Rector Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin OKUR

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Okur was born in Istanbul in 1970. He received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Marmara University in 1992, his master’s degree in Management and Organization from the Institute of Social Sciences at Marmara University in 1995, and his Ph.D. from the same department in 2001.

Having served as a faculty member in the Department of Business Administration at Marmara University since 1993, Prof. Okur was appointed as an Associate Professor in the field of Management and Strategy in 2016 and became a  Professor in 2021.

Between 2018 and 2021, he served as the Director of the Marmara University Continuing Education Center (MÜSEM). In September 2024, he was appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at Marmara University.

Prof. Dr. Okur has also held positions in various non-governmental organizations for many years and served for a period as a member of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA). Since 2012, he has continued in his role as a board member at the Istanbul Academy of Sciences Foundation (İ.B.A.).

His academic research focuses on Reputation Management, Career Management, Social Responsibility, and Human Resources. To date, he has supervised more than sixty academic theses. He continues to teach courses in management, human resources, working life, and industrial relations at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels.

By the Presidential Decree No. 2025/344 dated September 6, 2025, Prof. Mehmet Emin Okur was appointed as the Rector of Marmara University. He is married and the father of four children.

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