Çiğdem Atakan

Çiğdem Atakan was born in Ankara in 1977. She began her undergraduate studies in 1995 at Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Film Directing, and graduated as the top of her class in 1999. During her university years, she took part in the International İzmir Film Festival and continued to serve in various national and international film festivals after graduation.

Between 1999 and 2005, she worked as a Project Assistant at the Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health Projects. From 2006 to 2009, she served as the Public Relations and Event Coordinator at the Turkish Education Association. Between 2012 and 2014, she worked as an administrative staff member at TOBB University of Economics and Technology.

Çiğdem Atakan joined TED University in January 2014 as Documentation and Registry Officer and has been serving as Manager of the Department of Documentation and Registry Management since July 2017.