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Assoc. Prof. Murat ASLAN Faculty Member of Hasan Kalyoncu University, SETA Researcher, Director of KALMEC (Security, Defense, Foreign Policy) He graduated from War College in the field of Management in 1991. He assumed varying tasks and appointments in the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF). He graduated with Master’s (2010) and Ph.D. programs (2017) in the International Relations Department of the Middle Eastern Technical University. He scrutinized the Chinese soft power practices through cultural diffusion efforts and African policy for a Master’s degree. His Ph. D. research was about intelligence and propaganda efforts in peace-oriented undertakings based on the UN and NATO practices in Bosnia and Afghanistan. His studies are primarily on security and defense studies, the conceptualization of power, intelligence and propaganda practices. He had been commissioned to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Bosnia, facilitating the comparison of theory and practice when he was in Service. The primary region he has been interested in is the Middle East; he had monitored wider Afghanistan, the Balkans, the USA, and China as a secondary academic effort. He was a faculty member of the Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University of Turkey after teaching as a visiting scholar at Başkent University. He is currently a faculty member at Hasan Kalyoncu University and a Researcher at SETA Foundation. Meanwhile, he is the director of the Kalyoncu Middle East Center. Aslan is the author of the books - Security Sector Reform for Libya: A Crucial Step Towards State Building, Intelligence and Propaganda: The Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Afghanistan, other than academic articles. He edited the books Afghanistan: the Hundred Years’ Crisis (with Prof. Ramazan Erdag) and Turkiye’s Counter Terrorism: Concept, Procedures, and Methodology.

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Dr. Ates is an associate professor with particular interest in social innovation, social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, socio-technical transformation, design thinking, blockchain for social impact and gamification. Dr. Ates has obtained graduate and undergraduate degrees from Vienna University of Economics and PhD degree (Doktor der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften) from Vienna University of Technology in 2011. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard University in 2016-2017. Along with teaching and research activities, he has been involved in projects at UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) and EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) as investigator and country expert. With the belief that social innovation is key to overcome so called "middle welfare trap" by sustaining and improving the wellbeing of the people beyond increasing the monetary term welfare, Dr. Ates has founded Bostan Institute for Social Innovation in 2015 ( www.sosyal-inovasyon.com ).

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Betul Dogan-Akkas is an assistant professor of International Relations at Ankara University and a researcher of the Arab Gulf States. She holds a joint degree PhD in Gulf Studies from Durham University and Qatar University. She is also a co-convenor of the BISA Working Group International Studies of the Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia. In her research, she examines foreign policy, security strategies, and political culture in the GCC states. Dogan-Akkas also covers the involvement of the GCC states in the Yemen war and Türkiye-GCC relations.

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Director of the ORSAM Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Turkey / Professor at the Istanbul University. Interested in Turkish and Arab affairs, MENA issues and international relations. Speaks English and Arabic along with his native Turkish and comments on relevant events in major global media outlets in three languages.

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I am a journalist with 20+ years of experience in writing, editing and producing news stories, articles, content for print, online and broadcast media in Turkish and in English. I have experience in writing, translating, editing, proofreading articles mostly on international affairs and global news, as well as domestic politics and Turkish diplomacy. I have in-depth knowledge of Turkish politics, economy, foreign policy, and experience in building strong relations with governmental agencies, media representatives, academia, think tanks, etc. I worked as a copy editor and correspondent for Turkey's largest news agency. I worked at its offices in Washington DC, Brussels and Ankara, and I reported for several years on international affairs, and diplomacy. During this time, I covered numerous NATO and EU summits, traveled to more than 50 countries including war zones such as Ukraine and Libya.

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I've spent my career as a journalist and documentary maker, telling the stories that often go unheard. From my early days working with national networks, I've always sought to shine a light on the human experience. My documentaries focus on real people and their stories, exploring themes of resilience and hope across cultures. I'm passionate about capturing life's complexities through my lens, believing that every story has the power to connect us more deeply with our shared humanity. For me, storytelling is not just a profession; it's a way of seeing the world.

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Atilla Kurnaz wurde am 30. April 1985 in Braunschweig geboren. Seit 2015 lebt er in der Türkei. Er studierte Deutsch als Lehramt an der Hacettepe-Universität und absolvierte seinen Master in Germanistik an der Universität Sakarya. Derzeit promoviert er und arbeitet als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität Sakarya. Seine Forschungsbereiche umfassen Orientalismus, das Fremdenbild, Karikatur und Islamfeindlichkeit.

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Venezuelan citizen. B.A. in International Relations and M.A. in International Relations from Ankara University, graduated in 2024. He currently lives in Ankara, Republic of Türkiye, where he hopes to start doctoral studies in September 2024. His area of work is related to foreign policy analysis and geopolitics. His future aspirations include the completion of his PhD, the beginning of academic life, as well as a diplomatic career.

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My personal and professional experience spans numerous regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey, Greece, Latvia, and Belgium. My professional experience ranges from conducting original research and analysis in companies and NGOs to working at senior policy and management positions in the public sector. All in all, I see myself as capable to work in different regions and environments as far as the job opportunities help me gain more experience and strengthen my career.

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Ankara Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Radyo Televizyon ve Sinema bölümünden 2011 yılında mezun olduktan sonra prodüksiyon alanında profesyonel olarak hizmet vermeye başladım. Sayısız kuruma ve kuruluşa lojistik, ekipman, ekip, yazarlık, yapım ve yönetim hizmeti vermiş olup, işbirliğimi sürdürmekteyim.

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Dr. Alireza GHOUCHI, 1976 yılında İran’ın Doğu Azerbaycan ilinin Tebriz kentinde doğdu. Lisans eğitimini 1996-2000 yılları arasında Abher Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Arkeoloji Bölümünde yaptı, Yüksek Lisansını 2003-2006 yılları arasında yine Abher Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Tarih Öncesi Arkeoloji Bölümünde tamamladı. Öğrenim yıllarından itibaren İran’da 30’dan fazla arkeolojik sit alanlarında heyet üyesi, kazı başkan yardımcısı ve arazı sorumlusu pozisyonlarında görev almış. Ayrıca 2009’dan 2011 yılına kadar olan süreçte de Batı Azerbaycan iline bağlı olan Antik kent Tahtı-Süleyman’da hem müdür yardımcısı hem de Araştırma sorumlusu olarak görev yapmıştır. 2019 yılında Doktora eğitimini Türkiye’de Ankara Üniversitesi, Dil ve Tarih Coğrafya Fakültesi’nde Protohistorya ve Önasya Arkeolojisi Anabilim dalında, “Larican Kurganlarının Seramik Buluntuları Işığında, İran Azerbaycan’ının Çevre Kültürlerle İlişkileri” başlıklı tez konusuyla tamamladı. Türkiye’deki eğiti

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Mr. Mustafa EFE was born on February 02, 1977, in Konya, Türkiye. He completed his high school at Konya İmam Hatip High School. He graduated from the Faculty of Theology in Istanbul University and International Relations at the Faculty of Economics in Anadolu University. He worked as a Manager at the “Language Centre International” in South Africa and as a Director of “Africa Social Studies and Research Centre” in Johannesburg, South Africa from 2002-2010. He attended numerous national and international conferences, workshops and symposiums on African and International issues. He worked at the Office of Prime Ministry Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities as an Expert and Advisor to President from 2011 to 2018. He worked as the Head of Department of Africa at Turkish Maarif Foundation from 2018 to 2019. He has been appointed as the Head of Department of International Relations at Council of Higher Eduction of Republic of Türkiye in February 2019. He is the President of Africa Centre for Strategic Studies since 2012.

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İlk orta ve lise eğitimini Türkiye’de tamamladıktan sonra Almanya’da yabancı öğrenciler için üniversiteye hazırlık okulu “Studienkolleg”i birincilikle bitirdi. Ruhr Bochum Üniversitesi’nde Oryantalistik (Şarkiyat) ve Siyaset Bilimi bölümlerinden mezun olan Zeliha Eliaçık, “İsrail Devletinin Kuruluşundan Günümüze Yemen Yahudilerinin Sosyal ve Hukuki Statüleri” isimli saha çalışmasıyla aynı üniversitede yüksek lisansını tamamladı. Alman Akademik Değişim Servisi’nin (DAAD) burs ve teşvikleriyle Suriye, Yemen ve Ürdün’de beş yıl süreyle alan çalışmalarında ve akademik görevlerde bulundu. Son olarak Alman-Ürdün Üniversitesi’nde öğretim görevlisi ve kültür işleri sorumlusu olarak çalıştı. Eliaçık ağırlıklı olarak Şarkiyat (Oryantalistik), Müslüman ve Avrupa toplumlarında azınlıklar, Irkçılık ve Almanya’nın İslam siyaseti alanlarında çalışmalar yapmaktadır. SETA İstanbul Avrupa Araştırmaları Direktörlüğü’nde Araştırmacı olarak görev yapan Zeliha Eliaçık Almanca, İngilizce ve Arapça biliyor.

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Associate Professor Merve Seren had worked in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as a Parliamentary Advisor, between 2005 and 2015. Also, she had worked as a researcher in Security Studies Department of SETA (2015-2017) and as a senior consultant in ThinkTech of STM (2017-2018) where she was responsible of war gaming as well as conducting research on issues related to defense, security, and intelligence such as air and missile defense systems, UAV technology, cyber threats and military spending. As of May 2018, Seren has been working as a lecturer in Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University (Department of International Relations) and also as a visiting scholar teaching strategic intelligence and wargaming at the postgraduate school of National Defense University. Seren got acceptance to the “U.S. Legislative Fellow” Program which was co-sponsored by Freedom House and National Democratic Institute, funded by U.S. Department of State. Besides, selected as a member of “Atlantic Council’s Young Atlanticist” NATO Working Group and attended to the GLOBSEC Bratislava as well as to NATO Young Atlanticist Summit held on the outskirts of the NATO Summit in Chicago. Additionally, chosen to the “First Middle-East Generational Ambassadors Summit” hosted by Richardson Center, co-sponsored by Aspen Institute, also to the “Youth Ministerial Meeting”, organized by Atlantic Treaty Association in collaboration with NATO Public Diplomacy Division. Furthermore, chosen to the “2017 Munich Young Leaders”, a joint initiative of Körber Foundation and Munich Security Conference and also to “2018 Taiwan International Elite Leadership” by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC (Taiwan). Also, selected as “2019 Southeast Asian Young Leader” and invited to participate in the 18th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration from Bilkent University and an M.A. in European Union from Başkent University while pursuing her Erasmus Scholarship at Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn, Germany. She entered International Security and Terrorism Department’s Ph.D. program in Turkish Military Academy and completed the program but then attended to Turkish Police Academy as a Ph.D. candidate where she defended her doctoral dissertation on strategic intelligence and national security.

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He completed his PhD at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Department of International Relations, with his thesis on "U.S. – China Competition in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait from the Perspective of Power Transition Theory (2011 – 2021)". He conducted field research on sustainable development in North Africa and in Red Sea at Sudan, Tunisia, and Algeria. His research interests include politics, economy, security, and terrorism developments in Africa, with a special focus on Africa in Turkish foreign policy, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, Sudan, and the Sahel. His articles and book chapters have been published in peer-reviewed journals, and his analyses and opinions have appeared in the media and in many international publications. Devecioğlu is proficient in Turkish and English and learning Arabic and French.

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Mehmet Alaca is engaged with academic studies on Iraq, regional Kurdish politics, and Shia militias in the Middle East. He has worked for various media organizations and think-tanks. He received his bachelor's degree from the Istanbul University Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Sciences, and his master's degree in Politics and International Relations of the Middle East at Exeter University in Great Britain. His works have been published in many national and international media organs, particularly The Washington Institute, The German Marshall Fund, LSE Middle East Center, The New Arab, Fair Observer, E-International Relations, Anadolu Agency-Analysis, and Daily Sabah. He is currently a diplomatic correspondent, and a non-resident fellow at ORSAM

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I was born in Tabriz in 1972. I completed primary, secondary and high school there. I received my undergraduate education in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. I completed my master's and doctoral studies at Ankara University. Between 2008 and 2013, I worked at the Persian Desk of TRT Foreign Broadcasting Department. I have been working as a lecturer at Ankara University, Department of Modern Turkish Dialects and Literatures since 2013. I have been the editor-in-chief of Varlıq magazine since 2015.

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Sudanese journalist residing in Ankara. He was awarded the Arab Journalism Award for the 2012 press interview. Master of Sociology 2014 Areas of interest: migration, religious phenomenon, daily life and politics in Turkey, education, Horn of Africa affairs. صحفي سوداني فائز بجائزة الصحافة العربية عن فئة الحوار الصحفي ٢٠١٢م، ومراسل سابق لوكالة أنباء الأناضول التركية وشبكة إسلام أون لاين، وشارك في تأليف وتحرير عدد من الكتب عن الحركات الإسلامية والنسوية . مجالات الاهتمام: الهجرة، الظاهرة الدينية، الحياة اليومية والسياسة في تركيا، التعليم، شئون القرن الأفريقي،

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I speak Arabic, English and Turkish. I have four years of experience on writing and editing news as well as translating news from Turkish to English and Arabic and from Turkish and Arabic to English . I can use video editing programs such as adobe premiere and after effects. I can also use photoshop. I have more than four years of experience of writing and translating news on defense industry. During that I got the chance to work with Turkey and the world's top defense industry companies.

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Cihat Battaloglu is a political researcher, and the author of the book titled “Political Reforms in Qatar: from Authoritarianism to the Political Grey Zone”. He also pursues his doctoral degree at Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations. He previously worked at Qatar University- Gulf Studies Center. His work centers on the Gulf Politics, particularly political transition in the region.

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