Bekir Caner ŞAFAK graduated from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of Ankara University's Faculty of Political Sciences in 2022. He received his Master's Degree from Institute of Social Sciences of Ankara University, Department of Political Science in 2025 with his thesis titled "Liberalism - Democracy Tension: Antagonistic and Agonistic Politics Versus Representative Politics". He is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Ankara University. 

During his undergraduate education, he interned at AVİM (2021), the Ministry of the Interior of Türkiye (2021), and the Governorship of Ankara (2022); and after graduating, he interned at a private company in Helsinki, Finland within the framework of the Erasmus+ program.

Şafak has been a Scholar in Residence at AVİM since December 2024.

• A POLITICAL DISCRIMINATION: THE “WESTERN BALKANS” DISCOURSE AND THE QUESTIONING OF BALKAN IDENTITY Yorum
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 23.09.2025
• BÖLGESEL BAĞLANTISALLIĞIN GÜÇLENDİRİLMESİ BAĞLAMINDA ZENGEZUR KORİDORU Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 18.09.2025
• TÜRKİYE-IRAK HAM PETROL BORU HATTI ANLAŞMASI’NIN SONA ERDİRİLMESİ Yorum
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 03.09.2025
• IS THE RISE IN GLOBAL LNG SUPPLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TÜRKİYE? Yorum
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 22.08.2025
• SİYASAL BİR AYRIMCILIK: “BATI BALKANLAR” SÖYLEMİ VE BALKAN KİMLİĞİNİN SORGULANMASI Yorum
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 04.07.2025
• ERMENİSTAN’IN NÜKLEER İKİLEMİ: RUSYA İLE BATI ARASINDAKİ SIKIŞMIŞLIK Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 04.06.2025
• ERMENİSTAN’IN AŞKABAT ANLAŞMASI’NA KATILMA KARARI Yorum
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 22.05.2025
• ÇİN’İN BATI ASYA’DA ARTAN ETKİNLİĞİ BAĞLAMINDA İRAN’IN BÖLGESEL GİRİŞİMLERİ Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 08.05.2025
• AVRASYA BAĞLANTISALLIĞI KAPSAMINDA YEŞİL ENERJİ İŞBİRLİĞİ Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 21.04.2025
• REVIVAL OF THE QATAR-TÜRKİYE NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROJECT Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 16.04.2025
• COP29 EVALUATION IN THE CONTEXT OF AZERBAIJAN - ARMENIA RELATIONS Yorum
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 14.04.2025
• TÜRKİYE’NİN ENERJİ ARZI GÜVENLİĞİ KAPSAMINDA KAYNAK ÇEŞİTLİLİĞİNİ ARTIRMA POLİTİKASI: TÜRKMENİSTAN İLE ENERJİ ALANINDA İŞBİRLİĞİ Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 08.04.2025
• THE DEVELOPING TRANSIT ROUTES IN THE MIDDLE CORRIDOR Yorum
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 20.03.2025
• ORTA KORİDOR’DA GELİŞEN TRANSİT GÜZERGAHLAR Yorum
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 19.03.2025
• KÜRESEL LNG ARZINDAKİ ARTIŞ TÜRKİYE İÇİN BİR FIRSAT MI? Yorum
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 03.03.2025
• DEVELOPMENTS IN LINE WITH TÜRKİYE’S GOAL OF BECOMING A REGIONAL ENERGY HUB Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 24.02.2025
• TÜRKİYE’NİN BÖLGESEL ENERJİ MERKEZİ OLMA HEDEFİ DOĞRULTUSUNDAKİ GELİŞMELER Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 21.02.2025
• TRANS-HAZAR İŞBİRLİĞİ: GÜNEY KAFKASYA’DA DEĞİŞEN STRATEJİK DENGELER Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 05.02.2025
• THE INCREASING IMPORTANCE OF TURKSTREAM FOLLOWING KIEV'S SUSPENSION OF RUSSIAN GAS SHIPMENT TO EUROPE Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 17.01.2025
• KİEV’İN RUS GAZININ AVRUPA’YA SEVKİYATINI DURDURMASININ ARDINDAN TÜRKAKIM’IN ARTAN STRATEJİK ÖNEMİ Analiz
  Bekir Caner ŞAFAK 16.01.2025

• CONFERENCE TITLED “HUNGARY’S PERSPECTIVES ON THE TURKIC WORLD"

  AVİM Conference Hall 24.01.2023

• THE PROSECUTION OF THE DERG CRIMINALS IN ETHIOPIA

  27.05.2024