EDUCATION

• 2024: Doctor of Philosophy in Area Studies (Middle East), Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Dissertation: Variations in Foreign Policy Approaches of GCC States toward Turkey: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar in the Case of the Syrian Crisis. GPA: 3.86/4.0 (Instruction Language: English).

• 2015: Master of Science in International Relations (Middle East), Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Dissertation: Turkish-Saudi Relations within the Context of internal and regional dynamics during the 1990s and the 2000s. GPA: 3.71/4.0 (Instruction Language: English).

• 2010: Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Çanakkale OnSekiz Mart University, Turkey. (Instruction Language: English & Turkish). GPA: 3.42/4.0

SCHOLARSHIPS

• 2018-2019: Arabic Language Scholarship of the State of Kuwait – Kuwait University, Kuwait.
• 2009: Vysoká škola podnikání Ostrava, a.s. (Business School of Ostrava) — Ostrava, Czech Republic. Erasmus Scholarship (Instruction Language: English). GPA: 4.0/4.0

FELLOWSHIPS

• Gulf International Forum – Washington D.C, U.S. – Non-Resident Fellow (2022 – Present)
• Women in Foreign Policy (DPK) – Turkey (2023 – Present)

WORK EXPERIENCES

• Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University – Researcher (2022 – Present)
• Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Ankara – Assistant for Press and Cultural Affairs (2015 – 2018)
• Arab News Newspaper— Weekly Columnist, Saudi Arabia (2016 – Present)                                                       

LANGUAGES

Turkish (Native Proficiency)                                 

English (Fluent Proficiency)      

Arabic (Intermediate Proficiency)

French (Beginner Proficiency)