In 2004, he joined the Doğan Group as the Human Resources Director of Kanal D; he continued his duty as the “Doğan TV Human Resources and Support Functions Group President” until June 2018, responsible for the companies Kanal D, CNN Türk, D Smart, teve2, bluTV, Dream TV, Dream Türk, D Productions, DMC, Radyo D, CNNTürk Radyo, SlowTürk within Doğan TV. In addition to Human Resources; Process Management, Logistics, Work Safety, Administrative Management functions were also within his scope of duty, and he also served as the Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Merih, who is a member of PERYÖN (Turkish Personnel Management Association), Fenerbahçe Sports Club and ÖSGD (Private Sector Volunteers Association), served as a Member of the Board of Directors and Secretary General of PERYÖN between 2002-2005. Merih, who has worked on Leadership and Management Coaching; holds SHL, DBE, Disc and PI assessor certificates and is a Member of the Advisory Board of PY Magazine. She was selected as one of the 50 best CHROs of 2018 and wrote for cnnturk.com. She was selected for the “Women on the Board Program” prepared by Boğaziçi, Koç, Bilgi and Özyeğin Universities, which aims to provide qualified workforce for boards of directors, and at the end of the 18-month program, she was prepared to be a Board Member to take office in various companies.

In 2018, she found her purpose in life with the “Leadership and Career Discovery Program for High School Students”, which she started to help young people and prepare them for their careers with her institutional knowledge, and she developed her work to make a difference in this regard. With the YMA Education Platform, which she founded, she sees producing more and giving more to people as social entrepreneurship and social responsibility. She lives a productive – but efficient, hard-working – but enjoyable, busy – but peaceful life with her 2 university children and boat-loving husband.