Dr. Ilker Seçkiner was graduated Ankara University School of Medicine in 1995 and finished his residency at the same university in 2000. In 2003, he began working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology, Karaelmas University School of Medicine. In this period, he worked as an observer for one month in Berlin Charite Hospital. Between February 2010 and June 2010, he worked in the United States at the University of Illinois at Chicago Urology Department, Section of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology as 'Visiting Associate Professor'. Dr. Seckiner was appointed as a professor in 2013, and continues in that position at Gaziantep University. Dr. Seçkiner published more than 150 studies in international and national scientific journals and has made over 1000 scientific citations of these studies. He is a member of the Turkish Association of Urology, Endourological Society and European Association of Urology. In May 2019, he was elected as the president of Turkish Endourological Society. Having served as the president of the association between 1999-2021, Dr. Seçkiner is still the board member of the association.