CATS Team

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Head

Dr. Sinem Adar

Turkey/CATS (Head of CATS)
Thematic working group the challenge of autocratisation (Co-Chair)

sinem.adar@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Turkey
- Syria
- Turkey
- Civil wars
- Migration policy
- Nation- and state-building
- Regional and interstate conflicts

Research

Dr. Hürcan Aslı Aksoy

Turkey/CATS (Senior Fellow)

huercan.asli.aksoy@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Turkey
- Turkey
- Crisis management
- EU foreign policy
- European Union
- Human rights
- Political systems
Dr. Yaşar Aydın

Turkey/CATS (Associate)

yasar.aydin@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Migration, development cooperation
- Turkey
- Turkey
- Migration
- Migration policy
Dr Sinem Bal

Turkey/CATS (CATS Fellow)

sinem.bal@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Turkey
- European Union
- Human rights
- Migration
Barış Alp Özden

Turkey/CATS (CATS Fellow)

baris.oezden@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Turkey
Dr. Salim Çevik

Turkey/CATS (Visiting Fellow)

salim.cevik@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Turkey
- Turkey
- Elites and elite change
- Human rights
- Nation- and state-building
- Political Islam / Islamism
- Political systems
- Populism
Nebahat Tanrıverdi Yaşar

Turkey/CATS (Visiting Fellow)

nebahat.yasar@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Turkey
- Libya
- Turkey

Project Team

Bettina Emir

Turkey/CATS (Project Coordinator)

bettina.emir@swp-berlin.org
Lisa Schwitalla, M.A.

Turkey/CATS (Research Assistant)

lisa.schwitalla@swp-berlin.org
Marcela Müggler, M.Sc., LLM

Turkey/CATS (Information and Data Manager)

marcela.mueggler@swp-berlin.org
Greta Zeidler

Turkey/CATS (Student Assistant)

greta.zeidler@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Turkey
Ben Philipp Zimmermann

Turkey/CATS (Student Assistant)

ben.zimmermann@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Turkey