Meet Ali Hakan Safak

Ali Hakan Safak
MKE - Business Development Project Coordinator

Hakan KARATAŞ had his Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering from Marmara University in 2001.

He worked as National Contact Person (NCP) for the EU 7th Framework Programme’s European Research Council (ERC) and Regional Development Divisions between 2005-2010. Between the years 2010-2012 he worked as European Union Expert at Directorate of Social, Regional and Innovative Policies in Ministry for the EU. He was also Head of Department in Department of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)  in Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities from 2012 to 2014.

Since 2014, he is the Director for International Cooperation – TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey).