{"id":40692,"date":"2021-11-22T14:05:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T14:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/?page_id=40692"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T14:05:03","slug":"uzmanlar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/en\/uzmanlar\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40692\" class=\"elementor elementor-40692\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5bfd08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ct-header-fixed-none ct-row-max-none\" data-id=\"a5bfd08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu-768x776.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_391b24c_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tArda Mevl\u00fcto\u011flu\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-391b24c\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_391b24c_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arda-Mevlutoglu-768x776.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Arda Mevl\u00fcto\u011flu<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tArda Mevl\u00fcto\u011flu holds a BSc degree in Astronautical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (2003) and master's degrees in Science and Technology Policy Studies (2015) and International Relations (2022) from Middle East Technical University. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in Science and Technology Policy Studies from Middle East Technical University. Since 2004, Mevl\u00fcto\u011flu has worked on several aerospace and defense projects in the areas of systems engineering, feasibility, business development, and corporate strategy for various companies. He currently provides consulting services in technology and innovation management, business development, and corporate strategy. His research interests include defense and aerospace industry, aerospace technologies, changing nature of warfare, and regional security.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b27a191\" data-id=\"b27a191\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5a8ba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"e5a8ba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_e5a8ba0_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#e5a8ba0_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.51.36-e1641238363255.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.51.36-e1641238363255.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.51.36-e1641238363255-300x290.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.51.36-e1641238363255-311x300.jpeg 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_e5a8ba0_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAy\u00e7a Ergun\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-e5a8ba0\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_e5a8ba0_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.51.36-e1641238363255.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.51.36-e1641238363255.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.51.36-e1641238363255-300x290.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.51.36-e1641238363255-311x300.jpeg 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Ay\u00e7a Ergun<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAy\u00e7a Ergun \u0130ngilizce: Ay\u00e7a Ergun is a professor of sociology at Middle East Technical University. Her research interests include state-society relations, democratization, nation and state building, civil society in the South Caucasus, Turkish foreign policy in the South Caucasus, the Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, internationalization and qualitative methodology.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-035f375\" data-id=\"035f375\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03a343d elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"03a343d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_03a343d_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#03a343d_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-10.45.49.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-10.45.49.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-10.45.49-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-10.45.49-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_03a343d_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBinnur \u00d6zke\u00e7eci-Taner\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-03a343d\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_03a343d_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-10.45.49.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-10.45.49.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-10.45.49-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-23-at-10.45.49-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Binnur \u00d6zke\u00e7eci-Taner<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShe is a faculty member at the Department of Political Science at Hamline University in Minnesota, USA. She has been an associate editor of the Journal of Global Security Studies since 2020 and has been on the editorial board of Foreign Policy Analysis for many years. Her academic interests are Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, Coalition Governments Policymaking, Leadership Trait Analysis, Middle East Politics, and Turkish Foreign Policy.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41f9bad\" data-id=\"41f9bad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8373002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"8373002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_8373002_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#8373002_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Birgul-Demirtas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Birgul-Demirtas.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Birgul-Demirtas-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_8373002_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBirg\u00fcl Demirta\u015f\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-8373002\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_8373002_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Birgul-Demirtas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Birgul-Demirtas.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Birgul-Demirtas-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Birg\u00fcl Demirta\u015f<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBirg\u00fcl Demirta\u015f is a professor of International Relations. She earned her B.A. from Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University, her M.A. from Bilkent University, and her Ph.D. from the Free University of Berlin. She currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies and teaches as an adjunct faculty member at TED University. Her research interests include Turkish foreign policy, German foreign policy, EU foreign policy, Balkan politics, and city diplomacy. She previously served as assistant editor (2004\u20132018) and later as managing editor (2019\u20132021) of Uluslararas\u0131 \u0130li\u015fkiler \u2013 International Relations journal. She has published articles in academic journals, including Turkish Studies, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, and Middle East Policy.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n                <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2005746 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ct-header-fixed-none ct-row-max-none\" data-id=\"2005746\" 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class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#dcd3515_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cihan-Dizdaroglu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cihan-Dizdaroglu.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cihan-Dizdaroglu-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cihan-Dizdaroglu-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_dcd3515_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCihan Dizdaro\u011flu\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-dcd3515\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_dcd3515_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cihan-Dizdaroglu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cihan-Dizdaroglu.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cihan-Dizdaroglu-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cihan-Dizdaroglu-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Cihan Dizdaro\u011flu<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr Cihan Dizdaro\u011flu is associate professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Ba\u015fkent University. Previously, he worked as a Marie-Curie fellow (2018-2020) at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) at Coventry University and as a lecturer (2018-2021) in the in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Kadir Has University. He also served as an associate fellow (2021-2024) at the Istanbul Political Research Institute (ISTANPOL), director (2017-2018) of the Center for Turkish Studies at Kadir Has University, and project coordinator (2009-2018) of the International Relations Council of Turkey. He still serves as the managing editor of the journal of Uluslararas\u0131 Iliskiler (International Relations). Dr Dizdaro\u011flu holds a PhD in International Relations from Kadir Has University. He is the author of Turkish-Greek Relations: Foreign Policy in a Securitisation Framework (2023) published by Edinburgh University Press and co-editor of Critical Peace Studies: Concepts, Actors and Processes [Ele\u015ftirel Bar\u0131\u015f \u00c7al\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131: Kavramlar, Akt\u00f6rler ve S\u00fcre\u00e7ler] (2024) published by Imge Publishing.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5ea25c\" data-id=\"c5ea25c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-694802a elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"694802a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_694802a_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#694802a_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cagri-Erhan-1-e1637668737460.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cagri-Erhan-1-e1637668737460.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cagri-Erhan-1-e1637668737460-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cagri-Erhan-1-e1637668737460-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_694802a_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u00c7a\u011fr\u0131 Erhan\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cagrierhan.net\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-694802a\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_694802a_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cagri-Erhan-1-e1637668737460.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cagri-Erhan-1-e1637668737460.jpg 571w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cagri-Erhan-1-e1637668737460-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cagri-Erhan-1-e1637668737460-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">\u00c7a\u011fr\u0131 Erhan<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHe is a faculty member at Alt\u0131nba\u015f University and a member of the U\u0130K Board of Directors. His academic interests are Global Strategic Relations, International Security, Five Sea Basin Geopolitics, US Foreign Policy. For detailed information, www.cagrierhan.net\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cagrierhan.net\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d52e882\" data-id=\"d52e882\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-146a042 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"146a042\" 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https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-16.46.52-296x300.jpeg 296w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-16.46.52-768x778.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-16.46.52.jpeg 1058w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_146a042_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDimitrios Triantaphyllou\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul 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src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-16.46.52-1011x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-16.46.52-1011x1024.jpeg 1011w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-16.46.52-296x300.jpeg 296w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-16.46.52-768x778.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-16.46.52.jpeg 1058w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Dimitrios Triantaphyllou<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDimitrios Triantaphyllou is Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for International and European Studies at Kadir Has University. His academic interests include EU foreign and neighbourhood policies, Black Sea security and politics, Greek-Turkish Relations, Turkish Foreign Policy, Regionalism, Security Studies. He is actively involved in many non-formal initiatives promoting civic engagement and youth empowerment.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/feas.khas.edu.tr\/en\/academic\/1834\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5088dfd\" data-id=\"5088dfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33889be elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"33889be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_33889be_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#33889be_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ebru-canan.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ebru-canan.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ebru-canan-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ebru-canan-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_33889be_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEbru Canan-Sokullu\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-33889be\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_33889be_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ebru-canan.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ebru-canan.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ebru-canan-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/ebru-canan-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Ebru Canan-Sokullu<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShe is a faculty member of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Bah\u00e7e\u015fehir University and the director of the United Nations Education and Research Institute (UNITAR) International Education Center for Managers and Leaders, CIFAL Istanbul. She is also the editor of the International Relations Council Panorama Portal. Her academic interests are quantitative political science, international security studies, foreign policy and public opinion research.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n                <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d909df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ct-header-fixed-none ct-row-max-none\" data-id=\"6d909df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36e3132\" data-id=\"36e3132\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa3e0e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"fa3e0e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_fa3e0e4_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#fa3e0e4_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/erdem-denk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/erdem-denk.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/erdem-denk-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_fa3e0e4_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tErdem Denk\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.erdemdenk.com\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-fa3e0e4\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_fa3e0e4_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/erdem-denk.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/erdem-denk.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/erdem-denk-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Erdem Denk<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBorn in 1975, Erdem Denk has been working at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations since December 1998. He has published twelve books, two joint book translations and several articles on various issues and problems of international law. For some time now, he has focused on understanding the basic dynamics of the social orders established from primitive humans to the present day. His first book in this context was published in September 2021 with the title 50 Thousand Years of World Order: Societies and Their Laws. His two comprehensive books, titled The Invention of the State and the Story of the State, are in preparation.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-modal-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><strong>Email:<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:denk@ankara.edu.tr\">denk@ankara.edu.tr<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.erdemdenk.com\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5e79dd\" data-id=\"b5e79dd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73a9ead elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"73a9ead\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_73a9ead_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#73a9ead_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Haldun-Yalcinkaya.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Haldun-Yalcinkaya.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Haldun-Yalcinkaya-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_73a9ead_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHaldun Yal\u00e7\u0131nkaya\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-73a9ead\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_73a9ead_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Haldun-Yalcinkaya.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Haldun-Yalcinkaya.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Haldun-Yalcinkaya-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Haldun Yal\u00e7\u0131nkaya<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Dr. Haldun Yal\u00e7\u0131nkaya is a faculty member at TOBB University of Economics and Technology. His academic interests include International Security Studies, War, Terrorism, Afghanistan and the security dimension of Turkish Foreign Policy.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-981fbe3\" data-id=\"981fbe3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc1d128 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"cc1d128\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_cc1d128_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#cc1d128_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7E4BC0F7-EB38-400B-B0EC-6A7D35F17149-export.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7E4BC0F7-EB38-400B-B0EC-6A7D35F17149-export.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7E4BC0F7-EB38-400B-B0EC-6A7D35F17149-export-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7E4BC0F7-EB38-400B-B0EC-6A7D35F17149-export-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_cc1d128_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKarel Valansi\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.karelvalansi.com\/\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-cc1d128\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_cc1d128_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7E4BC0F7-EB38-400B-B0EC-6A7D35F17149-export.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7E4BC0F7-EB38-400B-B0EC-6A7D35F17149-export.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7E4BC0F7-EB38-400B-B0EC-6A7D35F17149-export-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/7E4BC0F7-EB38-400B-B0EC-6A7D35F17149-export-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Karel Valansi<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKarel Valansi, PhD, is a Global Academy expert and assistant editor at Global Panorama. Previously, she was a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Istanbul Kultur University, a political columnist focused on Middle East affairs in T24 and \u015ealom Newspaper. Her academic interests include Security Studies, the Middle East, the Palestinian conflict, Turkey-Israel relations, and Turkish foreign policy. She is a member of the Women in Foreign Policy Initiative and is actively involved in many initiatives promoting religious minority rights and women\u2019s empowerment. She is the author of The Crescent Moon and the Magen David: Turkish-Israeli Relations Through the Lens of the Turkish Public. You can reach her analyses at karelvalansi.com. Follow her on Twitter @karelvalansi and Bluesky karelvalansi.bsky.social\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.karelvalansi.com\/\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fc0816\" data-id=\"9fc0816\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-defaae6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"defaae6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_defaae6_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#defaae6_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.33.09.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_defaae6_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKonstantinos Yfantis\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-defaae6\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_defaae6_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-03-at-15.33.09.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Konstantinos Yfantis<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKostas Ifantis (Konstantinos Yfantis) is Professor of International Relations, Department of International, European and Area Studies, Panteion University of Athens. His academic interests and published research include international security and strategic studies, US foreign policy, Transatlantic relations and Greek and Turkish foreign and security policy.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n                <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d3a1d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ct-header-fixed-none ct-row-max-none\" data-id=\"2d3a1d2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf3e675\" data-id=\"cf3e675\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c5e69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"f8c5e69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f8c5e69_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#f8c5e69_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Meliha-Hoca.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Meliha-Hoca.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Meliha-Hoca-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f8c5e69_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeliha Altun\u0131\u015f\u0131k\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-f8c5e69\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_f8c5e69_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Meliha-Hoca.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Meliha-Hoca.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Meliha-Hoca-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Meliha Altun\u0131\u015f\u0131k<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeliha Benli Altun\u0131\u015f\u0131k: She is a faculty member at Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations. His academic interests are Middle East politics and international relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Turkey's foreign policy, Security Studies, Regionalization, Rentier State Theory and Political Economy of the Middle East.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7be553a\" data-id=\"7be553a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d38b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"34d38b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_34d38b6_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#34d38b6_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-31-at-14.45.36-e1640973335125.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_34d38b6_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMitat \u00c7elikpala\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-34d38b6\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_34d38b6_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-31-at-14.45.36-e1640973335125.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Mitat \u00c7elikpala<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Dr. Mitat \u00c7elikpala is a faculty member at Kadir Has University, Department of International Relations. Dr. \u00c7elikpala's areas of work include the former Soviet geography and the Caucasus, diaspora studies, the Black Sea Region and its security, Turkish-Russian relations, energy security, critical infrastructure security and the fight against terrorism. \u00c7elikpala has articles and reviews published in academic journals and current media on the above-mentioned issues.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ba38f6\" data-id=\"8ba38f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7137395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"7137395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_7137395_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#7137395_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MA-1-e1637221406470.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_7137395_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMustafa Ayd\u0131n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mustafaaydin.gen.tr\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-7137395\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_7137395_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MA-1-e1637221406470.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Mustafa Ayd\u0131n<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHe is a faculty member at Kadir Has University and the Chairman of the Board of the International Relations Council. He is the Global Academy General Coordinator. His academic interests are International Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis, Security Studies, Strategy and Geopolitics, and foreign policy and security in Eurasia, the Middle East and Turkey. For detailed information, see http:\/\/www.mustafaaydin.gen.tr\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mustafaaydin.gen.tr\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aac7a44\" data-id=\"aac7a44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1050c99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"1050c99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_1050c99_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#1050c99_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_1050c99_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNesrin Algan\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-1050c99\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_1050c99_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nesrin-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Nesrin Algan<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNesrin Algan is a lecturer at Ankara University SBF-Property, City, Environment and Local Administration Policies Department. Her academic interests are International Environmental Policies and Law, Environmental Security, Sustainable Development, Climate Politics, Marine Environmental Policies.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n                <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-26600e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ct-header-fixed-none ct-row-max-none\" data-id=\"26600e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-772a731\" data-id=\"772a731\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c113167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"c113167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_c113167_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#c113167_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/uzmanlar-e1637852670780.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_c113167_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPavel Baev\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prio.org\/people\/person\/?x=3461\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-c113167\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_c113167_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/uzmanlar-e1637852670780.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Pavel Baev<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPavel K. Baev is a Research Professor at the Oslo Peace Research Institute, a Senior Non-Resident Researcher at the Brookings Institution and a Senior Fellow at the French Institute for International Affairs. His academic interests cover security-related themes with a focus on Russian policy-making from the Arctic to the Middle East. He is a columnist for the Eurasia Daily Monitor.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a856da5\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prio.org\/people\/person\/?x=3461\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97feaa7\" data-id=\"97feaa7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ddc52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"53ddc52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_53ddc52_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#53ddc52_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman-732x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_53ddc52_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tS. G\u00fclden Ayman\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/south-asia-research-hub\/\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-53ddc52\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_53ddc52_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman-732x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman-768x1074.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ayman.jpg 854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">S. G\u00fclden Ayman<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. S. Gulden Ayman is a professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University. Her areas of interest include international security with its political, military, and psychological aspects, territorial problems, and radicalization. Her current studies focus on Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan. She has written extensively on foreign policy and international security issues. Her publications include \u201cControl of Conventional Armed Forces in Post-Cold War Period,\u201d \u201cGreek Foreign Policy from a Neo-Realist Perspective\u201d, \u201cThe Formula of Good Neighborhood\u201d, \u201cSpace, Identity, Power and Foreign Policy\u201d (in Turkish);\u201cStalemate in Iraq: Fundamental Parameters for Turkey\u201d (in Turkish); and \u201cKyoto Protocol, European Union and Turkish Business World (in Turkish). She has received the NATO SPS Program Advanced Research Workshop Award (2006), the Fulbright Aegean Initiative Award, the UN Studies at Yale University award (2003), the Middle East Research Competition\u201d, and Ford Foundation support (1999).\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/south-asia-research-hub\/\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd7929d\" data-id=\"cd7929d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9f8e25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"f9f8e25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f9f8e25_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#f9f8e25_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sevda-Alankus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sevda-Alankus.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sevda-Alankus-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_f9f8e25_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSevda Alanku\u015f\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-f9f8e25\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_f9f8e25_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sevda-Alankus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sevda-Alankus.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sevda-Alankus-269x300.jpg 269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Sevda Alanku\u015f<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Dr. Sevda Alanku\u015f is a faculty member in the Department of New Media and Communication at Ya\u015far University. Her research and publications in the field of political communication primarily focus on journalism and ethics, gender and rights-based journalism, and peace journalism. Her publications include a study  comparing the newsroom experiences of women journalists in Turkey and Greece, their approach to role of news media in relations between two countries and peace journalism. Since 2020, she has been serving on the expert jury of the International Fetisov Journalism Awards, and in 2024, she was awarded the Peace Journalism Prize by the Turkish Journalists\u2019 Association.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0d234e2\" data-id=\"0d234e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9b3d28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"b9b3d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_b9b3d28_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#b9b3d28_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SAA-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SAA-1.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SAA-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SAA-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_b9b3d28_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSinem A. A\u00e7\u0131kme\u015fe\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-b9b3d28\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_b9b3d28_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SAA-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SAA-1.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SAA-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/SAA-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Sinem A. A\u00e7\u0131kme\u015fe<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProf. Dr. Sinem Akg\u00fcl A\u00e7\u0131kme\u015fe is a faculty member at Kadir Has University, Department of International Relations. Her academic interests include Security Studies, European integration and security, and European Union-Turkey relations. It carries out research projects within the scope of the EU's Erasmus+, Marie Curie and Jean Monnet programs.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n                <section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee60d62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default ct-header-fixed-none ct-row-max-none\" data-id=\"ee60d62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n            \n                        <div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default \">\n                    <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39e31a6\" data-id=\"39e31a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9077b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" data-id=\"9077b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-team.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"profile-card elementor-animation- text-center ekit-team-style-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_9077b84_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-header ekit-team-img ekit-img-overlay ekit-team-img-block\"  data-toggle=\"modal\" data-target=\"ekit_team_modal_#9077b84_40692\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/siri-neset-808x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/siri-neset-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/siri-neset-1212x1536.jpg 1212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-header END -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"profile-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"profile\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_9077b84_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSiri Neset\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-9077b84\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_9077b84_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" role=\"document\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"ekit-team-modal-close\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-times\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/siri-neset-808x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/siri-neset-808x1024.jpg 808w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/siri-neset-1212x1536.jpg 1212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Siri Neset<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSiri Neset is a political psychologist and an associate research fellow at Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway. Neset`s academic interests include foreign policy decision-making, security studies, geopolitics, Turkish domestic and foreign policy, and U.S. relations with MENA. Her work is focused within the intersection between theoretically informed approaches and policy related issues\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f17ef83\" data-id=\"f17ef83\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n                        \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00bd5cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-team\" 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href=\"javascript:void(0)\" data-mfp-src=\"#ekit_team_modal_00bd5cb_40692\" class=\"ekit-team-popup\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYaprak G\u00fcrsoy\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-designation\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .profile-body END -->\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"profile-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/european-institute\/people\/g%C3%BCrsoy-yaprak\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zoom-anim-dialog mfp-hide elementskit-team-popup team-popup-id-00bd5cb\" id=\"ekit_team_modal_00bd5cb_40692\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"modal-dialog modal-dialog-centered\" 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https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-12-at-12.56.35-AM-1536x1151.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-12-at-12.56.35-AM-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-12-at-12.56.35-AM-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.globacademy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-01-12-at-12.56.35-AM.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-info has-img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"ekit-team-modal-title\">Yaprak G\u00fcrsoy<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ekit-team-modal-position\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-team-modal-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYaprak G\u00fcrsoy is an Associate Professor of European Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies at the same university. She is also the founding chairman of the Political Studies Association (PSA) Turkey Politics Special Group and a board member of the British Association of Turkish Areas Studies (BATAS). Her academic studies examine Turkish politics and foreign policy comparatively.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ekit-team-social-list\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-770f645\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/european-institute\/people\/g%C3%BCrsoy-yaprak\" aria-label=\"web\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-internet\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0962b7\" data-id=\"f0962b7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n                                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ae8af5\" data-id=\"6ae8af5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n            <div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n                                    <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n        \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arda Mevl\u00fcto\u011flu Arda Mevl\u00fcto\u011flu Arda Mevl\u00fcto\u011flu holds a BSc degree in Astronautical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (2003) and master&#8217;s degrees in Science and Technology Policy Studies (2015) and International Relations (2022) from Middle East Technical University. He is currently pursuing his doctorate in Science and Technology Policy Studies from Middle East Technical University. 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