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.

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