Suat Kınıklıoğlu (born 1 May 1965 in Duisburg, Germany) is a Turkish politician, writer and analyst. Kınıklıoğlu began his political career in 1995-1996 with the Democratic Left Party (DSP) in Ankara. Following a break in politics Kınıklıoğlu was elected as Member of Parliament representing Çankırı in the general election of 22 July 2007. During his time in Parliament Kınıklıoğlu was spokesman of the foreign affairs committee in the Turkish Parliament (2007-2011), member of the Turkey Group of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and chairman of the Turkey-USA Interparliamentary Friendship Group. In 2012 he resigned from the AKP and became a critic of his former party. In 2014 he ran the election campaign of the CHP Ankara mayoral candidate Mr. Mansur Yavas.

Education and professional career

Suat Kınıklıoğlu graduated from the

Turkish Air Force Academy The Turkish Air Force Academy (TAFA; ) is a co-educational military academy located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the National Defence University. It is the main human resource for the Turkish Air Force Command. It was founded in 1951, re ...

(Electronics) in 1986 and from

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’s Political Science Department with High Honors in 1994. Kınıklıoğlu received his Master in International Relations degree in 1999 at

Bilkent University Bilkent University () is a private non-profit research university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by İhsan Doğramacı, the first president of the Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, with th ...

, Ankara. Mr. Kınıklıoğlu specializes in Turkish foreign policy, Turkish-Russian relations and Turkey’s strategic identity. Mr. Kınıklıoğlu gave Turkish politics seminars at th
Institute of Politics of Chicago University
in 2015. He was a academic visitor a
Oxford University's Middle East Center
in 2018 and a senior fellow at th
Center for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs
in 2020-21. Kınıklıoğlu wrote as a columnist in ''

Turkish Daily News Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ...

'', was editor-in-chief of the foreign policy journal '' Insight Turkey'' and wrote for Radikal Daily as a columnist. Since 2024 he writes a weekly column fo
Medyascope
(Turkish). In 2006 Kınıklıoğlu received the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award. In 2013 he was invited to become a member of the

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. Kınıklıoğlu is a regular contributor to the international media including the Financial Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune and the Guardian. He comments frequently to the Turkish and international media on Turkish domestic and foreign policy issues. Apart from his native Turkish Mr. Kınıklıoğlu speaks English, German and some Russian.

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Eurasianism in Turkey
SWP Research Paper, 22 March 2022 * * * * * * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kiniklioglu, Suat 1965 births Living people Democratic Left Party (Turkey) politicians Members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Politicians from Duisburg Bilkent University alumni Members of the 23rd Parliament of Turkey