Nigar Goksel has been Türkiye Project Director since April 2015. Based in Istanbul, she researches, produces reports and conducts advocacy on regional and internal security issues in Türkiye, and between Türkiye and its neighbours. She also oversees the work of Crisis Group office in Türkiye.

• Editor-in-Chief of Turkish Policy Quarterly – TPQ (2002-2015)
• Senior Analyst at the European Stability Initiative (2004-2011)
• Head of International Relations department for the ARI Movement (2002-2004)
• Country Director at IREX (2001-2003)
• Project Manager at TESEV (2000-2002)
• Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD), U.S. office (APRIL 2000-AUGUST 2000)
• Executive Assistant to the Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States (SEPTEMBER 1998-APRIL 2000)
   

• Turkish politics
• Türkiye's neighborhood foreign policies
• Türkiye-EU relations
• Geopolitics of the South Caucasus

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