After graduating from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1990, I started my specialization training in the General Surgery Department of the faculty. I completed my specialization in 1996 with my thesis supported by TÜBİTAK. I am currently the president of the Turkish Surgical Infection Society, of which I was a founding member, board member, and secretary for a long time. I served as the congress secretary of the 21st European Congress on Surgical Infections, held in Antalya in 2008, to which I have actively contributed since the beginning of my residency. I served on the society's Council in various positions for 11 years. After working as a ‘Councillor at large’ for three years, as a ‘Recorder’ for three years, as an ‘Secretary’ for two years, and as an ‘President-Elect’ for one year, I was elected ‘President’ of the society in 2019. I served as president of the society for three years, between 2019 and 2022. In the 2022-2023, I served as ‘Past President’. I continue to work as the ‘Secretary’ of the World Surgical Infection Society board of directors, of which I am a founding member. I continue to work as the ‘Secretary’ of the World Surgical Infection Society board of directors, of which I am a founding member. I currently work on the "Global Health" committee of the Surgical Infection Association—North America (SIS-NA). Editorial board member at British Journal of Surgery, Surgical Infections journal, and JMESE (Journal of Medical and Surgical Errors).