Dr. Bahadır KALEAĞASI ( University of Brussels )

He received his education in the Galatasaray High School, the University of Brussels and the Istanbul University. He worked as an expert researcher and lecturer in the Institute for European Studies of the University of Brussels and the International Strategic Research Center between 1989 and 1996. In 1991 he worked as the rapporteur in one of the study groups for Maastricht Treaty debates. He is still working as the European Union Representative of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industrialist’s and Businessmen’s Association) and as the permanent delegate of TÜSİAD and TİSK (Turkish Confederation of Employer Association). He is the member of board of directors of the Junior Chamber International-Europe. He continues his studies at the Institute for European Studies of the University of Brussels as an academic member of it. He has written numbers of scientific articles. His commentary articles are also published in the Radikal newspaper.