Biography

Dr. Mitat Çelikpala is Professor of International Relations and the Vice-Rector at Kadir Has University, Istanbul. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on Eurasian security, energy, critical infrastructure security/protection, Turkish foreign and domestic policy, and the Caucasus. Prof. Çelikpala is a board member of the International Relations Council of Türkiye. He is serving as an academic advisor to NATO’s Center of Excellence Defense Against Terrorism in Ankara, especially on regional security and critical infrastructure protection, and the board member of the Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Istanbul.