Ezgi Yılmaz is part of a network of young Turkish and European leaders from all sectors who come together once a year to engage in intensive dialogue and to share views and ideas about topical social issues. The Turkey Europe Future Forum takes place alternately in Turkey and Germany, as well as in other European countries.
Ezgi Yılmaz works as the Strategic Planning and Project Coordinator at the Istanbul Foundation
for Culture and Arts (İKSV). Ezgi graduated from Koç University in 2010 with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering. Right after her graduation, her interests led her into Art & Culture Management and she received her master’s degree from University of Bologna under the GIOCA (Innovation and Organization for Culture and the Art) programme with Summa Cumme Laude. In 2013, she started working as a Sponsor Relations Associate at İKSV. Between May 2014 and February 2016, she worked as a Cultural Marketing and Communication Specialist at Red Bull Turkey, and then as a Fundraising Coordinator for SAHA Association. During the second half of 2016, Ezgi returned to İKSV as a Strategic Planning Specialist and supported several departments in fundraising. Since January 2019, she has been working at Cultural Policy Studies department at İKSV.