GRF Young Scholars Abroad Seminars
2013 Term

The first part of GRF Young Scholars Abroad 2013, the seminar program catered to Turkish undergraduates currently studying at leading universities across the world, was held on May 27-29 at Koç University İstinye Campus. Led by GRF Vice-Chairman and President Mr. Memduh Karakullukçu, the seminar program also included presentations of some of our distinguished members on their areas of expertise. Prof. Hasan Ersel, Member of Board of Trustees at TEPAV and Faculty Member at Sabancı University’s School of Management; Ambassador Sönmez Köksal, Former Undersecretary of Turkish National Intelligence Organization and Ambassador İlter Türkmen, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs attended the program and shared their assessments respectively on ‘The Process of Turkey’s Democratization and Development’, ‘Protocol’&‘New Global Outlook and Turkey’ and ‘The Last 60 Years of Turkish Foreign Policy’.

GRF Young Scholars Abroad 2013 term: Ömer Alaettinoğlu (Columbia U.), Lisa Elif Archibald (MIT), Çınar Ark (Johns Hopkins U.), Ceyda Bıçakçı (Georgetown U.), Kiara Butrosoğlu (Brown U.), Feridun Mert Çelebi (Yale U.), Cansu Çolakoğlu (Harvard U.), Barkın Doğanay (Yale U.), Mehmet Emre Gül (Harvard U.), Kayacan Lordoğlu (North Carolina U.), Can Soylu (Harvard U.), Melike Tokatlıoğlu (Princeton U.), Sera Tolgay (Yale U.), Sevi Uras (Mcgill U.), Yiğit Yorulmaz (Yale U.)