If someone had told me a year ago that I would be invited as a guest speaker to a seminar at the University of Oxford, I probably would not have believed them.
Oxford is a place where 31 British Prime Ministers were educated, alongside figures such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Oscar Wilde, Emma Watson, Hugh Grant, and Stephen Hawking. Today, people such as Rishi Sunak and Amal Clooney are among its distinguished fellows. To contribute to a discussion there on Türkiye's role in European security was both an honour and a privilege.
I am grateful to everyone who joined the discussion, asked questions, shared new perspectives, and made the conversation so engaging. It was also a pleasure to meet many inspiring people and new colleagues from diverse backgrounds.
Who knows—perhaps the future Prime Minister is among them. 😉
My sincere thanks to the Oxford Geopolitics Initiative, the Blavatnik School of Government, and everyone who made this event possible.
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