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Team

  • Ahmet Akcan
  • Utku Aydın
  • Abdurrahim ŞAHİN - SMMM
  • Azade Zeynep TÜRKSEVER
  • Deniz ALATAŞ
  • Evren Soyuçok
  • Handan Doğan
  • Leyla YILDIZ
  • Mehmet Özalp
  • Sedef BAŞCI
  • Sona Tomaç

Ahmet Akcan

General Manager

Ahmet Akcan graduated from the Faculty of Law of İstanbul University. In his student years, Akcan involved in culture and art activities and then transferred these activities to his professional life in 2003 and gained experience in many successful organizations. In 2007, he founded Lale Organization. He carried out many activities and publishing projects in areas of traditional arts, art history and law. Besides his commercial activities, he has active duties in many non-governmental organizations that focus on culture, art and law.
ahmet@laleorganizasyon.com

Utku Aydın

General Coordinator - Art Director

He is a graduate of Graphic Design Department of Girne American University. Since 2016, he has been handling the production and coordination of print-digital publishing and design projects at the Company and as of 2024, he has taken on the role of General Coordinator.
tasarim@laleorganizasyon.com

Abdurrahim ŞAHİN - SMMM

Financial Affairs Coordinator

Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Turizm ve Otelcilik Meslek Yüksekokulu ile Anadolu Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi mezunu olan Şahin, Serbest Muhasebeci Mali Müşavir (SMMM) Belgesi sahibidir. Yirmi yıldan fazla süredir çeşitli firmalarda muhasebe ve finans alanında çalışmakta, iyi derecede İngilizce bilmektedir. Şahin, 2024 itibarıyla Şirketin mali işler koordinatörlüğünü yürütmektedir.
muhasebe@laleorganizasyon.com

Azade Zeynep TÜRKSEVER

Kültür Sanat Proje Koordinatörü

İstanbul Üniversitesi (İÜ) Edebiyat Fakültesi Bilgi ve Belge Yönetimi Lisan, İÜ İlahiyat Fakültesi Türk – İslam Sanatları Tarihi Yüksek Lisans mezunudur. İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri Kütüphanesinde kütüphanecilik, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Devlet Arşivleri Başkanlığında arşivcilik üzerine staj yaptı. Yeditepe Dijital Arşiv bünyesinde İstanbul Üniversitesi Merkez Kütüphanesinde yardımcı kütüphaneci, hâlen yönetim kurulunda yer aldığı Gençlik Mevsimi Derneğinde proje koordinatörü ve yazarlığı görevlerinde bulundu. İyi seviyede İngilizce bilmektedir. 2024 itibarıyla Geleneksel Sanatlar Derneğinde kültür sanat proje koordinatörlüğü yapmakta, hakemli Lale Kültür Sanat Dergisinin yayın koordinatörlüğünü yürütmektedir.
bilgi@laleorganizasyon.com

Deniz ALATAŞ

Executive Assistant

She graduated from the Art History Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 2013. She has worked at prestigious institutions such as the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Istanbul Modern, the Dialogue Museum, and the Museum of Innocence, specializing in exhibition narration, cultural experience management, and event organization.

With her extensive experience in the cultural and artistic fields, she actively takes part in content production, coordination, and management of art projects. She integrates the academic and theoretical aspects of art with practical and interdisciplinary approaches in her work.

Combining her academic background in art history with content writing, documentary production, and the development of artistic content, she plays an active role in projects that explore the role of art in social transformation. Additionally, she engages in various artistic disciplines, including rhythm and percussion performance, improvisational theater, fashion, and jewelry design.

As of 2025, she has joined the team at Lale Organization.
deniz@laleorganizasyon.com

Evren Soyuçok

Editor | Redactor

Evren Soyuçok holds a Bachelor's degree in Turkish Language and Literature from Adnan Menderes University (ADÜ) and a Non-Thesis Master's degree in Turkish Language and Literature Teaching from the same university. He completed the Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language Certificate Program at Istanbul Aydın University. He has received editing training from İthaki Publishing, editing and creative writing training from Notos Publishing, and screenwriting training from the Turkish Language and Literature Association. Since 2015, he has provided editing and proofreading support for the printed and on-line publications of Türkiye Hukuk (turkiyehukuk.org), and serves as the language editor for the peer-reviewed Lale Culture and Art Magazine. Blogging since 2005, his interests also include podcasting, digital content creation, and media literacy.
evren@laleorganizasyon.com

Handan Doğan

Yardımcı Personel

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bilgi@laleorganizasyon.com

Leyla YILDIZ

Hukuk Koordinatörü

Leyla Yıldız graduated from Anadolu University, Department of Sociology. In the 2007-2008 academic year, she studied English prep school at Anadolu University. In 2010-2011, she studied at Poland Jagiellonian University in Erasmus+ Program. She moved her professional life to the fields of women, children, migration, sexual and reproductive health, and law, which she was interested in during her university years. She worked as a Social Worker and Women's Counseling Center Coordinator in Silopi Municipality for a while and then worked as a social worker and coordinator in various non-governmental organizations in Istanbul. She works as a consultant to the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change in the project of rural housing supervision. As of 2024, she coordinates the legal affairs of the Company.
leyla@laleorganizasyon.com

Mehmet Özalp

Lale Sanat Koordinatör

Van doğumlu Mehmet Özalp, İlk, orta ve lise öğrenimini Van'da tamamladı. 2003 yılında Kocaeli Üniversitesi İşletme Ön Lisans Programından, 2005 yılında Anadolu Üniversitesi AÖF İşletme Bölümünden mezun olan Özalp, Anadolu Üniversitesi Halkla İlişkiler ve Reklamcılık Bölümüne devam etmektedir.
İstanbul ve Ankara'da çeşitli firmalarda muhasebeci olarak çalıştı. 2007 yılında Lale Organizasyon'da çalışmaya başladı. 2013 - 2017 yılları arasında Geleneksel Sanatlar Derneğinde Yönetim Kurulu Üyeliği yaptı. Kuruculuğunu üstlendiği ve 2010 - 2017 yılları arasında faaliyet gösteren Ethos Ajans bünyesinde Lale Organizasyon ile ortaklaşa projeler gerçekleştirdi. Lale Organizasyon bünyesindeki Lale Sanat'ta çalışmalarını yürüten Özalp, evli ve bir çocuk babasıdır.
bilgi@lalesanat.com

Sedef BAŞCI

Cultural and Arts Project Coordinator

Born in İzmir, Başcı graduated from İzmir Saint Joseph French High School and Yeditepe University Faculty of Law. After graduating with highest honors from the Müjdat Gezen Art Center Creative Writing Conservatory in 2019, Başcı continued a career in various fields of art, working in publishing, editing, art direction, as well as project and content writing. In addition to serving as an editor at Edisyon Kitap, Başcı took on the role of publication coordinator for Öykü magazine and attended the Notos Editing and Publishing Workshop. In 2024, Başcı was involved in coordinating the Student Films category of the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Currently, Başcı is pursuing a degree in Sociology at Istanbul University’s Faculty of Open and Distance Education. Başcı also has beginner-level proficiency in Greek and Italian and fluent in English and French. Since 2024, Başcı has been working as a cultural and arts project coordinator at the Traditional Arts Association.
sedef@gelenekselsanatlar.org

Sona Tomaç

Coordinator

She graduated from the History of Art Department of Marmara University in 2017. She took part in the operational processes of various organization companies. She took part in the consultancy section of the Pera Museum, as well as short-term exhibition guidance and VR technology guidance between 2018 and 2019. Tomaç who joined the Lale Organization team in September 2020.
bilgi@laleorganizasyon.com