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 also the President. 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 Institute publishes a quarterly “Foreign Policy”.

The FPI and its director 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:

Seyfi TAŞHAN (President)

Reşat ARIM, (Ambassador Rtd.)

Oktay AKSOY, (Ambassador Rtd.)

Hüseyin BAĞCI, (Prof.)

Meliha ALTUNIŞIK, (Prof.)

Emel DOĞRAMACI, (Prof.)

Atilla ERALP, (Prof.)

Metin HEPER, (Prof.)

Yüksel İNAN, (Prof.)

Ali KARAOSMANOĞLU, (Prof.)

Mustafa KİBAROĞLU, (Assoc.Prof.)

Ömer LÜTEM, (Ambassador Rtd.)

Orhan MORGİL, (Prof.)

Ersin ONULDURAN, (Prof.)

Ergun ÖZBUDUN, (Prof.)

Selim KUNERALP, (Ambassador)

Dicle KOPUZ, (Ambassador)

Ali TEKİN, (Assoc.Prof.)