Doç. Dr. Erman Akıllı

 Assoc. Prof. Erman Akıllı is a faculty member in the Department of International Relations at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University.  Assoc. Prof. Akıllı specializes in the field of international relations, especially in foreign policy, Soft Power, Cultural Diplomacy, Public Diplomacy, Humanitarian Diplomacy, Digital Diplomacy and Metaverse Diplomacy. Since 2013, he has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Department of International Relations. He has published numerous articles, monographs, edited books, book chapters and conference papers. He is the editor-in-chief of two books to be published by Routledge and Palgrave MacMillan in 2023. He has also been invited to give speeches on public diplomacy, aid diplomacy and humanitarian diplomacy at various state institutions and universities, including the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey's Directorate of Communications. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Smart is the editor-in-chief of the "OSCE Academy" in Kyrgyzstan and the book review editor of the "Insight Turkey" magazine.