About Dora


Mustafa Kelekçi
Founder and managing partner

Mehmet Murat Yenigün
Founder and managing partner

Cem Emre Çalışkan
Research Consultant

Muge Zeybek
Research Consultant

Mustafa Kelekçi
Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Mustafa Kelekçi

Mustafa Kelekçi is the co-founder of Dora Research (est 2009). He is responsible for the development of new service offerings, business opportunities and growth and expansion of Dora Research.

Mr. Kelekçi has 13 years of experience in Marketing Research & Media Services. Specifically, his strong research and media expertise helps deliver effective analytical solutions to marketing needs of clients.

Over the past 13 years Mr. Kelekçi has worked with a diverse mix of multinational and local corporate users, research firms and other organizations that rely on sound, actionable marketing research to help guide their business decision-making. His expertise includes study design, project management and presentation of results. 

Prior to founding Dora Research Mustafa Kelekçi served as the Deputy General Manager at Bilesim International Research & Consultancy Inc. and GfK Turkey for 12 years where he managed a business unit that was responsible for over 2.7 million USD in billings a year and rendered research services to more than 40 clients. Some of these clients were Cadbury, Philip Morris, Kraft, Avon, Burger King, Efes Pilsen, Colgate, TEB BNP Paribas, UNO, Ipragaz (SHV Gas), IKEA, Puma, Ülker, Pınar, Hayat Kimya, MTV Turkey, Koç.net, Digiturk, Johnson & Johnson, Ericsson, Doluca, Praktiker, Hero Baby, Akşam, Kanaltürk, İş Bankası and many others. He also delivered services to many multinational research organizations like Ipsos, Synovate, TNS, GFK, Numsight, Opinion Research, Research International, Market Global, IMAS, Mediascore, Basis Research, Demoskopie etc.

He also served as the General Manager of Bilesim Media (acquired by Nielsen in 2008) where he launched four new media tracking services Adcheck, Ad Alert, Sponsorship Tracking, Newsplorer.

Mr.Kelekçi holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business administration from Istanbul University. He is a member of ESOMAR, MRS, WAPOR and TUAD.