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Dr. Tolga SAKMAN, who graduated from Kocaeli University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration in 2010, started the International Relations Master Program of the War Academies Command (newly National Defense University) Strategic Research Institute (SAREN) in the same year and he graduated at 2013 with his thesis about “Analysis of Turkish Diaspora’s Participation Process to European Political System: The Cases of Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium”. He completed his doctoral studies at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University with his thesis on “Security Management in the Presidential System”.
Dr. SAKMAN, who began working at a think tank in 2012, was lastly appointed to the coordination role for national defense and security studies and continued his work at the same institution until 2018. He began working as the Rectorate Coordinator and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Nişantaşı University in 2016 and continued in these positions until May 2018. He began working as the Founding Chairman of DİPAM in 2020.
He has prepared 12 books/book chapters/scientific articles and around 25 conference papers, mainly on the topics of diaspora, security, strategy, and European politics. He has coordinated around 20 projects in Türkiye and abroad; and participated as a speaker in numerous national and international seminars/meetings/workshops. He contributes to national and international media outlets with his commentary on foreign policy and global issues, publishing analyses on these topics.
