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About the Director

Gönül Tol

Tol is the founding director of MEI’s Turkish Studies program and an adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Institute for Middle East Studies. She has written extensively on Turkey-U.S. relations, Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy, and the Kurdish issue.

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Advisory Council


Sheikh Muhammed A. J. Althani

Deborah K. Jones

Aldo Kaslowski

Mehmet Öğütçü

Namık Tan

Neslihan Tombul

Yaşar Yakış

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Turkish Studies Program Experts


Meliha Benli Altunışık

Meliha Benli Altunışık

Non-Resident Scholar

Howard Eissenstat

Howard Eissenstat

Non-Resident Scholar

Yörük Işık

Yörük Işık

Non-Resident Scholar

Seren Selvin Korkmaz

Seren Selvin Korkmaz

Non-Resident Scholar

Murat Kubilay

M. Murat Kubilay

Non-Resident Scholar

W. Robert Pearson

W. Robert Pearson

Non-Resident Scholar

Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir

Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir

Non-Resident Scholar

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Gönül Tol

Director of Turkey Program and Senior Fellow, Black Sea Program

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