Tugberk was born on 21st April, in Nicosia, Cyprus. After his secondary education at Turk Maarif Koleji, he moved to the United Kingdom for his undergraduate degree. He studied BA (Hons) ‘Business Management with Marketing’ at University Campus Suffolk between 2009-2012.

He continued his studies at Kingston University, where he completed an MSc course in ‘Information Technologies & Strategic Innovation with Management Studies’.

Kaya completed his first PhD in ‘Innovation & Knowledge Management ‘ with a specialisation in e-government.

He completed his second PhD at Kingston University in Information Systems, focusing on using information systems to enlighten society.

He was a member of the board of the e-government management committee, which works under the prime ministry.

He has appointed as an associate professor and his professional interests are ‘e-government’, ‘knowledge management’, ‘social media’ and ‘process innovation’.

Kaya is also co-founder and Corporate Communications Manager of the ‘Can Kid’ and ‘Cans of Hope’ projects, which the European Union funds.

Kaya works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.