Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Çatal was born in 1978, Antalya. He began his academic career as a Research Assistant in 2000. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2010, Associate Professor in 2012, and Professor in 2018.

By this time, he has authored over 100 national and international articles, symposium papers, and book chapters. He has served as editor and associate editor in several national and international journals. He has also taken part as a researcher, consultant, and principal investigator in 20 scientific research projects supported by various institutions.

In addition to his academic assignments, Prof. Çatal has held several administrative positions, including Vocational School Director, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, Department Chair, member of executive boards, and director of research and application centers.

Since 2018, he has been serving in international roles as a Member of the Executive Committee of the Council of European Foresters (CEF) and Vice President of the European Forestry Academic Society (EFAS). Between 2020 and 2024, he served as a Member of the Executive Board of the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (UCTEA). During 2024–2025, he chaired the Council of Science and Technical Education within the Interuniversity Board of Turkey.

At present, Prof. Çatal serves as the Rector of Isparta University of Applied Sciences and as a Member of the Executive Board of the Interuniversity Board. He holds chair and board memberships in various non-governmental organizations, as well.

Coşkun Polat received his undergraduate degree in 1994 from the Department of Library Science, Faculty of Letters, Hacettepe University. In 1996, he began his academic career as a research assistant in the Department of Library Science at Atatürk University. He completed his master’s degree in 1999 and his Ph.D. in 2005 in the Department of Information Management at Hacettepe University.

He was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Library Science at Atatürk University in 2006, and promoted to Associate Professor in 2011. In 2014, he joined the Department of Information Management at Çankırı Karatekin University as an Associate Professor, and was promoted to Professor in 2016 at the same institution.

His research interests include information literacy, public libraries, reading habits, open access, university libraries, and content analysis. He has authored various publications and participated in several academic projects in these areas. He also serves on the editorial boards of several scholarly journals.

He is currently serving as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Çankırı Karatekin University.

Born in 1981 in Aydın, he completed his primary and secondary education in Aydın. He graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of History. She worked as a copywriter and bilingual periodical editor in various agencies. In 2006, he started working as an Assistant Culture and Tourism Specialist at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and became a Culture and Tourism Specialist in 2010. She won the European Union Jean Monnet Scholarship. She graduated from the "Cultural Policy and Cultural Management" master's program at City University of London with the title "Digital Innovation in Not-for-Profit Arts Institutions and its Impact on the Arts and Culture Ecosystem and Policy Making Processes: A Case Study on the "National Theater Live" Application" and graduated with a "Distinction" degree. She then continued her academic studies at King's College London in the Cultural Policy and Cultural Industries PhD Program. He coordinated various cultural and literary promotion events abroad. He presented papers on literary tourism and cultural policies at various international academic meetings. He continues his academic studies on these subjects. He worked as the coordinator of literary activities at the Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Center in London for a while. He served as the Counselor for Culture and Promotion in London. After working as the Head of the Publications Department and Deputy General Manager at the General Directorate of Libraries and Publications of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, he is currently working as the General Director.