Dr. A. Ege Yildirim is an urban planner specializing in heritage conservation and management with over 20 years’ experience working in Turkey and internationally. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Pratt Institute, New York City in 2006-07 and a J.M. Kaplan Senior Fellow for Archaeological Heritage Management in the Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations of Koç University in 2013-14.

She is currently the ICOMOS Focal Point for the Sustainable Development Goals, a member of ISoCaRP and board members of ICOMOS Turkey and Europa Nostra Turkey. Based in Istanbul since 2013, she is an independent consultant and part-time academic lecturer. Since 2015, she has been Heritage Site Manager of the Historic Guild Town of Mudurnu, a UNESCO World Heritage candidate.