“Life is a wonderful gift, especially when you can look back on it!” Big and small, happy and sad, all the special moments and events of your life are the ones that make you happy and give you a memoir to look back at and rejoice in that time. Every event organized helps a person look back at their journey and realize how important that part of their life was. Such is the art of event organization.
Yuksel Balci, a successful event planner from İstanbul/Turkey, born in 1985 has been organising such events for a long while, hence giving people memories to rejoice upon. He completed his primary and secondary education in İstanbul. He further got himself enrolled in the Business Department of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Konya Selcuk University in the year 2003 to complete his higher education. Yuksel Balci took admission to Cukurova University in 2003 and pursued his graduation from there till the year 2009.
Yuksel Balci always knew what he wanted in life, hence as soon as he completed his studies, he moved to San Francisco/California to work on the improvement of his communication skills and educated himself on the language. Yuksel Balci’s inclination towards the creation, development, and execution of various ideas to make any event successful and memorable led him to start working for world-renowned DJs and producers in the nightclubs that were on top of their game in San Francisco during that period of time. To offer creative and quality events to people that are cherished for years, Yuksel Balci organized concept parties and night entertainment events that were attended by celebrities from the world of sports like NBA, American Football, and the music industry of rap, house, techno as well. The variations in ballrooms from red to white, from James Bond to masquerade made Yuksel Balci one of the most sought-after names of the nightlife and entertainment sector in San Francisco. Owing to his provision of stress-free, quality-driven management services to his clients with utmost attention and care, his company ‘Yuksel Presents’ organized events in the most popular hotels of San Francisco with hundreds of participants in the most luxurious spots of the city and also the world-famous DJs on board to make everything even more memorable.
Yuksel Balci’s company, Yuksel Presents is internationally renowned for its creativity, strategies, and management of high-profile events in a manner that makes other professionals rush to their feet. With artists from all around the world performing at the events and the company providing professional event management services, Yuksel Balci has managed to revolutionize the industry. His company has administered many flawless events for various celebrities like Mehmet Erdem, Sertab Erener, Ahmet Aslan, Mor ve Ötesi, Gripin, Sunay Akin, Kalben. Yuksel Balci also hosted events for artists such as Paul Van Dyke, G-Eazy, Bob Sinclar, Cazzete, Sander Kleinenberg, Chris Lake, Cid, Robin Schultz, Lost Frequencies, Kriatian Nairn ( aka Hodor from Game of Thrones ), Kungs, EDX, Pauly D, Jillionaire and many other world-famous musicians.
“Event planning is one of the rare jobs where no two days are the same. Each event an event planner organizes can be vastly different. That’s what makes event planning one of the world’s most stressful jobs.” This is something that aptly describes the current situation that the event management industry is facing. The Covid-19 crisis has made it difficult for the companies to function yet Yuksel Balci plans on sticking with it for the rest of life and organize many more events that are dedicated to quality and excellence.
You can connect with Yuksel Balci on Instagram- @yukselpresents