Foreign Policy Institute (FPI)
The Turkish Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) was founded in 1974 as a private organization. It’s Council of Administration is composed of academicians, diplomats and bureaucrats. The founder of the Institute, Mr. Seyfi Tashan, is now the Honorary President. Ambassador (R) Hüseyin Diriöz is the President of the FPI. The Turkish Foreign Policy Institute aims at contributing to foreign policy through research, meetings and publications.
Researchers come mostly from the Turkish universities. International conferences, seminars and workshops are organized mainly in cooperation with foreign counterparts.
The FPI and its President are currently members of a number of international research and study centers.
It is currently affiliated to the Turkish Foundation for International Relations and Strategic Studies
The current members of its Council of Administration are:
- Ambassador (R) Hüseyin Diriöz, President of Foreign Policy Institute
- Seyfi Taşhan, Honorary President of Foreign Policy Institute
- Prof. Tarık Oğuzlu, President of Educational Board
- Prof. Dr. Serdar Erdurmaz
- Prof. Dr. Ali Karaosmanoğlu
- Prof. Dr. Yelda Ongun, Başkent University
- Prof. Ersel Aydınlı, Executive Director of The Turkish Fulbright Commission
- Prof. Dr. Erdinç Tokgöz, Ufuk University
- Prof. Dr. Orhan Morgil, Economist
- Ambassador (Rtd.) Numan Hazar
- Armand Clesse, Director IEIS, Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies,
- Prof. Mustafa Kibaroğlu, Chair Department of Political and International Relations, MEF University,
- Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director, Istituito Affari Internazionali,
- Prof. Louis Tome,
- Prof. Edoardo Boria,
- Dr. Alexander Kaffka,
- Prof. Haldun Yalçınkaya,
- Prof. Meliha Altunışık,
- Prof. Pınar Bilgin,
- Prof. Mustafa Aydın,
- Prof. Çınar Özen,
- Ambassador Fatih Ceylan
- Mehmet Öğütçü
- Dr. Ceyhun Çiçekçi
- Dr. Ali Oğuz Diriöz