Applications Open for SETA 2025 Fall Seminar Program

SETA’s 2025 Fall seminars are now open for applications. The seminar programs will be held on weekdays at SETA Foundation’s Ankara and Istanbul offices. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with experts in their respective fields. Program details are provided below.

• Seminars will take place on weekdays at SETA’s Ankara and Istanbul offices.
• The SETA seminar program consists of one session per week, two hours each, over a total of six weeks.
• Attendance is mandatory.
• Participants who successfully complete the seminars (attending at least five weeks) will receive a certificate of participation.
• Applications must be submitted by filling out the online form on our website. Applications sent by mail or e-mail will not be accepted.
• The application deadline is 22 October 2025.
• Results will be announced via e-mail.
• In exceptional cases, seminar titles, content, or schedules may change.
• Seminars are free of charge.

Important Dates

Application Deadline: 22 October 2025
Announcement of Results: 24 October 2025
First Session (SETA Istanbul): 27 October 2025
First Session (SETA Ankara): 30 October 2025
Final Session (SETA Istanbul): 1 December 2025
Final Session (SETA Ankara): 4 December 2025

SETA 2025 WEEKDAY SEMINARS

Istanbul: 27 October – 1 December 2025 (Mondays, 17:00–19:00)

• What Is a Think Tank? Think Tanks in Turkey and Around the World
  27 October / Monday / 17:00–19:00
• Change and Continuity in Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey–U.S. Relations
  3 November / Monday / 17:00–19:00
• Turkey’s Nuclear Energy Policies
  10 November / Monday / 17:00–19:00
• Turkey’s Core Social Issues: Addiction
  17 November / Monday / 17:00–19:00
• Data Production and Use in Policy Analysis
  24 November / Monday / 17:00–19:00
• The Middle East in the Global Power Struggle
  1 December / Monday / 17:00–19:00

Ankara: 30 October – 4 December 2025 (Wednesdays, 17:00–19:00)

• What Is a Think Tank? Think Tanks in Turkey and Around the World
  30 October / Thursday / 17:00–19:00
• Change and Continuity in Turkish Foreign Policy
  5 November / Wednesday / 17:00–19:00
• Data Production and Use in Policy Analysis
  12 November / Wednesday / 17:00–19:00
• Artificial Intelligence and Global Foreign Policy Trends
  19 November / Wednesday / 17:00–19:00
• The Gaza Genocide from the Perspective of International Law
  26 November / Wednesday / 17:00–19:00
• Turkey’s Core Social Issues: Addiction
  4 December / Thursday / 17:00–19:00