On Tuesday, 6th September, the European Foundation for Democracy organised a conference on Turkey’s failed coup: domestic and foreign policy implications with Dr. Demir Murat Seyrek.
Mr Murat Seyrek is a Senior Policy Advisor at the European Foundation for Democracy. He began his career as the Brussels representative of the ARI Movement, a leading Turkish NGO, working on Turkey-EU relations and democratisation. During the Cyprus peace process (2003-2004) he took an active role establishing contacts with the EU institutions and European think-tanks on behalf of the Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community. Murat has published widely on contemporary aspects of Turkish politics and foreign policy, including in academic journals, newspapers and think tank publications. He also appears regularly on television and in print media. He holds a PhD in Political Science and an MA in European Studies from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and BSc in International Relations from the Middle East Technical University (Turkey). Murat speaks Turkish, English and French.