Kadir Akin Gozel
Akin joined Hedayah as a secondee from the Government of Turkey in 2022, he has worked as a civil servant for the past 33 years.
Before Hedayah, Akin worked in the Legal Advise Department of the Turkey's Ministry of Interior for seven years. He started his career as a district governor for 13 years, then moved to the Public Procurement Authority of Turkey where he spent another 12 years.
At Hedayah, Akin oversees and manages the Research and Analysis department’s programs, initiatives and activities.
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, Turkey.