Bilge Turcan

Bilge Turcan has over 20 years of experience within real estate and development sectors. He started his professional career working for UCLG-MEWA as a development specialist at regional headquarters in Istanbul. After leaving UCLG-MEWA, he completed his master’s degree at School of Economics, Rotterdam University in Netherlands on Urban Management. Following his masters, he actively involved in the real estate sector in Cushman & Wakefield through various positions such as Senior Consultant, Head of Valuation & Advisory and Head of Capital Markets. Following his active career in real estate, Bilge has served as Chief Business Development Officer in Dedeman Hotels Group where he was responsible for development and execution of growth & expansion strategy, contract negotiations, brand design strategies and pre-opening support to operations. In 2011, Bilge has co-founded IDEMA, a special entrepreneurship initiative that is cultivating sustainable, novel projects and global partnerships to support socio-economic development across Turkey and the World, and committed to provide meaningful impact through developing and implementing socio-economic development projects, realizing innovative solutions towards development obstacles and serving as a hub for development practitioners to form global partnerships.