30/10/2014
September 2014 marked the third year of the Mercator-IPC Fellowship Program. This year the program will host 7 renowned academics and journalists in 3 thematic areas: EU/German-Turkish Relations, Climate Change and Education. The welcoming the 2014/15 Mercator-IPC Fellows to Istanbul took place on the evening of October 20, 2014 at Feriye Restaurant.
The occasion marked the beginning of the third round of the Mercator-IPC Fellowship. Senior Fellowships for the upcoming term were granted to the Turkish sociologist, Nilüfer Göle, and former Member of the European Parliament, Hannes Swoboda.
The 2014/15 Mercator-IPC Fellows are Ayşe Ezgi Gürcan, Martina Priessner, Ethemcan Turhan, Cenk Demiroğlu, Susanne Güsten, Barbara Pusch, and Özlem Topçu. Following the official program, the evening concluded with a casual dinner.
The Mercator-IPC Fellowship Program is part of the Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative, a strategic partnership between Sabancı University and Stiftung Mercator. The program aims to strengthen academic, political, and social ties between Turkey and Germany, as well as between Turkey and Europe by facilitating excellent scientific research and hands-on policy work in EU/German-Turkish relations, climate change, and education.
