Draft:Aliye Pekin Çelik

Aliye Celik is the former director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) office at UN Headquarters in New York. She is a Fulbright Scholar, and the first female graduate from the Princeton University School of Architecture. She is a founder and chair of the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization (CSU).

Education and Career
Education

Celik attended the Middle East Technical University (META) in Ankara, Turkey, where she received her Masters Degree in Architecture in 1967. Celik was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1968 to continue her studies at Princeton University School of Architecture. She earned her M.F.A in 1970. Celik was the first woman to graduate Princeton’s School of Architecture after the institution became coeducational in 1968. Celik subsequently completed a Ph.D.

Career

In her roles as Chief of Economic and Social Council and Interorganizational Cooperation Branch of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and Director of UN-Habitat’s office at UN Headquarters in New York, she was instrumental increasing the attention paid to international urban development and environmental justice issues among international organizations including the United Nations. Celik represented UN-Habitat in the 1985 World Conference on Women, among other convenings. She presently serves as a consultant and representative to the UN of United Cities and Local Governments, and is a founder and chair of the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization.

Notable Achievements
Celik was one of one of the key organizers of “Habitat II, the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements" in Istanbul (1996) and “Cross Town 116: Bringing Habitat II Home from Istanbul to Harlem” (1997). In 2008 she organized the UN Forum on Sustainable Urbanization and co-founded the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization.Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization She was awarded the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Award for Excellence in 1970, and American Institute of Architects - New York Chapter (AIANY) AIA awards in 1970 and 1997.