Önder Yalçın

Önder Yalçın is a native of Gaziantep City southern of Turkey. He is currently Director of Migration Management Department at Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality and he was previously Coordinator of the Social Research Center at the Municipality. He has previous short time work experiences in Germany and Austria on Migration and Youth fields. His educational background and focus is on social work, community collaboration, education and human rights, which led him to a number of volunteer opportunities at different NGOs and a board member of Merit Education Association. Önder received his Bachelor Degree in Social Work at Hacettepe University, Ankara and ELT Department at Gaziantep University. He holds a Master’s in Political Science and International Relations at HKU. He attended several conferences in Europa, Africa and Middle East as a speaker. He is currently a Fulbright Hubert H. Humphrey fellow at AU Washington College of Law in Washington DC, USA.