On Friday 29 January Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey, adressed the IISS on “New World Geopolitics: How Turkey is Contributing to Global Peace and Security as a Member of the UN Security Council”.
Professor Ahmet Davutoğlu graduated from the Bosporus University in 1983 with a double major in Political Science and Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He completed his MA in the Department of Public Administration and received his PhD from the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bosporus University. He then worked at the International Islamic University of Malaysia and Marmara University.
Following the November 2002 elections Professor Davutoğlu was appointed as Chief Adviser to the Prime Minister and Ambassador at large by the 58th Government of the Republic of Turkey. He continued to serve in the 59th and 60th Governments. He worked at Beykent University in Istanbul as a professor from 1995 to 2004, serving as Head of the Department of International Relations, Member of University Senate and Member of Board of Management while teaching as a visiting scholar at the Marmara University. He has published several books and articles on foreign policy in Turkish and English. His books and articles have also been translated into several languages including Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Persian and Albanian.
On May 1, 2009 he was appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 60th Government of the Republic of Turkey.
Professor Davutoğlu is married with four children and speaks English, German and Arabic.
This event was chaired by Adam Ward, Director of Studies, IISS, and took place in the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room at Arundel House, 13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place,, London WC2R 3DX.
