Bekir Aydoğan is an Erbil-based journalist focusing on Iraqi Kurdistan. He holds a Master of Arts from Exeter University’s Department of Politics and International Relations of the Middle East, where he wrote his dissertation on Iraqi Kurdish politics. Twitter: @bekir_aydgn Mehmet Alaca is an academic researcher focusing on Iraq, regional Kurdish politics, and Shia militias in the Middle East. He is currently an Ankara-based diplomatic correspondent and a non-resident fellow at Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM). Mehmet holds an MA from the Department of Politics and International Relations of the Middle East at Exeter University in the United Kingdom. Twitter: @mehmtalaca
