Born in Polatlı in 1974, İlker ILGIN completed his undergraduate education at Ankara University Faculty of Law and his master’s degree in the field of commercial law at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University Institute of Graduate Studies. He participated in the Executive Training Program and the Public Diplomacy Training Program at the Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East (TODAİE). He is a lawyer and an expert mediator in labor, commercial, consumer, sports, intellectual and industrial property, as well as energy and mining law.
He has served as a lawyer and regulation and competition law manager at Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş.; legal counsel and authorized representative for Turkey at Eurasiasat S.A.M.; legal counsel at Türksat Satellite Communication Cable TV and Operation A.Ş.; legal counsel, first legal counsel, and presidential advisor at the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK); commission expert in research commissions at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM); vice president and presidential advisor at the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK); advisor to the deputy minister at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources; advisor to the chairman of the board at Kardemir Karabük Iron and Steel Industry and Trade A.Ş.; board member at Turkish Petroleum Off-Shore Technology Center A.Ş.; and chairman of the board at Kardemir Energy A.Ş. He was appointed as a candidate for civil judge and prosecutor. Honorarily, he served as a member of the supervisory board at the Turkish Tennis Federation and as the chairman of the supervisory board at the Kardemir Technology, Education and Culture Foundation. He has also undertaken duties such as membership in the National Nutrition Council, the Monitoring Committee on Violence Against Women, the Highways Traffic Safety Coordination Board, and the Board for Combating Addiction, established under the coordination of various ministries.
He currently serves as an advisor to the minister at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources; a board member at the General Directorate of Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKİ) and Turkish Petroleum International A.Ş.; and honorarily as a board member at the Turkish Fencing Federation and a supervisory board member at the World Energy Council Turkish National Committee.