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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.
Advisory Council
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Sheikh Muhammed A. J. Althani
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Deborah K. Jones
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Aldo Kaslowski
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Mehmet Öğütçü
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Namık Tan
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Neslihan Tombul
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Yaşar Yakış
Turkish Studies Program Experts
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