Dr. Yorulmazlar is a senior member of the Turkish Foreign Service and until recently served as the Consul General of Turkey in London. He is currently the Head of Economic Section for bilateral relations with Russia and Central European countries at the Turkish Foreign Service. He is also a Foreign Policy Institute (FPI) Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington D.C.
In his previous overseas appointments, he was Political Counselor at the Turkish Embassy in Washington (2011-2014) and served respectively as Third and Second Secretary in Tehran (2005-2009).
He was a Foreign Service Resident Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA), Harvard University (2011-2012).
He previously served in Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Ahmet Davutoglu's office in his capacity respectively as the Deputy Chief of the Cabinet and Deputy Special Advisor. During his military service he was seconded to the Ministry of Defense as Second Lieutenant, and worked as a Project Officer at the General Policy Planning Directorate.
Mr. Yorulmazlar received a double major with top ranking at Bogazici University in History and Political Science & IR. He got an Msc in European Politics and Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in 2000 as a Chevening Scholar of the British Council.
He completed his PhD in Bogazici University and written his dissertation on "Ideas and Turkish foreign policy.” He is an academic practitioner with expertise and wide ranging writings on Turkish foreign policy, Iran, Middle East, U.S. foreign policy, and shifting international balances. He has been published in top US think-tanks in Washington DC and renowned academic journals.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- “Regional Multilateralism: The Next Paradigm in Global Affairs,” with Harris Mylonas, CNN, 14 January 2012.
-“Transcending the Middle East: Turkish Foreign Policy in 2012,” SAM, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, 19 January 2012.
-“Kerry Goes to Ankara,” with Bülent Aras, The Hill, 27 February 2013.
- “Book Reviews, The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat,” Perceptions 18, no. 2 (Summer 2013), pp. 185-187.
-“Strategic Respite: Back to Reality in the Middle East,” Today's Zaman, 18 July 2013.
-“For a Healthier Foreign Policy Debate,” Today's Zaman, 19 August 2013.
-“U.S.-Iran Détente Would Be Welcome News For Turkey,” with Kemal Kirişci, The Brookings Institute, 11 October 2013.
-“An Alternative Middle Eastern Order: Call for Turkey,” SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University, 22 January 2014.
-“Egypt’s Road to Revolt: Reading Egypt’s Prospects,” POMEAS, 25 July 2014.
-“The Fight Against ISIS: Mistrust Cannot Be the Cure for the Extremist Disease,” SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University, 21 October 2014.
-“Turkey and Iran after the Arab Spring: Finding a Middle Ground,” with Bülent Aras, Middle East Policy 21, no. 4 (Winter 2014), pp. 112-120.
-“Is the Advent of ISIS Inevitable or Reactionary?,” SAIS Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University, 5 December 2014.
- "Turkey-Iran Relations: A Long-Term Perspective," with Bülent Aras Center for American Progress, 11 July 2016.