General Secretariat

Erdal Cesar
General Secretary

Mr. Erdal Cesar received his undergraduate degree from the Faculty of Communication of Istanbul University. Mr. Cesar worked as a producer and host for radio programs, printing house manager, publishing group board member, general manager and chairman of the board of directors in various private sector institutions. He prepared documentaries for the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT). He served as a board member of the Federation of Professional Associations of Publishers (YAYFED), chairman of the Printing and Publishing Professional Committee and a council member of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) in the 17^th, 19^th, 20^th and 21^st terms, a board member of the Association of Press and Publishers (BASYAYBİR), a founding member of the Turkish Press and Publishers Copyright & Licensing Society (TBYM), a member of the Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD) headquarters, the publishing director of the Türkiye Diyanet Foundation Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM), and editor-in-chief of the Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies and the Journal of Ottoman Studies.

Mr. Cesar currently serves as the secretary general of Istanbul Ticaret University, a member of the ITO Culture, Art and Sports Specialization Committee, a member of the ITO Sports Club, a member of the advisory board of BASYAYBİR and TBYM, a loyalty member of MÜSİAD and a general assembly delegate of YAYFED.

Mr. Cesar is married and has two children.

Kağan Köklen
Assistant General Secretary

Mr. Kağan Köklen has born in 1976. He has graduated from the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management at Balıkesir University in 1999. Recently, Mr. Kağan Köklen completed the Business Administration Master’s program at Istanbul Ticaret University in 2019.

Mr. Kağan Köklen started his business life in the food and beverage sector. He assumed managerial positions at Majesty Tuana Resort, and at Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in U.S. between 2001-2006, respectively, then worked as the General Secretary of the Tokatli Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TOSİAD) and as the Purchasing and Marketing Manager at Çimsan A.Ş. Subsequently, he started and carried out his own business in the fields of security and cleaning between 2018 and 2012.

Mr. Kağan Köklen started to work at Istanbul Ticaret University in 2012, and has been working as the Deputy Secretary General since June 24th, 2019.

He is married and father to 2 children.