Erhan Tabakoğlu (born 1967 in

Kırklareli Kırklareli () is a city in the East Thrace, European part of Turkey. It is the seat of Kırklareli Province and Kırklareli District.Province of Kırklareli) is a Turkish professor of medicine at

Trakya University Trakya University () is a public university in Edirne, Turkey. It was established on July 20, 1982. The university is located in Edirne, in Eastern Thrace. Trakya University is a regional university with branches and campuses spread over the T ...

. He was elected as the new rector of the university on 12 July 2016 by a majority vote, and at the end of July the election was confirmed. He defeated the incumbent rector Yener Yörük, who was also a candidate. In 2016 he was elected as General Secretary of Balkan Universities Association and in 2020 Tabakoglu was confirmed as rector for a second term until 2024.

Life and work

Tabakoglu was born in 1967 and attended primary and secondary school in Alpulla and took school leaving examinations in

Edirne Edirne (; ), historically known as Orestias, Adrianople, is a city in Turkey, in the northwestern part of the Edirne Province, province of Edirne in Eastern Thrace. Situated from the Greek and from the Bulgarian borders, Edirne was the second c ...

. He then studied medicine at

Istanbul University Istanbul University, also known as University of Istanbul (), is a Public university, public research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. Founded by Mehmed II on May 30, 1453, a day after Fall of Constantinople, the conquest of Constantinop ...

and performed his two-year military service in

Adana Adana is a large city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province, Adana province, and has a population of 1 81 ...

. Tabakoglu began his career at the Trakya University Clinic for Lung Disease in 1992, and in 2005 he became an associate professor. He has been professor of intensive care at the clinic since 2012. Many scientific articles of him have been published in national and international channels about his specialization as ''Chest Diseases'' and ''Intensive Care'', he also had active part in related unions. During his career he undertook many different administrative and academic duties like Medical Education Master Science Branch Faculty Membership, Medical Faculty Administrative Board Selected Associate Professor Delegation, Medical Faculty Hospital ISO Quality Certificate Internal Audit Responsibility, Medical Faculty Farabi Coordinating, Foreign Students Academic Consultancy, Sleeping Clinic Chest Diseases Responsibility, Trakya University Education Commission Medical Faculty Academic Membership. As Trakya University Rector, he carries on tasks like ''Permanent Management Board Membership'' and ''Consistent General Secretary'' of Balkan Universities Union that has nearly 90 members from Balkan universities. Erhan Tabakoglu is also performing ''Management board membership'' task of Trakya Universities Union Homepage of Trakya Universities union
/ref> which is the most active University Union of Turkey and consists of members Trakya University, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Tekirdag Namık Kemal University, Kırklareli University and Bandırma Onyedi Eylul University.He was head of the board between 2018 and 2020. Leading to determined important projects for Trakya University in many fields like ''Academic and Scientific Publishing'', ''Museum Studies'', ''Social Responsibility Projects'', ''Public, University, Industry Cooperations'', ''Integration with City and Region'', ''Teknopark'', Tabakoglu increased number of museums to 5 together with“ Sultan 2nd Bayezid Complex Trakya University Kitchen Museum”. One of them “Nature History Museum” is the first one in the region. Sultan 2nd Bayezid Complex and Health Museum has been rewarded as “museum of the year” by International University Museums Union Platform in 2021. The revitalisation of international relations by Trakya University after the COVID pandemy is most important to rector Erhan Tabakoglu. Erhan Tabakoglu is married and has two sons, he is interested in professional photography, plus diving, trekking and aikido sports.

External links

Scientific publications Erhan Tabakoglu

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tabakoglu, Erhan 1967 births Living people Academic staff of Trakya University Rectors of universities and colleges in Turkey