{"id":1335,"date":"2026-03-24T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=1335"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T15:12:46","slug":"yelda-karadag-sir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/?page_id=1335","title":{"rendered":"Yelda Karada\u011f \u015eir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yelda.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1338 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yelda.png 212w, https:\/\/demsecinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/yelda-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><br><br>Dr. Yelda Karada\u011f \u015eir is an academic specializing in Europeanization, EU neighborhood policies, foreign policy analysis, and regionalism in the post-Soviet space, with a particular focus on the South Caucasus and the Black Sea region. She holds a PhD in Area Studies from Middle East Technical University (METU), where she completed her doctoral dissertation on the institutional and ideational construction of Georgia\u2019s Europeanization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 2011 and 2020, Dr. Karada\u011f \u015eir was affiliated with METU\u2019s Center for Black Sea and Central Asia (KORA), contributing to numerous national and international research projects. During this period, she conducted extensive fieldwork in T\u00fcrkiye, Georgia, Bulgaria, Russia, and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She completed her postdoctoral research at Columbia University, Harriman Institute in New York between 2022 and 2023. Her work has been published in leading academic journals, including <em>Geopolitics<\/em> and <em>Southeast European and Black Sea Studies<\/em>, as well as by prominent academic publishers. Dr. Karada\u011f \u015eir has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at METU, Ba\u015fkent University, and Final University, and is currently conducting research on regional connectivity and Turkey\u2019s regional policy in the South Caucasus.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Yelda Karada\u011f \u015eir is an academic specializing in Europeanization, EU neighborhood policies, foreign policy analysis, and regionalism in the post-Soviet space, with a particular focus on the South Caucasus and the Black Sea region. 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