We are an independent think tank that promotes exchange and understanding between Europe and Turkey through research and dialogue. Our goal is to find constructive solutions for shared challenges.
We are an independent think tank that combines research, political population analysis, and the initiation of thematic forums to develop cooperation between Europe and Turkey in a factual, professional, neutral, and constructive way.
We operate with neutrality, are not affiliated with any political party, and are free from ideological and economic interests. A key focus is initiating and maintaining thematic forums with national and European parliaments, administrations, academic institutions, media, and civil society organizations.
Our Mission & Purpose
Agora Europe-Turkey Alliance Vision is an independent, volunteer-organized think tank that strengthens factual exchange between Europe and Turkey. Our work concentrates on analysis, comparison, and development of key areas of societal coexistence, including:
Communication, coexistence & intercultural understanding
Psychological, sociological, and demographic developments
Collection and creation of political analyses of population structures, social attitudes & public opinion trends
Population growth, health systems, education, and school systems
Economic structures, trade & shared economic perspectives
Rule of law, justice, human rights & the preservation and protection of democratic values
Our Vision
The vision of Agora Europe-Turkey Alliance Vision is a stable, responsible, and future-capable relationship between Europe and Turkey, based on mutual respect, institutional reliability, and shared responsibility.
In the long term, we see ourselves as a reflective forum that contributes with factuality, restraint, and responsibility to the stability, effectiveness, and humanity of European societies.
The think tank advocates for a societal environment in which:
Your Questions, Our Answers (FAQ)
We are an independent think tank that promotes exchange and understanding between Europe and Turkey through research and dialogue. Our goal is to find constructive solutions for shared challenges.
Our independence is ensured by freedom from ideological and economic interests. We act neutrally and impartially to guarantee objective analyses and recommendations.
Our work includes communication, intercultural understanding, demography, political analysis, health, education, economy, rule of law, and human rights.
We initiate thematic forums with parliaments, administrations, academics, media, and civil society. Interested parties can find information or participate via the website or direct contact regarding current projects.
All contributors are engaged voluntarily.
The think tank pursues no commercial or partisan interests and serves interdisciplinary, responsible exchange of ideas for the benefit of people and society.
Erdinc Üstündag
Founder / President
He founded the Center for Psychological Counseling in 2008 and has since advised people in over 15 countries. He is founder and director of Erdinc Consulting and author of three published books. In addition, he advises decision-makers from politics, business (CEO level), and professional sport and appears as a TV speaker.
Co-Founder
Freelance author & consultant.
For many years active in publishing and advising on topics of diversity, social cohesion, integration, identity and democratic participation in Germany. Founder of the first employee network of the German industrial landscape Daimler Türk-Treff.
Dr. Atiya Aras
Dr. Atiya Aras is a very experienced physician with many years of activity in Germany. She has comprehensive expertise in the medical care of patients with a migration background as well as the general health care of the population living in Germany.
Yveline Möglen
Former deputy mayor of Strasbourg.
Suat Bakir
Graduate Economist / Economic Expert
Former Head of the Turkish-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Berlin
Bünyamin Temurlenk
Digital Marketing Expert,
Managing Director of TMK.DIGITAL Consulting GmbH,
Member of the Board of Examiners IHK Südlicher Oberrhein
Co-Founder
Scientific consulting.
Dr. Kenan Arpacıoğlu is responsible for the scientific, analytical and professional support of the think tank’s substantive work. He is a proven expert for foreign policy think tanks and author of relevant specialist publications.
Elif Sözen-Kohl
Professor of Business Administration
FOM University of Applied Sciences, Munich
Tim Dyker
Tim Dyker advises clients competently on questions of the capital markets. He offers tailor-made support through experienced wealth advice as well as efficient and comfortable asset management.
Francois Friederich
Former political advisor at the Europarliament with a focus on Eastern Europe.
Gökçen Sara Tamer Uzun
Lecturer / Research Associate / Teacher
Ludwigsburg University of Education
Peter Cleiß
Former principal of the Vocational Schools Kehl — Course Director RPI Karlsruhe, Co-Director Master’s Programme Religious Pedagogy HS Freiburg;
On behalf of BS Kehl, Peter Cleiß received the most prestigious Adenauer-De Gaulle Prize in 2017;
Vice President of the South Baden Football Association 2019;
Candidate for the Bundestag for the party “dieBasis” in 2021;
Personally awarded the German-French Friendship Prize 2022.
Lawyer with offices in Germany and Turkey. He has comprehensive experience in German-Turkish commercial, industrial and corporate law and advises companies in cross-border legal matters.
Prof. Dr. Ali Yarayan
Lawyer, specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law as well as honorary professor for civil law, in particular commercial law, Turkish law and comparative law at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Özcan Nazli
Is director, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker.
He realises international productions on the topic of integration and specializes in the authentic depiction of social realities.
Gérad Bouquet
Former journalist at, among others, Le Mond.
Prof. Dr. Kemal Orak
Professor at FOM University of Applied Sciences, Munich: General Business Administration, specializing in International Management and Entrepreneurship
Contact
For more information about our work or how to get involved, please feel free to contact us.
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