The authors

TAYLA AlicanTAYLA Alican

Alican Tayla holds a Master degree at the University of Paris 8 about memories in the european identity. He is a member of the Observatoire de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la Turquie contemporaine (OBTIC) and works mainly on identity issues, the European Union and Turkey (political life and democratization). He is doing a PhD at the University of Paris 8 on the european rooting of Turkish associations in Paris.

Besides, he collaborates to several Turkish magazines focussing on european politics.

Alican Tayla speaks French, English and Turkish.