Education and Academic Titles

• Ankara Science High School — Graduation, June 1974
• Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine — Medical Degree, June 1980
• Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine — Residency in Internal Medicine, November 1985
• Associate Professorship in Internal Medicine, October 1987
• Ankara University Faculty of Medicine — Fellowship in Hematology, September 1991
• Ankara University — Professorship in Hematology, July 1993

Professional Experience

• Istinye University — Faculty Member, 2024
• Liv Hospital Ankara, 2023–Present
• Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Division of Hematology — Faculty Member, 1989–2023
• Ankara University Unrelated Donor Tissue and Cord Blood Bank — Founder and Faculty Director, 2006–2023
• Ankara University Tissue Typing Laboratory — Founding Director, 1995–2023

Scientific Board Memberships

• Member, Turkish Academy of Sciences, 1995–Present
• Member, Science Academy, 2011–Present
• President, Turkish Bone Marrow Transplantation Foundation, 2012–Present
• Member, International Myeloma Foundation Scientific Advisory Board, 1999–Present
• Board Member, European Myeloma Network, 2023–Present
• Vice President, Balkan Myeloma Study Group, 2018–Present
• Vice Chair, EBMT CMWP Plasma Cell Disorders Committee
• Chair, Turkish Society of Hematology Multiple Myeloma Subcommittee, 2022–Present

Editorial Roles

• Advances in Hematology — Editorial Board
• Frontiers in Medicine — Associate Editor
• Frontiers in Genetics — Guest Editor
• Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia — Editorial Board
• Frontiers in Pharmacology — Editorial Board

Professional Memberships

• European Blood and Marrow Transplantation Group (EBMT), since 1991
• International Bone Marrow Transplantation Registry (IBMTR), since 1992
• International Society of Hematology (ISH), since 1992
• European Hematology Association (EHA), since 1994
• EORTC Leukemia Cooperative Group, since 1991
• Turkish Society of Hematology, since 1990
• Turkish Bone Marrow Transplantation Foundation — Founding Member and Board President
• American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, since 2008
• American Society of Hematology (ASH), since 1991
• International Myeloma Foundation, since 2000
• European Federation for Immunogenetics (EFI), since 2000
• World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA), since 2000
• European Myeloma Network — Founding Member, since 2004
• International Myeloma Society, since 2009
• Balkan Myeloma Study Group, since 2017
• EHA Congress Scientific Committee — Member, 2014–2017

Awards

• TÜBİTAK Service Award, 2024
• Ankara University Most Successful Academic of the Year, 2021
• Visiting Professorship Award, Nanjing Municipal Hospital of TCM, China, 2018
• Best Basic Science Abstract in Multiple Myeloma, New York, USA, 2017
• Kaymakçalan Science Award, Turkish Cancer Research and Control Association, 1986
• Third Prize, TÜBİTAK Project Competition, 1973