BIOGRAPHY
Serra Diptas, graduated with a BA from Sabanci University with honors in International Studies and a minor in Art Theory and Criticism. She took undergraduate courses at the London School of Economics & Political Science and Ghent University. She completed her Masters of Arts in International Relations with a minor in Middle East at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She has been active in different non-governmental organizations such as the Turkish Youth Foundation and the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Youth Assembly. She worked at the Turkish Ministry of European Affairs and Istanbul Policy Center as an intern. She worked at the SETA DC as a Research Assistant where she has become a writer of two books "The First Year of Trump" and "An Almanac -Us-Turkey Relations Under The Ak Party". She was previously working at the Foreign Affairs and International Humanitarian Aid Department of Ministry of Interior, Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) as Head of the Foreign Affairs Group. Serra is also a Founding Board Member and Chair of the Youth Commission for Diplomacy and Collaboration (YCDC). In addition to being fluent in Turkish and English, Serra knows basic French.
