Dr. İpek Coşkun Armağan received her bachelor’s degree in English Linguistics from Hacettepe University and minored in sociology. She completed her master’s degree at Gazi University, Department of Sociology, with a thesis on inequalities in education. She earned her PhD from Hacı Bayram Veli University in the field of sociology of education with a dissertation focusing on violence and conflict in schools. She has authored national and international publications, including articles, research papers, and books, on topics such as education policies, equality in education, internationalization, migration policies, and radicalization. Armağan worked as a researcher at the SETA Foundation between 2009 and 2017, served as an Advisor to the Minister of National Education between 2017 and 2021, and was a Member of the Executive Board at the Turkish Maarif Foundation from 2021 to 2023. As of August 2023, Dr. İpek Coşkun Armağan has been serving as the General Coordinator of Institute Social and is also a member of the Presidential Board for Social and Youth Policies.

Selçuk Aydın graduated from the Department of International Relations at Ankara University, and he completed his master’s degree in political economy of the Middle East and PhD in the Defence Studies Department, School of Security Studies at King’s College London. He worked as a senior researcher at the TRT World Research Center, played a role in the establishment of TRT World Forum and TRT Broadcasting Strategy Center, and participated as a manager in various projects at TRT. He has published articles, book chapters, and opinions on Türkiye’s history, social movements, diaspora, Kurdish and Middle East studies, world order, and politics. He is currently an assistant professor at Boğaziçi University.

Sefer Soydar completed his undergraduate studies in the Department of History at Middle East Technical University. He earned his master’s degree from the Department of History at Boğaziçi University, where he conducted a spatial analysis of the social and economic activities of waqfs in Ottoman Cyprus for his thesis. He has worked as a researcher on various international projects in the fields of digital humanities and geographic information systems and has published research papers. Additionally, he has worked as a teaching assistant in the Department of History at Boğaziçi University and as a research assistant in academic studies related to the intellectual, political, and economic history of the late Ottoman and early Republic periods. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies in the Department of History at Boğaziçi University.

Fatmanur Kartav graduated from the Department of Sociology at Istanbul University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Graphic Design at Altınbaş University. She began her career in the research sector, focusing on market research activities, and later took on roles in event coordination at Garaj Istanbul, an art performance space. She also gained experience in content creation for digital advertising campaigns for various companies. Between 2017 and 2023, she was involved in organizing international social responsibility projects, competitions, and summer schools at the Türkiye Maarif Foundation, where she also worked in video editing, digital marketing, and content writing. Since 2023, she has been serving as the Director of Corporate Communications and Events at Institute Social.