Esra Elmas is the Turkey Programme Co-ordinator at the Democratic Progress Institute. Esra is the co-founder of Istanbul Bilgi University for Conflict Resolution Studies and Research. She is also a PhD student in Political Science at Écoles des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. She has an MA degree in Cultural Studies, and her publications cover areas such as Turkish modernization, internal migration, civil-military relations, and the history of Turkish media.

Participant in: August 2016 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes