Tarhan Erdem is the Founder and Chairman of Konda, a leading management
consultancy and research firm in Turkey. He is also a columnist at
Radikal daily newspaper. Mr Erdem has been a member of the Republican
People’s Party (CHP) since 1953, where he has served in various
capacities ranging from Board Member to Secretary General. He was
elected a Member of Parliament for Istanbul in 1977. He has worked as a
project and control engineer at various state enterprises and as a CEO
at Milliyet and Doğan Group of Companies before founding KONDA. Mr Erdem
has authored numerous books on politics and electoral process and
procedures. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the
Istanbul Technical University.
