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Koray Bülent Tarhan (TR) graduated from Ankara University Theater Department. In 2000, he co-founded one of the first improv groups in Turkey. He works as an actor, instructor, musician and project coordinator at  Istanbulimpro.  He also works with children, teenagers, and adults in different foundations and organizations. He wrote the first handbook on Improv in Turkish, Dogaclama Icin Elkitabi (2013) and designed the first Impro App in Turkish in 2018. He is the coordinator of Istanbul International Improv Festival. Tarhan participated as a workshop leader/presenter at the AIN World Conferences in Portland, San Francisco and Berlin. He was also a presenter at the GII Symposium in L.A. in 2017. Tarhan has participated as an actor and workshop leader in Amsterdam, Berlin, Belgrade, Chicago, Beijing, Ljubljana, Tallinn International Improv Festivals, and Conferences.