Omar Kadkoy coordinates the Foreign Policy, Security, and Migration Program at Heinrich Böll Stiftung Istanbul Office, shaping policy dialogue with Turkish and EU actors. Formerly at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Türkiye (TEPAV), he managed EU-funded foreign policy projects and migration. Omar speaks Arabic, English and Turkish, and holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the Middle East Technical University, where his thesis examined naturalization perceptions of Syrian students in Turkey’s tertiary education.