2025
Garo Paylan
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Garo Paylan is a visiting scholar with the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on the South Caucasus and Türkiye.
Garo is a former member of the Turkish Parliament and a prominent human rights activist. He served in the Turkish Parliament for two terms as a representative of Istanbul (2015-2018) and later Diyarbakir (2018-2023). Garo is one of the leading advocates for minority rights in Türkiye. He has been a frequent commentator on politics and economy for Turkish and international media organizations. Garo has also been a vocal advocate for normalization between Türkiye and Armenia, as well as peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. During both of his terms in the Turkish parliament, he served on the Budget Committee, where he worked on income inequality and the peace dividend in Türkiye’s relations with neighbors.The 2025 World Fellows
We are delighted to announce the 2025 Yale World Fellows. These 16 extraordinary individuals are leaders working in environment, technology, politics, media, the arts, human rights, international development, and justice sectors around the world. They include a Nigerian singer-songwriter, a Turkish politician, and a Pakistani police superintendent. “World Fellows are operating with remarkable savvy and often immense courage on the frontlines of the fight for a better world,” said Emma Sky, director of Yale’s International Leadership Center, which houses the World Fellows program. “In this era of global upheaval and uncertainty – which drives many to cynicism and apathy – the 2025 World Fellows are daring to envision and build...Read More
