Altay Atlı

Altay Atlı is a Senior Scholar at Istanbul Policy Center. He is the founder of Atlı Global, a firm providing strategic advisory services on the global economy. He also teaches undergraduate courses at the Department of International Relations of Koç University and graduate courses in the Asian Studies program of Boğaziçi University. His academic interests include international political economy, Asia–Pacific economies, and geoeconomics.

Atlı completed his PhD in Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University, where his doctoral dissertation examined the role of business organizations in Turkey’s foreign policy. He earned a master’s degree in International Business from Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Boğaziçi University and is a graduate of the German High School in Istanbul.

Atlı previously served as Research Coordinator at the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK), focusing on the Asia–Pacific region and Eurasia, and as Administrative Coordinator at the Asia Studies Center at Boğaziçi University. He was selected as a "Global Emerging Voices Fellow" in an initiative organized by the Torino World Affairs Institute in cooperation with the German Marshall Fund, the Australian National University, and Stiftung Mercator. He was also a "Young Academics Fellow" at the Global Relations Forum. He currently serves as an expert member of the China Working Group at the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD).