Murathan joined the Platform’s South East Europe and Black Sea Region Programme as a Researcher in January 2023.

Murathan holds an LLB from Istanbul University and an LLM in public international law from the Queen Mary University of London. He is also a Turkish qualified lawyer.

Previously he worked for a law firm in Istanbul, the Turkish Embassy in London and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. Currently, besides his role at the Platform, he is also a member of the Common Futures Conversation Programme at the Chatham House.

• • Latest Developments on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the EU’s Rising Potential in the Peace Process in Peace and Security Monitor: South East Europe and Black Sea region (February 2023)

   

  • OSCE Conference Against Trafficking Dispatch: What Needs to Be Done to End Human Trafficking? (April 2023)

 

• • Open Balkan Initiative: A Serbian-led Project or a Platform for Multilateral Cooperation? in Peace and Security Monitor: South East Europe and Black Sea Region (May 2023)

• • An Example of Growing Chinese Impact on a NATO Nation: Chinese-Albanian Relations in Peace and Security Monitor: South East Europe and Black Sea Region (August 2023)

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