Yerel YonetimManager of Program Management
Feb. 2007 - Jun. 2008Istanbul, TurkeyManaged several urban (clean) water and sewerage programs in partnership with city municipalities throughout Turkey, which required a private-sector participation to finance the construction of dams for drinking water and irrigation, sewerage, sewage treatment plants for both domestic wastewater and industrial wastewater. Each development program in the municipalities of Edirne, Bodrum, Kutahya, Sivas, and Hatay involved four key phases; phase 1: initiation (consultation with the mayor, meetings with managers of involved departments and engineers to assess the requirements); phase 2: planning, design and new service applications (feasibility and field studies, assessment and testing of the existing infrastructures, writing of reports and presentation of the final proposal); phase 3: permits and real estate (municipality permits and regulatory approvals). o The city of Edirne: Drinking water & sewage treatment plant (domestic wastewater) o The city of Bodrum: Drinking water & construction of a dam o The city of Kutahya: Drinking water & sewerage o The city of Sivas: Drinking water & sewage treatment plant (domestic wastewater) o The city of Hatay: Drinking water, sewerage & hydroelectric power