TurkseStudies.org Organisation Board


Drs. Armand Sag

Armand Sag serves as chairman and senior researcher at the Institute for Turkish Studies since 2010, while working as a Ph.D.-fellow at a Dutch university on the topic of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). He graduated from Utrecht University with a bachelor History 'with honor' and a minor Turkology 'with highest honor' in 2008. He received his master's degree in International Relations the following year in 2009 with the international 'upper class'-grade average at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

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Dirk van der Linde LLM
Dirk van der Linde graduated from Utrecht University in 2007, completing two fulltime studies: International & European Law with honor as well as Dutch Law summa cum laude. He is legal advisor and research fellow at the Institute for Turkish Studies. Previously, he was visiting lecturer at multiple universities in Peru (including Universidad Alas Peruanas), and active at the Dutch Embassy in Cuba in the field of International Human Rights in EU context.

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Saskia Hollander Msc
Saskia Hollander is currently a PhD Student at the Department of Public Administration and Political Science at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She is also an event coordinator and research fellow at the Institute for Turkish Studies. After completing her studies in political science, which she completed summa cum laude, she was
junior researcher at the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) in The Hague until December 2007.

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