Mercan Becomes new Turkish Ambassador to the United States

-Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Japan (November 2017-)
-Chairman, World Energy Council Turkish National Committee (April 2014 - April 2017)
-Deputy Minister of Energy (Feb.2012 – Sept. 2014)
-Deputy for Eskişehir, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2007- 2011)
-Deputy for Eskişehir, Chairman of the Turkish Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Interparliamentary European Defense and Security Assembly, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002-2007)
-Member of the Justice and Development Party Central Decision Making and Administrative Board (2001-2009)
-Vice-President of the Party responsible from Advertisement and Media (2001-2005)
-Founding Member of the Justice and Development Party

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
-Associate Professor, Department of Management, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey (1995- 2004)
-Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey (1992-1995)
-Assistant Professor, Department of Quantitative Business Analysis, Cleveland State University (1989-1992)
-Teaching Assistant, Department of Decision and Information Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 (1985-1989)
-Instructor and Researcher, Department of Industrial Engineering, Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey (1981-1985)
-Teaching Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey (1981)
-Published articles in several periodicals and papers

EDUCATION
-University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Ph.D.in Decision and Information Sciences, December, 1989
-Boğaziçi University-İstanbul, Turkey
M.S in Industrial Engineering, March, 1984
B.S in Industrial Engineering, June, 1981
-Eskişehir Anatolian High School, 1970-1977

ORDERS AND ACADEMIC HONORARY TITLES
-Hiroshima University Honorary Doctorate, 01.12.2018
-Order of the Star of Solidarity of Italy, 18.03.2010