Salim Korkmaz

Salim Korkmaz was born in Adana, Turkey on 4th of July, 1984. After completion of his primary and secondary education in his hometown, he moved to Ankara, Turkey for his undergraduate degree on American Culture and Literature at Hacettepe University. He took up postgraduate courses in Translation Studies at Hacettepe University. He is currently studying under the Local Government, Urban and Environmental Studies MA program in Istanbul University. He started his professional career at Turkish Handball Federation, in the international relations department. He served as the coordinator of International Relations in Turkish Handball Federation until 2010. Between 2010 and 2012, he taught several courses on Translation of EU Texts, International Relations Texts, Press and Media Translation, and Translation of Legal Texts at Cappadocia Vocational Colleague, as a lecturer.  He has translated several books from English into Turkish, including Islam and Democracy (2010), Democratic Values in the Muslim World (2012), Roman Myths (2012) and Kamikaze Diaries (2016). Since 2013, he has been working at UCLG-MEWA, following up international development agendas and coordinating relations of the Organization with other international organizations. He is currently the General Coordinator of UCLG-MEWA. Salim Korkmaz has represented his organization before various fora and platforms, including but not limited to UCLG Congresses in Rabat, Morocco (2013) and Bogota, Columbia (2016), World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments in Quito, Ecuador, Habitat III PrepCom meetings in Nairobi, Kenya and Surabaya, Indonesia, Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador, and several Policy Forum on Development (PFD) meetings of the European Commission in Brussels, & Ghent, Belgium and Amman, Jordan, Gaborone, Botswana and Kathmandu, Nepal. He has coordinated the Intermediary Cities MEWA Regional Forum in 2017 in Nevşehir, Turkey.