Education Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2012 (Dissertation: The Enlightenment Idea of History as a Legitimation Tool of Kemalism in Turkey) Licentiate of Philosophy, University of Turku, Finland, 2008 Master of Arts, University of Turku, Finland, 2005 Professional career Senior Research Fellow, the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, April 2014 – Research Fellow (post-doc), Tallinn University, Estonia, August 2013 – March 2014. Research Fellow (post-doc), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, September 2012 – June 2013 Doctoral student, MEUDOS doctoral school, Network for European Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland, September 2009 – December 2011 Academic Teaching Lecture series "90 Years of the Republic of Turkey", Tallinn University, Spring semester 2014. Intensive course "The 90 Years of the Republic of Turkey," co-organizer and lecturer, The Finnish Institute in the Middle East (FIME), Istanbul, 2.11.–10.11.2013 Master's Degree Programme in European Studies (MES)/ European Studies workshop – essay workshop tutoring, University of Helsinki, autumn semester 2011 Master's Degree Programme in European Studies (MES)/ European Studies workshop – essay workshop tutoring, University of Helsinki, autumn semester 2010 Lecture in series University of Helsinki Studies Europe: "The Europeanization of Turkey as a Political Project” (Together with Pia Alilonttinen), University of Helsinki, 21.10.2010 Lectures on the "Core Issues in the History of Modern Turkey”, University of Turku, autumn semester 2008 Language Skills Finnish, English, Swedish, Turkish

Turkey’s domestic and foreign policies, especially Turkey’s relations with the EU, USA and Russia; the Kurdish question; Cyprus question; Middle East great power politics; political Islam, political ideologies.