Marsel works as a Program Officer at the European Union Sivil Düşün Program, supporting active citizens and civil society organizations throughout Türkiye.  He also is the founder of Kampanya+,  a queer campaigners support programme stemming out of Sogicampaigns. He is also Regional Coordinator at Global Grassroots Support Network. He also volunteers in the Political Participation Team at Social Policy, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation Studies (SPoD).

Previously, he worked as the Türkiye Consultant for ILGA-Europe for 5 years and has been carrying out advocacy and lobbying activities at both the EU and UN level for the human rights of LGBTI+ citizens in Türkiye.  He studied Comparative Literature for his bachelor’s degree and Social Projects and NGO Management for his master’s degree at Istanbul Bilgi University. His main focuses are campaigning, advocacy & lobbying, political participation, and constitutional demands of LGBTI+ citizens. He is alumni of Mercator Stiftung’s Turkey Europe Future Forum and member of Generation Democracy Program of International Republican Institute.