1937 yılında İzmir’de doğdu. İlk ve Ortaöğrenimini İzmir’de tamamladı. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi İnşaat Mühendisliği Bölümü’nden mezun oldu. 1964’te, Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi’nde, Şehir ve Bölge Planlamacılığı alanında; 1966’da Pennsylvania Üniversitesi’nde yüksek lisans eğitimini tamamladı. 1968’de İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi’nde Şehir Planlama konusunda doktora yaptı. Yurtdışındaki çeşitli üniversitelerde konuk profesör olarak ders verdi.

Birçok belediyede ve kuruluşta danışma kurulu üyeliği yapan TEKELİ, Yerel Yönetim ve Demokrasi için Dünya Akademisi (World Academy for Local Government and Democracy) İcra Heyeti’nin kurucusu ve üyesidir. Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı Kurucu Başkanıdır. 2004-2008 yılları arasında YÖK Genel Kurulu üyeliği görevinde bulunmuştur.

Değişik dillerde, elliden fazla kitabı, dört yüzden fazla makalesi ve konferans tebliği bulunan TEKELİ, Sosyal Bilimler alanında birçok ödül aldı. 1964’ten bu yana, şehir ve bölge planlamacılığı, planlama teorisi, makro coğrafya, göç coğrafyası ve politik davranış, Türkiye’deki yerel yönetimlerin teorisi ve tarihi, kentleşme ve kentsel politika, ekonomi politikası, Türkiye’nin ekonomi tarihi, kent ve toplum tarihi gibi alanlarda yayımlanmış pek çok eseri vardır. 1970’den bu yana, Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi’nde Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü’nde öğretim üyeliği yapmaktadır.

Alp Yücel Kaya graduated from the Middle East Technical University of Ankara with degrees of BSc and MSc in economics. He has obtained his Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris with an as yet unpublished thesis: “Politique de l’enregistrement de la richesse économique: Les enquêtes fiscales et agricoles de l’Empire ottoman et de la France au milieu du XIXe siècle,” (2005). He worked at the Humanities and Social Sciences Department of the Istanbul Technical University between 2006 and 2013. He teaches actually as associate professor at the Economics Department of Ege University of Izmir. His research focuses on the conflictual world of property relations and agrarian transformation in France, the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean from 18th to 21st centuries. He is the author of “Searching for Economic and Administrative Reforms: Enquiry of 1863 in the Ottoman Empire”, Nadine Vivier (ed.), The Golden Age of State Enquiries Rural Enquiries in the Nineteenth Century, From Fact Gathering to Political Instrument, Turnhout, Brespol, 2014; “Şövalyelerden Halk Düşmanlarına İrrasyonel Kahramanlar”, Çınla Akdere ve Derya Güler Aydın (Der.), Edebiyattaki İktisat, İstanbul, İletişim Yayınları, 2014 (M. Erdem Özgür ile); “Le Bureau de la statistique générale de la France et l’institutionalisation des statistiques agricoles: l’enquête agricole de 1836”, Oeconomica, History, Methodology, Philosophy, 2013, 3 (3), 421-457; “Les villes ottomanes sous tension fiscale: les enjeux de l’évaluation cadastrale au XIXe siecle”, Florence Bourillon et Nadine Vivier (éds.), La mesure cadastrale, Estimer la valeur du foncier en Europe aux XIXe et XXe siècles, Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2012; “Genç Marx ve ‘Odun Hırsızlığı Kanunu Tartışmaları’ ”, Sevinç Orhan, Serhat Koloğlugil ve Altuğ Yalçıntaş (derl.), İktisatta Bir Hayalet: Karl Marx, Istanbul, İletişim Yayınları, 2012; “In the Hinterland of Izmir: Mid-nineteenth Century Traders Facing a New Type of Fiscal Practice”, Suraiya Faroqhi and Gilles Veinstein (eds.), Merchants in the Ottoman Empire, Leuven, Peeters, 2008.

She completed Bachelor’s degree at Anadolu University in Civil Engineering Department, in 1979 and completed her postgraduate study at ITU, Institute of Science in Civil Engineering Department in 1982,  completed her doctorate at Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Science in Civil Engineering Department, in 1988. She worked as a researcher at Dokuz Eylul University, in Civil Engineering Department between 1983 and 1989. She worked as a Project Engineer in Istanbul between 1982 and 1983. She worked at Washington University, in the USA, in Department of Atmospheric Sciences on Air Sea Transfer Processes in 1985. Between 1988 and 1989, with the post doctorate research scholarship of German Government Environmental Ministry, she made researches at  Stuttgart University (Universität Stuttgart) Health Engineering Institution, Water Quality and Solid Waste Management Department, Germany (Institut fur Siedlungswasserbau, Wassergute  und Abfallwirtschaft).

Filibeli worked at Dokuz Eylul University in Civil Engineering Department as an Assistant Professor Doctor between 1989 and 1990, and as Associate Professor between 1990 and 1996. She has been working at the same university as Professor Doctor since 1996.

Filibeli also worked as DEU CEVMER Deputy Manager between 1990 and 1991, as DEU Environmental Engineering Department Deputy Head between 1991 and 2000, as DEU Administration Board Member between 1990 and 1996,  as the Deputy Director of DEU Physical Sciences Institute between 2002 and 2004, as DEU Physical Sciences Institute Geographical Information Systems, (GIS) Department Head between 2003 and 2004. She has been working as DEU Environmental Engineering Department Purification Muds Lab Responsible since 2005, as DEU Faculty Board Member since 2006, as Izmir Province Strategic Planning, Governance, Research and Practice Center (İZİSYOM) Implementation Board Member since 2005, as DEU Physical Sciences Institute Administration Board Member since 2008. FİLİBELİ participated in a number of scientific Project as a researcher and performer. She has articles, notices and books that she edited, which were published.

She is the member of IWA, International Water Association, Water Pollution Control Researches and Supervision Turkish National Committee, Union of  Chambers of  Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) Constructional Engineers Chamber. Since 2009, she has been the member of Solid Waste Control and Researches Turkish National Committee and the Member of İZSU Administration Board since 2012.

Ms Güzel Yücel-Gier graduated in nutrition from Hacettepe University, holds a M.Sc. in marine aquaculture from the University of Caen (France). She was awarded a PhD in Aquaculture from Istanbul University with a thesis on an “Economical Analysis of Sea Bream and Sea Bass Fish Farms”. In her early carrier, over a period of 15 years, Dr. Güzel YÜCEL- GIER had hands-on experience in the foundation, ownership and management of hatchery-nursery- production units for the marketing of Sea Bass and Sea Bream; initially for Yaşar Holdings, a major Food and Beverage Group.  Eventually, she set up her own hatchery business. Later she was appointed as the technical director of the New Aquaculture Projects department of the Turkish Agriculture Bank.

She has been a researcher in the Marine Living Resources Programme in the Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology of Dokuz Eylül University since 1998. In the field of sustainable management of marine resources, she has focused on the Ecosystem Approach to Management, on Carrying Capacity Modeling, on Environment Interactions with Marine Aquaculture and on its integration into Coastal Zone Management. She has contributed to many national and international projects, has many publications and has organized many conferences and work-shops.

She also has served with success on the committees of multi-national organizations such as IUCN, FAO and Agropolis International. She has been involved in the drafting and development of a variety of guidelines, manuals and workbooks at national and international levels including works on Sustainable aquaculture, Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture, Zoning of Aquaculture, Site Selection, Site management and so on.

Elif Kocabıyık Savasta received her B.E. degree in the field of textile engineering at Ege University in 2000, and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in the field of industrial product design at Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) in 2004 and at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 2012. She worked as a research assistant at IZTECH and Izmir University of Economics (IUE) between 2001 and 2005. She was a visiting researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, UK (SHU) in the academic year of 2008-2009. She has been working as a lecturer at the Department of Industrial Design in IUE since 2005. She is a member of 4T-Design and Design History Society. She is the Chairperson of the Industrial Designers’ Society of Turkey (ETMK) Izmir Branch since 2016. She serves as World Design Organization (WDO) Community Liaison for the 2017-2019 term for Turkey.

Her research interests include design history, design culture, design research methods, digital humanities and basic design. She works on everyday objects with a specific interest in packaging from an evolutionary perspective in design. She has conference papers/presentations and articles, has been part of the organization of international conferences and has edited proceedings such as “Agrindustrial Design Conferences” in 2005 and 2012. She has worked in design projects at IZTECH and IUE-EKOTAM (Design and Research Centre). Recently, she worked as one of the coordinators in Izmir’s bid for World Design Capital (WDC) 2020, and coordinated the World Design Talk (WDT), “Co-living Izmir”, in 2018.