Fahri Özsungur graduated from Ataturk University Faculty of Law, Çağ University Department of Private Law- Master of Laws- LL.M., Hacettepe University Department of Family and Consumer Sciences PhD., and Aksaray University Department of Business Ph.D. He serves as a Higher Degrees by Research (HDR) Examiner /Ph.D. Examiner for the University of New England. He is a Eurostars Technical Expert (EUREKA Secretariat). He is the head of the Department of Social Work and Counseling of Mersin University Vocational School of Social Sciences. He is affiliated with Adana Science and Technology University, Rotary International, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Çağ University, WEGATE- European Gateway for Women's Entrepreneurship, and Canadian Institute for International Law Expertise (CIFILE). He has 4 books, 12 book chapters, 21 Encyclopedia Chapters, and more than 80 (4 SSCI/SCI/SCI-Expanded,10 ESCI, 8 ISI) published articles and 20 international conference papers. He is the editor of 24 Journals (1 SSCI/SCI/SCI-Expanded), and the reviewer of 309 Journals (10 SSCI/SCI/SCI-Expanded,30 ESCI). Mortaza Chaychi Semsari holds a bachelor's degree in political science and public administration from Tabriz University in Iran and a master's degree in political science and public administration from Ataturk University in Erzurum. He wrote his master's thesis on ""CENTRAL ASIA ENERGY POLICIES IN THE CONTEXT OF ENERGY SECURITY"". On 27.10.2023, he started his PhD in Political Science and Public Administration at Istanbul University Department of Political Science and Public Administration in 2019. His thesis in Political Science and Public Administration at Istanbul University: ''THE EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION ON URBANIZATION IN THE EAST WORLD'' Completed on 30.10.2023. For this reason, he has certificates in his field and especially from Iran Tabriz University MBA Business Administration Department. Since 2019, he has refereed and published articles in SSCI, SCOP journals in many international journals in his field. Dr. Mortaza Chaychi Semsari has started to work as an Assistant Professor at Istanbul Nişantaşı University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. In 2014, Hülya Küçük Bayraktar completed his second bachelor's degree in the Department of International Relations at Anadolu University. In 2016, she graduated from the Master's Program in Local Governments, Urban and Environmental Studies in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Istanbul University with her thesis titled ""Comparative Local Government Systems: The Example of Italy and Turkey.""She completed her second master's degree in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Sakarya University, which she started in 2013, with his thesis on ""Development Agencies in Turkey and Italy: Their Roles in Administration and Contributions to Local Development.""She began his Ph.D. program in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Istanbul University in 2017 and graduated in 2023 with her dissertation titled ""A Comparative Evaluation in the Relationship between Local Actors and Local Development: The Example of the North East Anatolia Ağrı Subregion (TRA2) in Turkey and the Calabria Region (ITF6) in Italy,"" earning the title of doctor. Since 2018, she has been working as a lecturer at Kafkas University, Vocational School of Social Sciences. Her areas of expertise include local governments, regional and local development, city councils, local autonomy, and youth policy.