Berkay Mandıracı Analyst, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey Please submit all media inquiries to bmandiraci@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Berkay Mandiraci joined Crisis Group in June 2015 and currently works as Turkey Analyst based in Istanbul. He holds a masters degree in International Relations, Global Governance, and Social Theory from Bremen University in Germany. Berkay previously worked in different projects for the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) and the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) in the areas of judicial and security sector reform. In The News 17 Apr 2017 Regardless of their actual views on the constitutional changes, Erdoğan's supporters feel the need to support him after the coup. Vox Berkay Mandıracı Analyst, Turkey Latest Updates Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 10 November 2016 Turkey’s PKK Conflict Veers onto a More Violent Path Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 20 July 2016 Turkey’s PKK Conflict: The Death Toll On 20 July 2016, the first-year anniversary of resumption of violence in Turkey's PKK conflict, Crisis Group made public an open-source casualty infographic in order to draw attention to the rising human cost, trace conflict trends and demonstrate how the tactics on the ground are evolving. The infographic is meant to function as a clear, impartial, and factual account of the conflict’s changing dynamics. Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 4 July 2016 The Struggle with Islamic State that Turkey Hoped to Avoid In this Q&A, Crisis Group tapped the views of its Project Director and Analyst in Turkey, Nigar Göksel and Berkay Mandıracı, as well as its Russia and the North Caucasus Project Director, Ekaterina Sokirianskaia. Op-Ed / Europe & Central Asia 14 March 2016 Trügerisches Selbstvertrauen Originally published in Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft Op-Ed / Europe & Central Asia 7 March 2016 New Turkey-PKK Peace Talks: An Inevitability Postponed Originally published in Turkish Policy Quarterly Load more