Chase Winter

Chase Winter has researched and followed Turkish and Kurdish politics for 10 years, including for four years in Turkey and one year in Iraqi Kurdistan. He did a Fulbright in Turkey and was National Security Education Program Scholar (2004) and fellow (2007-8). He studied in Turkey at Bogazici University, Sabanci University and the Kurdish Institute of Istanbul, and has previously worked as a Turkish news editor and has published on Turkish and Kurdish politics. He speaks Turkish and some Kurdish and holds a BA in International Studies and MA in Middle East Studies from the University of Washington.