BIOGRAPHY

İlkin was born and raised in the United Kingdom until he later moved to Cyprus at a young age. At university, he studied and earned his degree from the Faculty of Education. Following his bachelor at the Eastern Mediterranean University, he moved to Ohio, United States of America and earned his Master’s Degree in Human Resources Development at the University of Findlay. After completing his education and internship in the United States, in 2005 İlkin returned back to Cyprus and started working at Eastern Mediterranean University at the Educational Sciences Department, further building his experience and career before moving to Girne American University as the Director of Human Resources. While he led and redeveloped the HR Department from scratch, he also lectured university students in Human Resources Management as an academician. This experience gave İlkin a unique opportunity by moving to Heidelberg, Germany with his young family in 2010 to work for one of Europe’s leading scientific organisations, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.