TRT World Forum 2025

Ali Engin Oba

Ambassador (Ret.); Professor at Çağ University

Ali Kaya

Ph.D. researcher at the Graduate School of Global and Area Studies (GSGAS) at Leipzig University, Germany

Alper Özbilen

PhD; Chairman of the Board at East African Business Association (EABA)

Altay Atlı

Academic at Koç University

Amina Smits Akılma

Researcher at TAV

Amitav Acharya

Distinguished Professor of International Relations at American University, Washington, D.C.

Amjad Al-Nour

Filmmaker; Journalist; and TV Presenter

Andrew Caruana-Galizia

Head of Europe and Eurasia at the World Economic Forum and Member of the Executive Committee

Azamat Zhamankulov

Former Minister of Culture, Information, Sports and Youth Policy at Kyrgyz Republic

Belen Sanz Luque

Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia at UN Women

Carlo Marsili

Former Italian Ambassador to Türkiye

Charles Kayonga

Ambassador of Rwanda, Ankara

David Brewster

Senior Research Fellow at National Security College, Australian National University

David Hearst

Co-founder and Editor in Chief at Middle East Eye

Djoomart Otorbaev

Former Prime Minister at Kyrgyz Republic

Ebrahim Rasool

Ambassador at Republic of South Africa; Former South African Ambassador to the United States

Eduards Stiprais

EU Special Representative for Central Asia at European Union

Ejup Maqedonci

Minister of Defence at Republic of Kosovo

Eren Günhan Ulusoy

Chairman at International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM)

Fadi Zatari

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University; Deputy Director, Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA)

Farid Hafez

Researcher at William and Mary University; Co-editor of Islamophobia Report

Fatih Akbulut

President at Turkish African Business Association

Ferhat Durmaz

Assistant Professor at Ankara University

Graeme Groom

Consultant Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at King’s College Hospital

Gürol Baba

Professor at Social Sciences University of Ankara

Hae Won Jeong

Assistant Professor of International Relations at Abu Dhabi University

Halil Kürşad Aslan

Professor at İstanbul Medipol University

Haluk Doğan

Assistant Professor at Yalova University

Hamdullah Baycar

Assistant Professor at Karadeniz Technical University

Haydar Oruç

Researcher at Middle East Institute, Sakarya University

Helin Sarı Ertem

Associate Professor at Istanbul Medeniyet University

Henry Huiyao Wang

Founder and President at Center for China and Globalization (CCG)

Hillary Briffa

Senior Lecturer in National Security Studies Education at Kings College London

Houda Atassi

Co-Founder and Chairwoman at International Humanitarian Relief

Humza Yousaf

Former First Minister at Scotland

Idlir Lika

Associate Professor at Ibn Khaldun University

J. Humberto Lopez

World Bank Country Director for the Republic of Türkiye

Jagannath Panda

Head at Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA); Executive Editor, ISDP

Jamal Elshayyal

Director at Al Jazeera 360

Jan Bohanes

Senior Counsel at Advisory Centre on WTO Law (ACWL)

Jane Kelsey

Professor Emeritus at University of Auckland

Joao Salvador Dos Santos Neto

Ambassador of the Republic of Angola

Jonathan Githens-Mazer

Professor; Political Analyst; Former Adviser at NATO and the UN

Kaan Devecioğlu

Coordinator, North African Studies at ORSAM (Center for Middle Eastern Studies)

Karla Quintana

Assistant Secretary General, Head of the Independent Institution on Missing Persons in Syria at United Nations

Kazım Çavuşoğlu

Deputy General Manager for East Africa at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye

Kenzo Fujisue

Professor at Keio University, Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Munich, Adjunct Professor at the India Institute of Technology, Former State Minister of Communication, and Former Senator of Japan

Klaus Jürgens

Director at Economyfirst Limited London; Communication Strategist

Kübra Betül Biçen Gören

Assistant Professor at Turkish National Police Academy

Kürşat Yıldırım

Professor at Istanbul University; Author; Member, UNESCO International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations

Kılıç Buğra Kanat

Professor at Penn State University; Research Director, SETA Foundation

Laila El-Haddad

Award-winning Author; Social Activist; Policy Analyst and Journalist

Mehmet Köse

Chairman of the Board at Afrika Vakfı

Merve Suna Özel Özcan

Associate Professor at Kırıkkale University

Michelangelo Guida

Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Istanbul Medeniyet University

Mohamad Safa

Executive Director and Main Representative of PVA at the United Nations

Morissanda Kouyaté

Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, African Integration and Guineans at Republic of Guinea

Murat Yeşiltaş

Professor at Social Sciences University of Ankara; Director, Foreign Policy Studies, SETA Foundation

Najiba Mustafayeva

Assistant Professor at Bahcesehir University

Nasri Khalil Abu Jaish

Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Republic of Türkiye

Natalia Moseichuk

Interviewer & Anchor for TSN; Author of the YouTube project «Moseichuk+»

Nicholas Kay

Adviser at CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation

Nuh Yılmaz

PhD; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at Republic of Türkiye

Olga Trofimtseva

Former Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on European Integration

Orkhan Valiyev

Associate Professor at Khazar University

Patrick Youssef

Regional Director at ICRC Africa

Paul George Morcos

Minister of Information at Republic of Lebanon

Peter John Westmacott

Former British Ambassador to Türkiye, France, and the United States

Peter Millett

Former British Ambassador to Libya

Peter Trubowitz

Professor of International Relations and Director of the Phelan United States Centre at London School of Economics and Political Science; Associate Fellow, Chatham House Royal Institute of International Affairs

Priyanka Navani

International Correspondent at TRT World

Pınar Artıran

Academic at Bilgi University

Pınar Dost

Non-resident Fellow at Atlantic Council Türkiye Program

Rahman Nurdun

Vice President at TİKA

Ramazan Erdağ

Faculty Member at Eskişehir Osmangazi University and SAM Academic Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Rashid Kaukab

Senior Specialist, Trade and Sustainable Development at International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

Reno Omokri

Former Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria

Rick Fawn

Professor of International Relations at University of St Andrews

Rizwaan Sabir

Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University

Rob Geist Pinfold

Lecturer in International Security at Kings College London

Róisín Drury

Political Advisor, Office of the EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa Delegation of the European Union to Kenya

Sami Shehada

Photojournalist at TRT Arabi

Selim Öztürk

Associate Professor at Polis Akademisi

Selver B. Şahin

Professor at Boğaziçi University

Sergiy Kyslytsya

First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs at Ukraine

Stephen Cahill

United Nations World Food Program Türkiye Director and Country Representative

Sultan Raev

Secretary General at TÜRKSOY

Talha Köse

President at Turkish National Intelligence Academy

Tarik M. Yousef

Director and Senior Fellow at Middle East Council on Global Affairs

Tarik M. Yousef is a senior fellow and director of the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. Previously, he served as senior fellow and director of the Brookings Doha Center. His career has spanned the academic and think tank world at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. Yousef’s research areas cover the political economy and geopolitics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). He has authored numerous articles and reports and co-edited several volumes. Yousef has served on the boards of the Middle East Economics Association; the United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Reports; and the Arab Human Development Report, among others.

Thomas G. Weiss

Presidential Professor Emeritus, Political Science; Director Emeritus, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at The CUNY Graduate Center

Thomas Greminger

Director at Geneva Centre for Security Policy

Tolga Bilener

PhD; Director at Galatasaray University's Center for Strategic Research

Tolga Sakman

PhD; Chairman at Center for Diplomatic Affairs and Political Studies (DİPAM)

Tommaso Valletti

Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School

Tunç Demirtaş

Researcher at SETA

Ulaş Kutsi Çezik

Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Karadeniz Technical University

Valeri Morkva

Assistant Professor at Cappadocia University

Valeria Giannotta

Academic and Scientific Director of the Observatory on Türkiye at CeSPI, Rome

Vural Kural

PhD; Senior Economist & Executive Secretary and Treasurer at International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM)-Eurasia

Wadah Khanfar

President at Al Sharq Forum

Wael al-Dahdouh

Director and Correspondent at Al Jazeera News Channel in Gaza

Yaşar Sarı

Professor at İbn Khaldun University

Yuliya Biletska

Assistant Professor at Karabuk University

Yunus Ete

Secretary General at World Honorary Consulates Association; Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Lesotho to Republic of Türkiye

Yunus Turhan

Associate Professor at Hacı Bayram Veli University

Yücel Bulut

Associate Professor at Karadeniz Technical University

Zara Mohammed

Former Secretary General at Muslim Council of Britain; Consultant, Z-M

Özgün Erler Bayır

Professor at Istanbul University

Özgür Ünal Eriş

Jean Monnet Chair Professor of European Politics at Istanbul 29 Mayıs University

İbrahim Emre Yanık

Associate Professor at Ibn Khaldun University

İsmail Numan Telci

Professor in the Department of International Relations and a lecturer at the Middle East Institute at Sakarya University