May 24, 2022
Görkem Atsungur, the Associate Professor at the International and Comparative Politics Department, participated in the Erasmus+ Teaching Activity in May 2022, at the Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences at Kazimierz Wielki University (UKW) in Bydgoszcz - Poland ().
Dr. Atsungur was invited by Dr. Nartiss Shukuralieva and Dr. Alina Kaskzur and conducted three lectures on (1) The NATO Mission in Afghanistan (2001-2021): Lessons from Twenty Years, and (2) Turkish Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan during the Justice and Development Party Era. Dr. Atsungur also discussed the current political events: Russia’s War on Ukraine, Turkey-Polish diplomatic relations, and Turkey’s position on the Swedish and Finnish membership in NATO.
Dr. Atsungur also had an opportunity to meet with the Vice-Rector of UKW Marek Macko, the coordinator of the Erasmus+ program Aniela Bekier and Joanna Kalka, and other Erasmus+ professors from Ukraine, Kosovo, and the USA.
With the great support of the ɫ administration, Aselia Umetalieva and Dinara Orozbaeva, and the ICP department, Dr. Atsungur successfully completed his teaching mobility in Poland.