Leadership

Enver Yücel

CIFAL Istanbul, President

BAU Global, President

Bahçesehir University Chair of the Board of the Trustees

President of the BAU Global Mr. Enver Yücel, who devoted his entire life to education, is the founder of Bahçeşehir University, Bay Atlantic University, Berlin International University of Applied Sciences, BAU International University Batumi, Bahcesehir Cyprus University, Bahçeşehir College, Bahçeşehir High School for Science and Technology, Uğur Schools and Mentora Language Schools and enables MLA College to join the BAU Global education network.

Prof. Ebru Canan-Sokullu

CIFAL Istanbul, Director

Bahçesehir University Faculty of Economic, Administrative and Social Sciences, Dean

Ebru Canan-Sokullu completed her PhD at University of Siena as a European Foreign and Security Policy Studies fellow of Compagnia di San Paolo, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and VolkswagenStiftung. She was a research scholar at University of Cambridge (2006) and Ohio State University (2005). She has been the coordinator of the Scientific Research Project on “Deliberative Democracy Approach to Post-War Integration of Immigrants funded by Bahçeşehir University Scientific Research Grant Programme. She received (July 2017) British Council Newton Fund Researcher Links Grant (Grant No: RLWK6-261786650) for co-organising the network on Political, Economic, Social, and Legal Aspects of Hosting Migrants and Refugees with University of Essex. She received the “European Foreign and Security Studies Programme” fellowship (2005-2007) for the completion of PhD and Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship granted by VolkswagenStiftung, Compagnia di San Paolo di Torino and Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. She was awarded the 2005 “Alexander George Graduate Paper Award” of International Studies Association (2005) and “Marie Curie Fellowship (2003-2004)”.