Policy and Governance Roles

National

  • Steering Committee Member, Science, Technology and Innovation Policies Council of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye (2025–present)
  • Member, Ethics Supreme Board, Ministry of National Education (2025–present)
  • Led the technical preparation and coordination of the National Artificial Intelligence Action Plan 2026–2030
  • Key expert contributor to the National AI Strategy 2021–2025 and its 2024–2025 Action Plan

International

  • OECD Network of AI Experts (ONE AI), Member (2020–present)
  • OECD.AI Index Expert Group, Member (2024–present)
  • Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), Expert (2023–present)
  • UNESCO AI Ethics, Representative of Türkiye
  • NATO Data and AI Review Board (DAIRB), Delegate
  • IRCAI (UNESCO International Research Centre on AI), National Contact Point for Türkiye (2021–present)
  • European AI Alliance, Member (2019–present)
  • BSC AI Factory (EuroHPC JU), Task Leader for AI Act Compliance and Ethical AI
  • Organization of Turkic States, coordination of the Turkic LLM initiative
Policy Documents

Policy documents I contributed to as a working group, expert group or project community member.

International

National

  • Ulusal Yapay Zekâ Stratejisi 2021–2025 (National AI Strategy 2021–2025). Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Digital Transformation Office and Ministry of Industry and Technology, 2021. Key expert contributor.
  • Yapay Zekâ Teknoloji Yol Haritası (AI Technology Roadmap). Science, Technology and Innovation Policies Council of the Presidency, 2021. Member of the working, advisory and focus groups.
  • Türkiye Ulusal Yapay Zekâ Politika Belgesi (National AI Policy Document). Science, Technology and Innovation Policies Council of the Presidency. Contributing expert.
  • Yapay Zekâ Etik İlkeleri ve Hukuki Düzenlemeler Raporu (AI Ethics Principles and Legal Regulations Report). Türkiye Artificial Intelligence Initiative (TRAI), 2024. Contributor for TÜBİTAK BİLGEM.
Professional Service
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Reviewer for journals and conferences in artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation