The Interpretation of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees by Greece and Türkiye

Christina Velentza is a Policy Advisor, Researcher in international migration, refugee policy and human rights. She was Senior Legal Expert with the IPAC (International Court on asylum) in cooperation with EUAA (EU agency on asylum), Lefkosia Cyprus (2025). She was a lecturer in the University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki (2024), the EUC (Erasmus University College) in Rotterdam (2023), Kadir Has University and Ozyegin University (2020-2021). Previously, Christina was a 2022/2023 IPC-Mercator Fellow in Istanbul, a Research Fellow in MiReKoç, Koç University in Istanbul (2017-2019) and a Stavros Niarchos Fellow in Chatham House, London (2015-2016). Christina is an Attorney at Law (Athens Bar Association) and worked for the UNHCR, Greek Asylum Service, EEAS, Eurojust, ICC (International Criminal Court) and NGOs. Christina conducted field work and worked in different research projects on refugees, minorities and gender-based violence (ELIAMEP, Oxford Refugee Studies Center, University San Diego, California). Christina holds her Phd in international refugee law, European asylum policy and human rights (Democritus University of Greece, IKY Scholar), MA in European Law (University of Strasbourg) and her BA in Law (Democritus University of Greece). Her research interests are International and European Law, Criminal Law, International Refugee Law, Internal Displacement and Human Rights, Minorities.

Erman Ermihan is a postdoctoral researcher at Bilkent University. Ermihan completed his doctorate in the Department of International Relations at Kadir Has University in 2025, after receiving his bachelor’s degree in the same department at Istanbul Bilgi University and his master’s degree in Political Science at Sabancı University. His research and areas of interest include Turkey-European Union relations, Turkish foreign policy, ontological security, and identity and emotions in foreign policy. His publications have been featured in journals such as the Journal of European Integration, Turkish Studies, All Azimuth, and International Relations.