Dr. İçim Çağıner Kavuklu
Dr. İçim Çağıner Kavuklu, was born in Limassol-Cyprus in 1971. After the Happy Peace Operation in 1974, she and her family moved to Kyrenia.
She completed her primary school in Kyrenia. She attended secondary school and high school in Nicosia “Turkish Maarif College”.
After succeeding in the university entrance exams in 1989, she started her university education in the Faculty of Dentistry at Hacettepe University in Ankara. She graduated with honours and first in her class in 1994. In the same year, she started her doctorate in Orthodontics at Hacettepe University. After completing doctorate degree in 1999, she returned to Cyprus and worked as an orthodontic specialist in her private clinic until 2020.
In 2000, she had an active role in the board of directors during the foundation of “Akgünler Denizcilik” that is a maritime company in transportation and shipping and still continues her duty as the director of Akgünler Denizcilik. She also played a major role during the transformation of Acapulco Holiday Village into Acapulco Resort-Convention and Spa Hotel since 2002 and she is still acting as the directing member of board of Acapulco Resort-Convention and Spa Hotel.
In 2010, with the purpose to meet the need in land transportation of goods between Cyprus and Turkey, she participated in founding the cargo company called “Kıbrıs Kargo” and she is still the director of Kıbrıs Kargo.
She has been a member of the board of trustees of the International Final University that was founded in 2015.
In 2018, she became the founding member and chairman of “Tangül Çağıner Children’s Aid Foundation” which was founded in memory of her mother.
She is the founding member and chairman of the board of “Turkish Cypriot Entrepreneurial Women’s Association” (GIKAD), which was established on March 8, 2021. The mission of GIKAD is to contribute in turning women into leading and decision-making individuals in economy, science, politics, art and social responsibility projects rather than only participants.
