Dr. Murat Aslan is a Senior Non-Resident Fellow at Gulf International Forum, a Senior Researcher at SETA, and an Associate Professor at Hasan Kalyoncu University. His research focuses primarily on security and defence studies, conflict resolution, and foreign policy. He had previously been commissioned to serve in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Bosnia as a member of the Turkish Armed Forces. His primary region of interest is the Middle East, though he has also monitored regions in Turkiye’s geographic vicinity to produce comprehensive scholarly assessments.

He is the author of the books Security Sector Reform for Libya: A Crucial Step Towards State Building and Intelligence and Propaganda in the Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Afghanistan. He co-edited the books Yüzyıllık Kriz: Afganistan (The Crisis of the Hundred Years: Afghanistan) and Turkiye’s Counter Terrorism: Concept, Procedure, Method. He has numerous book chapters and articles, in addition to his think tank activities.

Dr. Aslan also established Murat Aslan Consulting under the Technopark of Hasan Kalyoncu University and provides consultancy services to multinational companies and foreign policy departments.