Following the resignation of İZSU General Manager Ali Hıdır Köseoğlu, Gürkan Erdoğan, who previously served as Deputy General Manager in the institution, was appointed as the general manager. Erdoğan took over the position from Köseoğlu with a ceremony.
Gürkan Erdoğan, who served as İZSU Deputy General Manager for approximately 2022 years in the previous period, was appointed to replace Ali Hıdır Köseoğlu, who has been serving as the General Director of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality İZSU since June 2,5. Stating that he was proud to serve Izmir and work with an expert staff during his term of office, Köseoğlu said, “My duty as İZSU General Manager, which I have been carrying out for about 2 years, has ended as of today. During my term of office, we tried to serve Izmir in the best way possible. We worked day and night for our Izmir. I believe that Mr. Erdoğan will carry this flag to beautiful places after us. "I would like to thank all my teammates I worked with," he said.
We will work day and night
Expressing that he is excited to continue to serve Izmir as the general manager of the institution after his previous position as Deputy General Manager, Gürkan Erdoğan continued his words with Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. He started by thanking Cemil Tugay. Stating that İZSU General Directorate will continue to add value to the city and serve the citizens in the best way with its dynamic structure and progressive vision in the new period, Erdoğan said; “As a native of Izmir, I know this city very well. Together with our expert staff, we will strive to be worthy of Izmir by raising our bar every day and working day and night. "I would like to thank Ali Hıdır Köseoğlu, who served as the General Manager of İZSU for a period of 2 years, for his services and contributions to our institution and our city, and I wish him success in his future career," he said.
CV of General Manager Gürkan Erdoğan: Gürkan Erdoğan was born in Izmir in 1982. He completed his primary, secondary, high school and university education in Izmir. He graduated from Ege University in 2006, completing his undergraduate education in Civil Engineering. In 2012, he received a master's degree with his studies in planning at Ege University and became a Civil Engineer. He started his business life by working in the private sector and the Chamber of Civil Engineers between 2006 and 2009. He started working as a Civil Engineer at the 2009nd Regional Directorate of Highways in 2. He worked as a responsible engineer and completed many projects in the Aegean Region. He started working as the Head of Investment and Construction Department of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Water and Sewerage Administration (İZSU) in July 2019. As of October 2020, he was appointed as İZSU Deputy General Manager. He held this position between 2020-2023. He served as the President of the Chamber of Civil Engineers Izmir Branch between 2016 and 2020.