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Ayhan Gücüyener Evren

Ayhan Gücüyener Evren is a PhD Candidate in international relations at Kadir Has University, writing her dissertation on cybersecurity politics in international affairs.  She holds a BA from Galatasaray University in International Relations and an MA from Bilgi University in International Political Economy. In January-July 2018, Ayhan worked as a Research Fellow at the NATO Energy Security Center of Excellence (ENSEC COE) in Vilnius.

Ayhan has previously worked as a researcher at a Turkish think-tank. She also coordinated the CIPALERT Platform (Critical Infrastructure Protection ALERT). She has attended numerous international organizations as a lecturer or speaker and has assisted a training program on Cybersecurity for Social Sciences in April 2021. Ayhan is currently working as a Researcher and Project Specialist at Kadir Has University’s Research Center on Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CCIP).