Kadir Akın Gözel
Akın joined Hedayah as a secondee from the Government of Türkiye in 2022, he has worked as a civil servant for the past 36 years.
At Hedayah, Akın oversees and manages the Research and Analysis department’s programs, initiatives and activities.
Before joining Hedayah, Akın worked in the Legal Advise Department of the Ministry of Interior of Türkiye for seven years. He started his career as a district governor for 13 years, then moved to the Public Procurement Authority of Türkiye where he spent another 12 years.
He holds a Master’s degree in public administration from the University of Exeter in Exeter, the UK, and a BSc from the Faculty of the Political Sciences of the University of Ankara in Ankara, Türkiye.