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 Mandıracı 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 27 Dec 2017 [Turkish] policymakers need to ensure that [the] skills taught [to Syrian refugees] are matched with local market needs. Deutsche Welle Berkay Mandıracı Analyst, Turkey 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 22 October 2019 Assessing the Fatalities in Turkey’s PKK Conflict Turkey’s ruling party sees recent battlefield and electoral gains as vindicating its hardline policies toward the PKK. But these same policies fuel the Kurdish grievances that keep the fighting going. Ankara would thus be wise to consider exploring ways of winding down the destructive conflict. Interview / Europe & Central Asia 7 March 2018 Der Faden, an dem die deutsch-türkischen Beziehungen hängen Ein Gespräch mit Berkay Mandıracı von der „International Crisis Group Istanbul“ über soziale Spannungen in türkischen Großstädten, die Unterstützung der EU und die Rolle der Flüchtlinge in der türkischen Außenpolitik. Originally published in Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Briefing Note / Europe & Central Asia 27 February 2018 Bilgi Notu | Türkiye’deki Suriyeliler: Kentsel Gerilimleri Azaltmak Çok sayıda Suriyeliye ev sahipliği yapan ve son dönemde kimi sosyal gerilimlerin yaşandığı İstanbul, Ankara ve İzmir’in bazı mahallelerinde kapsamlı saha araştırmamızın sonucunda 29 Ocak 2018 tarihinde “Türkiye’deki Suriyeliler: Kentsel Gerilimleri Azaltmak” adlı raporumuz İngilizce olarak yayınlandı. Bu Bilgi Notu, özellikle Ankara karar alıcıları ve yereldeki yetkili mercilere yönelik rapordaki çözüm önerilerini özetlemektedir. Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 15 February 2018 Integrating Syrian Refugees in Istanbul’s “District of Victimhood” Sultangazi is home to a mix of religious and ethnic groups – as well as 50,000 Syrian refugees. The district received the refugees warmly. But resentment is rising, as public services suffer and opposition forces suspect the ruling party of using refugees to exacerbate social divisions. Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 20 July 2017 Turkey’s PKK Conflict Kills almost 3,000 in Two Years 20 July 2017 marks the two-year anniversary of a collapsed ceasefire that previously held for two-and-a-half-years between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Crisis Group's new analysis of open-source data reveals that the ongoing cycle of violence has now killed three times as many as the 2011-12 escalation. Load more