Talha Köse President, Turkish National Intelligence Academy

Professor Talha Köse is the President of the Turkish National Intelligence Academy. He previously served as Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University and Ibn Haldun University, and as Director of the SETA Foundation’s Brussels office. Dr. Köse earned his Ph.D. from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) at George Mason University in 2010, with a dissertation on the transformation of Alevi identity in post-1980 Türkiye. He was a research fellow at the Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University and a visiting lecturer at both George Mason University and Maastricht University in the Netherlands. His research focuses on ethnic, sectarian, and identity-based conflicts; intercultural reconciliation; community mediation in Türkiye; Alevi issues; and conflict resolution approaches in foreign policy, particularly Turkish foreign policy.