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<img alt="Dr.Mensur Akgün" src="/resimler/akgun.jpg" />
<i>Director</i> <br />
<a title="Dr.Mensur Akgün" href="/staff/107/Dr.Mensur Akgün/">Dr.Mensur Akgün</a>
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<img alt="Dr.Sylvia Tiryaki" src="/resimler/tiryaki.jpg" />
<i>Deputy Director</i> <br />
<a title="Dr.Sylvia Tiryaki" href="/staff/108/Dr.Sylvia Tiryaki/">Dr.Sylvia Tiryaki</a>
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<i>Development Coordinator</i> <br />
<a title="Esra Köse" href="/staff/110/Esra Köse/">Esra Köse</a>
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<img alt="Can Yirik" src="/resimler/yirik.jpg" />
<i>Research Fellow</i> <br />
<a title="Can Yirik" href="/staff/109/Can Yirik/">Can Yirik</a>
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<img alt="Menekşe Tokyay" src="/resimler/menekse-tokyay.jpg" />
<i>Project Assistant</i> <br />
<a title="Menekşe Tokyay" href="/staff/114/Menekşe Tokyay/">Menekşe Tokyay</a>
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<img alt="Nigar Hacızade" src="/resimler/niggar.jpg" />
<i>Project Assistant</i> <br />
<a title="Nigar Hacızade" href="/staff/124/Nigar Hacızade/">Nigar Hacızade</a>
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<img alt="Sabiha S. Gündoğar" src="/resimler/gundogar.jpg" />
<i>Associate Research Fellow</i> <br />
<a title="Sabiha S. Gündoğar" href="/staff/111/Sabiha S. Gündoğar/">Sabiha S. Gündoğar</a>
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<i>Associate Research Fellow</i> <br />
<a title="Fatih Furtun" href="/staff/130/Fatih Furtun/">Fatih Furtun</a>
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<img alt="Lenka Petkova" src="/resimler/lenka-petkova.jpg" />
<i>Intern</i> <br />
<a title="Lenka Petkova" href="/staff/115/Lenka Petkova/">Lenka Petkova</a>
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<img alt="Meltem Abalı" src="/resimler/meltem1.jpg" />
<i>Intern</i> <br />
<a title="Meltem Abalı" href="/staff/129/Meltem Abalı/">Meltem Abalı</a>
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<img alt="Ceren Zeynep Ak" src="/resimler/noimage.jpg" />
<i>Project Assistant</i> <br />
<a title="Ceren Zeynep Ak" href="/staff/113/Ceren Zeynep Ak/">Ceren Zeynep Ak</a>
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<img alt="Faith Dominic Wahala" src="/resimler/faith.jpg" />
<i>Intern</i> <br />
<a title="Faith Dominic Wahala" href="/staff/123/Faith Dominic Wahala/">Faith Dominic Wahala</a>
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<img alt="Ferhat Boratav" src="/resimler/boratav.jpg" />
<i>Associate Researcher</i> <br />
<a title="Ferhat Boratav" href="/staff/118/Ferhat Boratav/">Ferhat Boratav</a>
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<img alt="Salaheddine Jourchi" src="/resimler/juri.jpg" />
<i>Associate Researcher</i> <br />
<a title="Salaheddine Jourchi" href="/staff/120/Salaheddine Jourchi/">Salaheddine Jourchi</a>
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<img alt="Kais Jewad Azzawi" src="/resimler/jewad.jpg" />
<i>Associate Researcher</i> <br />
<a title="Kais Jewad Azzawi" href="/staff/121/Kais Jewad Azzawi/">Kais Jewad Azzawi</a>
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<i>Associate Researcher</i> <br />
<a title="Moheb Zaki" href="/staff/125/Moheb Zaki/">Moheb Zaki</a>
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<img alt="Dr Abdallah Shalaby" src="/resimler/noimage.jpg" />
<i>Associate Researcher</i> <br />
<a title="Dr Abdallah Shalaby" href="/staff/126/Dr Abdallah Shalaby/">Dr Abdallah Shalaby</a>
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<img alt="Dr Mostafa El Nabarawy" src="/resimler/noimage.jpg" />
<i>Associate Researcher</i> <br />
<a title="Dr Mostafa El Nabarawy" href="/staff/127/Dr Mostafa El Nabarawy/">Dr Mostafa El Nabarawy</a>
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<img alt="Antoine Nasri Messarra" src="/resimler/noimage.jpg" />
<i>Associate Researcher</i> <br />
<a title="Antoine Nasri Messarra" href="/staff/128/Antoine Nasri Messarra/">Antoine Nasri Messarra</a>
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<p>Director <a href="/staff/107/Dr.Mensur Akgün/">Dr.Mensur Akgün</a><br />
Deputy Director <a href="/staff/108/Dr.Sylvia Tiryaki/">Dr.Sylvia Tiryaki</a><br />
Development Coordinator <a href="/staff/110/Esra Köse/">Esra Köse</a><br />
Research Fellow <a href="/staff/109/Can Yirik/">Can Yirik</a><br />
Project Assistant <a href="/staff/114/Menekşe Tokyay/">Menekşe Tokyay</a><br />
Project Assistant <a href="/staff/124/Nigar Hacızade/">Nigar Hacızade</a><br />
Associate Research Fellow <a href="/staff/111/Sabiha S. Gündoğar/">Sabiha S. Gündoğar</a><br />
Associate Research Fellow <a href="/staff/130/Fatih Furtun/">Fatih Furtun</a><br />
Intern <a href="/staff/115/Lenka Petkova/">Lenka Petkova</a><br />
Intern <a href="/staff/129/Meltem Abalı/">Meltem Abalı</a><br />
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<img alt="TOWARDS A BETTER LIFE: HOW TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA" src="/resimler/MepiCover2010Feb.jpg" />
<h3>Edited Book</h3><b class="kahve">TOWARDS A BETTER LIFE: HOW TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA</b><br /><a href="/dosyalar/mepi2010.pdf" title="">Download</a>
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<img alt="The Kurdish Question: The process and the grave mistakes by the Governments" src="/resimler/kurdishByYalime.jpg" />
<h3>Yalım Eralp</h3><b class="kahve">The Kurdish Question: The process and the grave mistakes by the Governments</b><br /><a href="/dosyalar/kurdish_questionYalim.pdf" title="">Download</a>
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<img alt="Iran the Bomb and Turkey" src="/resimler/iran_bomb.jpg" />
<h3>Yalım Eralp</h3><b class="kahve">Iran the Bomb and Turkey</b><br /><a href="/dosyalar/iran_the_bomb.pdf" title="">Download</a>
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