Advisor on Political Affairs Anıl Kaya
He was born on March 7, 1976 in Famagusta.He completed his primary education in Şehit Hüseyin Akil primary school and his secondary education in Namık Kemal High School.He studied and graduated from the Informatics Department of Eastern Mediterranean University between 1996-2000. He completed his Master’s Degree in Business with a thesis in 2016-2018.
He worked as a Public Relations Advisor in the TRNC Presidency between 2002-2006. Between 2011-2016, he worked as a senior manager and general manager at the Mediterranean Policy Center. From 01.12.2012 to 28.2.2013, he worked as an advisor in the TRNC Prime Ministry and prepared reports on relations with the European Union. Between 2014-2016, he served as an advisor at the Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Industry on the development of the Foreign Relations Strategy and relations with the European Union. Since 2009, he has written columns on many websites, including Kıbrıs Newspaper, Star Kıbrıs and Diyalog.
In 2011, he participated in the IVLP International Visitors Leadership Program by the US Department of State and was awarded with the IVLP certificate in the US Department of State, Washington DC.In 2014, he participated in the “High Level Culture of Peace” conference at the United Nations main building (UNHQ) in New York, where UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and many high-level participants took part. Between 2016-2019, he served as the Deputy Prime Minister and the Special Secretary of the Ministy of Finance. In 2016-2017, he served as a member of the Eastern Mediterranean University Board of Trustees.
He held the chairmanship of “Aydınlık Yarınlar” Movement, non-governmental organisation, which was founded in 2008, until 2016. Within this framework, he worked in the fields of afforestation activities, waste battery collection project together with the Ministries of Environment and Education, Public Reform, Single Region of the Election System, Mentors, Interest Law.In addition, he participated in high-level meetings and conferences in various fields in Ankara, Brussels, London, Washington, New York, the European Parliament, the US Department of State, the US Congress Foreign Relations Committee, the British Parliament, the House of Lords and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As of March 2021, he has been working as President’s Special Advisor on Political Affairs. As of June 2022, Anıl Kaya has been appointed to the Board of trustees of the Eastern Mediterranean University as the Presidency Representative and continues his duty to date.Anıl Kaya is married and has one child. He is fluent in English.