002, Dr. Hasdemir served as a faculty member and Assistant Dean at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Balıkesir University. He worked at the Energy Market Regulatory Authority and the Prime Ministry Privatization Administration. From 2005 to 2011, Dr. Hasdemir served as the President of the National Agency. He then served as the Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry for EU Affairs from 2011 to 2013, and as the Deputy Permanent Representative of Turkey to the EU from 2013 to 2016. Between 2016 and 2020, he worked as the Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Development. Most recently, Dr. Hasdemir served as the Secretary General of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Foundation University from 2020 to 2024. As of today, he has assumed the role of Secretary General at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University.