

FOUNDER
Dr. NEJLA KILINÇ
EDUCATION
Nejla Kılınç graduated from the Department of City and Regional Planning at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 1989. She obtained her master's degree in 2006 from the Public Administration Graduate Program at the Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East (TODAIE). In 2018, she earned her PhD in Landscape Planning from Ankara University’s Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Department of Landscape Architecture.
Between 2011 and 2012, she conducted research for her doctoral thesis titled "Developing a Landscape-Based Planning Language for Large-Scale Physical Plans" as a scholarship recipient at Kassel University in Germany, within the Departments of Urban and Regional Planning and Landscape Planning.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Nejla Kılınç began her career as an Urban and Regional Planner at the Zoning Directorate of Ankara Keçiören Municipality (1989-1991). She continued her work at the Master Plan Department of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality (1991-1993) and later worked at a private urban planning firm where she was a partner (1993-1996).
She served as a Planner and Branch Manager at the Spatial Planning Department of İller Bank A.Ş. (1996-2013). During this period, she also participated as a member of the Project Advisory Board for the "Development of Educational Materials for Local Governments Project (YEREP-YERELNET)" conducted by the TODAIE Local Governments Center between 2007 and 2010.
After retiring from İller Bank, she worked as an Investment Project Coordinator at a private company (2013-2014).
In 2014, she established A GRUBU Urban Planning, providing services in Planning, Land Development & Feasibility, Valuation, Project & Investment Development, Management Consulting, and EU Grant Projects. Between 2015 and 2016, she served as a consultant for an international foreign firm coordinating EU grant projects under the Ministry of Science, Industry, and Technology, contributing to numerous grant projects for Turkey.
She continues to offer training services in Urban Planning, EU Grant Program Project Preparation, and Project Cycle Management.