Welcoming of the 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellows
The Welcoming event for the 2025/26 Mercator- IPC Fellows was held on October 15, 2025, at Sakıp Sabancı Museum with the Keynote Speech “Why So Easy? Reflections on the Crisis of Liberalism” by 2025 Mercator-IPC Visiting Senior Fellow Ivan Krastev. The speech was followed by welcoming remarks from IPC Director Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Stiftung Mercator Executive Director Wolfgang Rohe, and Vice President of Sabancı University Mehmet Yıldız. The event concluded with a movie screening that introduced 2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellows Ali Baydarol, Burcu Karakaş, Damla Bayraktar Aksel, Moritz Zackariat, Francesco Pasta,
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