ÜMİT ÖZDAĞ

Ümit Özdağ was born in Tokyo-Japan during his father Muzaffer Özdağ 's diplomatic assingment. Later, his family returned to Turkey and he completed his high school education in Ankara TED College.  He completed his higher education in Maximilians University in Political Science, Philosophy and Economics.  He joined to Gazi University faculty and in 2001 he was promoted to full professorship in the Department of Economics and Administrative Faculty. He is the founder and the former president  of ASAM (the Strategic Research Center for Euro-Asia).  Prof. Özdağ published many articles and books.  Currently he is a columnist in Turkish daily newspaper Yeniçağ.