Staff

Suat Beylur holds a PhD degree in Sociology from Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University and an MA in International Relations from Hacettepe University. Prior to joining the Eurasian Research Institute of Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Turkish-Kazakh University, Beylur has worked as an advisor in the...

Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay is a deputy director in the Eurasian Research Institute at H.A.Yassawi Kazakh Turkish International University. Zhengizkhan completed his bachelor’s degree at international relations department of KIMEP University in 2010. He completed his master thesis named ‘Oralmans integrat...

Nadirova Gulnar Ermuratovna graduated from the Oriental Faculty of Leningrad State University, in 1990 she defended her thesis on the Algerian literature at the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies, in 2006 doctoral thesis – on modern Tunisian literature at the Tashkent Institute of Oriental Studies...

Kanat Makhanov is a research fellow at the Eurasian Institute of the International H.A Yassawi Kazakh-Turkish University. He holds a BA in Business Economics from the KIMEP University from 2012. In 2014 he earned his Masters degree in Economics from the University of Vigo (Spain), completing his the...

Omirbek Hanayi is a research fellow in the Eurasian Research Institute at H.A.Yassawi Kazakh Turkish International University. In 2009 graduated from Minzu University of China Faculty of Kazakh language and literature. In 2008-2009, he studied in Turcology Department of Justus Liebig Giessen Univers...

Dr. Albina Muratbekova is a research fellow at the Eurasian Research Institute of Akhmet Yassawi Kazakh Turkish International University. Albina holds a PhD degree in Oriental Studies from Al Farabi Kazakh National University. During her studies, Albina received fellowships from institutions in Chin...

PhD candidate, master of history, graduated from the Faculty of History (2005) and graduate school (2008), master’s degree (2013) Abai university, doctoral studies at the Institute of History and Ethnology named after Ch.Ch. Valikhanov at the al-Farabi university (2017). Completed a scientific inter...

Erkinbek Turgunov is a researcher at the Eurasian Research Institute at the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Khoja Ahmed Yasawi. From 2005 to 2009, he studied at the at the South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University and from 2014 to 2016 he studied at the Kazakh National Pedagogical ...

Nurlan Muminov is a research fellow at the Eurasian Research Institute. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from Istanbul University. Previously, Dr. Muminov served as the Head of the Department of Regional Studies at Kazakh Ablai Khan University of Internat...

Anuar Satmurzin is a junior research fellow at the Eurasian Research Institute of Akhmet Yassawi Kazakh Turkish International University. Anuar holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Central European University (CEU), Vienna, Austria. During his studies at CEU Anuar has received the Outst...

Kairat Kaipolla is a Research Fellow at the Eurasian Research Institute. He graduated with distinction from the Faculty of Languages and Literature at Minzu University of China (Beijing, People's Republic of China) in 2009. Between 2010 and 2014, he pursued advanced studies in Turkology and Cultural...

Azamat Nurshanov is a scholar specializing in religious studies, history, and contemporary social and political processes in Central Asia. He holds a PhD in Religious Studies. From 2022 to 2024, A. Nurshanov was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral Researcher at Tallinn University of Technology (T...

Ikhtiyar Paltore holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in Oriental Studies from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and has academic training in Kazakh, Arabic, and Turkish languages. He has worked as an Arabic language lecturer, researcher, and university administrator, including serving as Dean of th...

Fatima Khamzayeva earned a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science (2020–2024) and a Master’s degree in International Relations (2024–2026) from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and is currently pursuing doctoral studies. In 2022, she completed an Erasmus+ exchange semester at Philipps-Universit...