Dr. Yasemin Ülker
Deputy Director
As the Deputy Director of CIFAL Istanbul, Yasemin Ülker completed her PhD at Istanbul University in Business & Management department. She works in the sustainable supply chain area. She has attended 1) Erasmus+ Learning in Poland (2015), 2) Erasmus+ Internship programs in Italy (2017) and 3) France (2022), 4) Erasmus+ Staff in Poland (2018), and 5) Lithuania (2019), 6) Ph.D. workshop in SGH University Poland (2022), and 7) Ph.D. workshop in Poznan Technology University (2022), 8) Erasmus + Staff in South Africa (2023) and also participated in 3 EU projects (Youth in Action Program, short-cycle projects)
Eren Yalınkaya
Communication and Partnership Assistant Specialist
Eren Yalınkaya is currently affiliated as an Assistant Specialist Responsible for Communication and Partnership at CIFAL Istanbul. He completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science and International Relations at Bahçeşehir University. During this time, he worked as an assistant student at the Bahçeşehir University School of Government and Leadership and completed his internship at the Directorate General of Coastal Safety at the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure. He is currently completing his master’s degree in Global Politics at Bahçeşehir University. He also works as a volunteer search and rescue operator in domestic and international disasters.
İbrahim Ekrem Sarı
Project Development Assistant Specialist
Graduated from Bahçeşehir University Department of Political Science and International Relations with high honors. İbrahim Ekrem Sarı is currently affiliated with CIFAL Istanbul, UNITAR as the Project Development Assistant Specalist. Before his position at CIFAL Istanbul, he has gained valuable experience as a Project Assistant at the Jean Monnet Chair on Feminist Epistemic Justice (FEJUST) and as an Assistant Student at CIFAL Istanbul, where he contributed to sustainability initiatives. He is passionate about gender equality, sustainability, and political research, actively engaging in youth leadership roles and feminist collectives.
Aslıcan Açık
Student Assistant
As a fourth year student in the Political Science and International Relations Department at Bahçeşehir University, Aslıcan Açık serves as the Co-President of the CIFAL Istanbul Youth Platform and simultaneously works as a Student Assistant at CIFAL Istanbul. She has previously held positions as a Board Member in both the BAU Career and Development Student Club and the BAU Political Science and International Relations Student Club. She is interested in global security and climate change issues.