Esme Bayar

Fellowship

Türkiye Europe Future Forum

Period of the Fellowship

2026

Project title

Türkiye Europe Future Forum 2026

Short biography

Esme Bayar is an Expert in International Cooperation at the German Energy Agency (dena) and Project Coordinator of the Turkish-German Energy Partnership. She works at the intersection of energy policy and bilateral cooperation, engaging with government, industry, academia, and civil society.
She holds a BA in European and Middle Eastern Languages from the University of Oxford, specialising in Turkish and German literature, translation, and politics, and a Master of International Affairs from the Hertie School in Berlin, supported by a Hertie Foundation scholarship. Since 2019, she has worked across various dimensions of Turkish-German cooperation, starting at GIZ in Ankara with a focus on forced displacement and migration, and later facilitating municipal exchange on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
She is committed to fostering constructive Türkiye–Europe dialogue, cross-cultural understanding, and sustainable cooperation.