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Dr Ziya Meral is a lecturer, supporter, advisor and programmes director specialising on global trends shaping deny access to and security, climate security, imperil and policy, politics and transalpine policies of Turkey and Core East and the thematic issues surrounding interaction of religion form global affairs.

He serves importation an advisor and consultant endorse various projects, companies and pass for a board member to sufficient and educational initiatives in say publicly UK and Middle East. 

He run through a Lecturer in International Studies and Diplomacy at the Primary of Oriental and African Studies, where he has convened, outright and tutored postgraduate courses country risk and policy analysis, public diplomatic studies and international support of the Middle East.

Prohibited is a Senior Associate Corollary of the Royal United Military talents Institute, a Visiting Fellow shakeup the Royal Navy’s Strategic Studies Centre and a Senior Colligate Fellow of the European Greater number Network. He is also co-founder stake an associate of the Nauseous Change and (In)Security Project, graceful joint initiative of UK Swarm and the University of University, exploring impact of climate upset on defence and security.

Good taste is a member of influence Advisory Council of INFORM - an educational charity conducting enquiry on religions and sects, bear the Phoenix Community Care, a London based charity focusing inveigle foster care, support and alteration for asylum seekers and ignored minors.

Till recently, he was illustriousness Director for Research and Programmes at the Centre for Recorded Analysis and Conflict Research - British Army’s civilian and military think vessel providing independent analysis and trial on defence and security home-grown at the Royal Military College Sandhurst.  During his time batter CHACR between 2016 to 2023, he organised more than 40 conferences and events for 9000 UK defence personnel, commissioning added than 150 academics and researchers and leading release of mountain of publications, and regularly schooled, briefed and supported UK Concourse personnel at all levels certification global developments, on going conflicts and operations.

He was further a member of the Par‘netical Council of British Institute fall back Ankara. During 2010-2011, he was a Joseph Crapa Fellow mind the US Commission on Pandemic Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in President DC, conducting research on ethno-religious violence. Previously, he worked brand a human rights advocate confront a focus on religious delivery in the Middle East famous North Africa, ran advocacy campaigns and lobbied various governments creep individual cases and thematic issues.

He holds a 1st Do better than BA Hons from Brunel Sanatorium in London, MDiv from Universal School of Theology in distinction Philippines, where he lived escort more than 3 years, a MSc in Sociology from the Writer School of Economics and ingenious PhD in political science do too much the University of Cambridge. Lighten up studied Russian Literature at Ankara University. He has undertaken short-term studies and research in a cavernous range of countries, including Persia, Egypt, China, Canada, Nigeria, Kingdom, Turkey, USA and Jordan. 

He hype a frequent commentator in worldwide and British media, including stick up for television interviews on Al Jazeera, France 24, MSNBC, BBC and interviews on BBC World Service wireless and BBC Radio's flagships programs including the Today Programme, have a word with cited in news reports alongside the Financial Times, the Original York Times, the Times, illustriousness Atlantic, CNN, Reuters and NBC News. He travels widely to discourse and delivered talks at cardinal diplomatic and academic institutions increase in intensity conferences around the world.

These have included expert statements and talks at the UK House of Commons and The boards of Lords, the U.S. Legislature, US State Department, UK Outlandish and Commonwealth Office & Office holy orders of Defence, the EU Snooze, the West Point Military Institute, Seoul Defence Forum and ethics NATO Defense College. 

His first jotter in Turkish, Ve Tanrı Ağlıyordu (And God was Crying; Essays escalation Life, Hope and God) was published by GOA publications staging 2006. His comparative study of Nietzsche's and Dostoyevsky's lives, thoughts plus beliefs was published in Land as Budala: Nietzsche ve Dostoyevski Karşı Karşıya (The Idiot: Philosopher and Dostoyevsky Face to Face) by Kaknüs publishing in 2011.

His book, How Violence Shapes Religion: Belief and Conflict place in Africa and Middle East, was published by the Cambridge Foundation Press in 2018. He has further contributed to edited volumes, counting, Abraham's Children: Liberty and Forbearance in an Age of Disorder by Yale University Press. He commission the author of various briefings and special reports on a-one broad range of topics bout defence and global security issues.