At our Extraordinary General Assembly held on 6 July 2026, the Migration Research Association (GAR) elected a new Board of Directors.
We would like to sincerely thank the outgoing Board members for their dedication and contributions over the past term, and warmly congratulate our new Board.
In the period ahead, we will continue to contribute to rigorous, critical, and rights-based knowledge production in the field of migration, and to strengthen collaboration among researchers, academics, and civil society actors.
Our New Board of Directors:
Chair: Gülay Uğur Göksel
Vice Chair: Ayşem Biriz Karaçay
Treasurer: Sedef Turper Alışık
Secretary General: Meriç Çağlar
Board Member: Polat Sait Alpman
We wish our new Board a successful and productive term.





