Turkey and the West in Global Turmoil
The Initiative convened the panel “Turkey and the West in Global Turmoil” moderated by Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator and Senior Scholar Senem Aydın-Düzgit with the participation of Mercator-IPC Senior Fellows Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Atila Eralp, and Michael Thumann on November 25, 2019 at IPC Karaköy.
Senem Aydın Düzgit
Senem Aydın-Düzgit is the Director of Istanbul Policy Center and a Professor of International Relations at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabancı University.
senem.aydinduzgit@sabanciuniv.edu
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş is a 2019 Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow at the Istanbul Policy Center and a former journalist. She has been a fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) since 2015 and a commentator on Turkish domestic and foreign policy.
asli.aydintasbas@sabanciuniv.edu
Atila Eralp
Atila Eralp is a member of the International Advisory Council of Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initative. He was a Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow at IPC from 2019 to 2023.
atila.eralp@sabanciuniv.edu
Michael Thumann
Michael Thumann has been the diplomatic correspondent of Die Zeit since 2013 and is based in Berlin. Prior to that, he reported on Turkey and the Middle East as Die Zeit’s Istanbul Bureau Chief. In 2014/15 and between 1996 and 2001, he reported on Russia and Central Asia as the Moscow Bureau Chief of Die Zeit.
michael.thumann@sabanciuniv.edu