Taha Ozhan is an academic, writer based in Turkey. He holds a PhD in politics and international relations and is currently research director at the Ankara Institute. Ozhan served as a chairman of the Turkish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee (2015-18) and was a senior adviser to the Turkish Prime Minister (2014-16). He published on global and regional politics, political and IR theory, political movements in the Middle East. His latest book is Turkey and the Crisis of Sykes-Picot Order (2015).