Erhan Tabakoglu

Erhan Tabakoglu (born 1967 in Tekirdag in the Province of Kirklareli) is a Turkish professor of medicine at Trakya University. He was elected as the new Rector of the university on the 12th of July 2016 by a majority vote, and at the end of July the election was confirmed. He defeated the incumbent rector Yener Yörük, who was also a candidate.

Tabakoglu was born in 1967 and attended primary and secondary school in Alpulla and took school leaving examinations in Edirne. He then studied medicine at Istanbul University and performed his two-year military service in Adana.

Tabakoglu began his career at the Trakya University Clinic for Lung Disease in 1992, and in 2005 he became an Associate Professor. He has been Professor of Intensive Care at the clinic since 2012.

Tabakoglu is married and has two children.