Executive Director, Open Society Foundation
As director of Turkey’s Open Society Foundation since 2001, Hakan Altinay has encouraged Turkey’s evolution toward a more open society by focusing on European Union accession and the aspirations of the middle class. He helped found the Independent Commission on Turkey, a high-level body which contributed to the EU’s decision to open membership negotiations with Turkey, as well as several think tanks and advocacy groups dedicated to reform agendas in the social, educational, and judicial spheres. Previously, Altinay served as regional director for both the International Research & Exchanges Board and Pathfinder International.
2009 Duncan Greenberg World Fellow
Media
1000 days to the 7th billion human: What do we tell her?, Hurriyet Daily News, 28 October 2009.
