Dr. Zuhal Mert Uzuner is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Political Science, Marmara University. She has degrees from Marmara University and the Dimokritos University of Thrace-Greece. Uzuner studies foreign policy making, Greek foreign policy, Turkish foreign policy, Balkan and Mediterranean politics and Greek-Turkish relations. She know English and Greek and has several articles published in both languages. She is also author of Ellines kai Tourkoi: Avapofeuktoi Syntrofoin (2016-Epikentro) and editor of the Role of Image in Greek Turkish Relations (2018- Peter Lang).