About Us

Development Agencies in Turkey were established to accelerate regional development in line with policies determined by the President by improving cooperation between the public sector, private sector, and non-governmental organizations, ensuring the local and effective use of resources, and activating local potential, to ensure the sustainability of development, and to reduce inter-regional and intra-regional development disparities.

Mevlana Development Agency (MEVKA) was established for this purpose with the Council of Ministers Decision No. 2008/14306 published in the Official Gazette dated November 22, 2008, and numbered 27062, and operates in the TR52 Konya-Karaman Region, which consists of Konya and Karaman provinces.

With Presidential Decree No. 1, which entered into force on July 10, 2018, Ministries were restructured, and the General Directorate of Development Agencies was established under the Ministry of Industry and Technology. MEVKA, whose Secretary-General was appointed in May 2009 and whose expert and support personnel were employed in September, continues to carry out its activities under the coordination of the Ministry of Industry and Technology within the scope of the duties and powers determined by Law No. 5449 on the Services of Development Agencies and Presidential Decree No. 4.

Our Mission

To accelerate economic, social, and cultural development, reduce intra-regional development disparities, and contribute to the national economy by increasing competitiveness; to strengthen cooperation between public, university, NGOs, and the private sector, develop a culture of joint action among all stakeholders in the region, and fulfill all its duties and powers within the framework of plans and programs with a participatory, transparent, and strategic approach, taking into account the principles of effectiveness and efficiency.

Our Vision

To be a leading and dynamic institution that directs development in the region where social, cultural, and economic values are integrated with love, peace, and tolerance.

Our Core Values

Reliability

Transparency

Impartiality

Participation

Accessibility

Scientificity

Specialized

Innovation

Environmentalism

Social Responsibility

Board of Directors

The board of directors, which is the decision-making body of the Agency, is chaired by the Governor of Konya and consists of the Mayor of Konya Metropolitan Municipality, the President of Konya Chamber of Industry, the President of Konya Chamber of Commerce, the Secretary General of Mevlana Development Agency, and three representatives to be elected by the Development Board from the private sector or non-governmental organizations.

İbrahim AKIN

Governor of Konya
Chairman of the Board

Mehmet Fatih ÇİÇEKLİ

Governor of Karaman
Deputy Chairman of the Board

Uğur İbrahim ALTAY

Konya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor
Member

Savaş KALAYCI

Mayor of Karaman
Member

Tamer YILDIZBAŞ

President of Karaman Provincial General Assembly
Member

Mustafa Gökhan ALKAN

President of Karaman Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Member

Mustafa BÜYÜKEĞEN

President of Konya Chamber of Industry
Member

Selçuk ÖZTÜRK

President of Konya Chamber of Commerce
Member

Dr. İhsan BOSTANCI

Secretary General of Mevlana Development Agency
Member

DR. İhsan BOSTANCI
Secretary General

General Secretariat

Born in 1979 in Doğanhisar district of Konya. After completing his primary education in Samsun, Amasya, and Konya provinces, he started his high school education at Ankara Science High School in 1994. He graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering in 2001. In the same year, he started working as a research assistant at Selçuk University. He completed his master's degree between 2001-2004 at Selçuk University, Department of Civil Engineering. Within the scope of his Master's studies, he was a visiting researcher at Purdue University in Indiana, USA. He completed his doctoral studies in agricultural structures and irrigation in 2023.

In 2004, he started working as a Technical Assistance Assistant Specialist at the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) under the Prime Ministry. In 2008, he earned the title of Technical Assistance (TİKA) Specialist with his specialization thesis on “The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Development Aid.”

In 2010, he was appointed to the TİKA Kabul Program Coordinatorship. Within the scope of this duty, he was involved in the implementation of projects in Afghanistan through TİKA, the general coordination of official development aid provided by Turkey to Afghanistan, and ensuring communication and coordination with the central government, Foreign Missions resident in Afghanistan, International Organizations, and NGOs.

On 20.09.2012, he was appointed as the Deputy Head of the Konya Plain Project (KOP) Regional Development Administration. He was permanently appointed to the Presidency, which he had been carrying out by proxy since 10.02.2015, on 10.08.2015. During this period, he took part in many planning processes related to the region, especially the preparation of the KOP Action Plan. He played a role in both the design and implementation of support programs carried out in different fields in the region, such as improving agricultural infrastructure, rural development, social development, dissemination of reading culture, resource efficiency, and development of entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem.

Appointed to the position of Secretary General of Mevlana Development Agency on 20.04.2020, Bostancı is fluent in English and has an intermediate level of Persian. Bostancı is married and a father of two children.

Legislation

Law on the Services of Development Agencies