Erol Başaran Bural
Consultant of Area Studies Program
Görev
- Consultant of Area Studies Program
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erol.bural@tepav.org.trÖzgeçmiş
Erol Başaran Bural graduated from the Turkish Military Academy and earned his master’s degrees from Gazi University and the Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy. His second master’s thesis focused on the use of social media intelligence in counterterrorism, with particular emphasis on the PKK.
Bural retired voluntarily from the Turkish Armed Forces after serving at the rank of Senior Colonel. Following his military career, he worked briefly as a consultant for companies in the defense industry and subsequently conducted research at various research centers on terrorism, counterterrorism, intelligence, and radicalization. He has also served as a lecturer at the Turkish Military Academy.
His research interests include insurgency and counterinsurgency, terrorism and counterterrorism, intelligence studies, radicalization, and psychological warfare. He has published books, book chapters, and academic articles in reputable scholarly journals in these fields.