Baturay YurtbayBorn in year 1990 in Zonguldak/Turkey, Baturay Yurtbay studied Political Science and International Relations and Sociology (as double major) at Yeditepe University. During his education, he also studied various universities such as The Hague Universiy of Applied Sciences as exchange student, and Beijing Language and Culture University for learning Chinese, and University of Oslo. After the graduation in year 2015, he received a scholarship and did MA degree in the department of War Studies at King's College London, and then graduated with honour degree from the King's College London in year 2016. At King's College London, he wrote an MA thesis titled Solution or Stalemate: Evaluation of AKP, PKK and Kurdish Question in the context of Peace Process in Turkey between 2009 and 2013 under the supervision of Dr. Ahron Bregman and Prof. Dr. Philip Sabin. His main research areas are the political sociology, social movements, terrorism, state, and democracy. As a research assistant in the department of Sociology at Yeditepe University, he is currently doing his PhD in the department of Political Science and International Relations. He speaks Turkish, English and German besides intermediate Chinese. Read More Read Less