Halil Ibrahim Yenigün is a Fellow of Europe in the Middle East—the Middle East in Europe (EUME) at the Forum Transregionale Studien, Berlin. Previously Assistant Professor of Political Theory at Istanbul Commerce University, he has lectured and written on contemporary Muslim political thought, Islamism, peace activism, and Turkish democracy. Yenigün is also an Academic for Peace ,involved with several NGOs in Turkey that work on human rights, social justice and the free circulation of ideas before his departure from Turkey, his home country. He can be followed @yenigun_EN.