Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdem TURKELİ actively works at Ordu University, Vocational School of Technical Sciences (Construction Department). After graduating from Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2006, he worked at the Ordu Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization (Turkey) for about ten years. During this time period, he completed his Master's and Doctorate studies at Ondokuz Mayıs University (Samsun-Turkey) and Karadeniz Technical University (Trabzon-Turkey) in 2009 and 2016, respectively. Dr. Erdem TURKELİ investigates the seismic and wind response of high-rise and special structures such as reinforced concrete or masonry chimneys, minarets, steel lighting towers. He also has studies on the optimization of structures from many aspects. He has published many articles in internationally respected journals and is fluent in English.