
After studying Political Science and International Relations at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, she moved to Türkiye in 2009 to do field research for her PhD. She has been a university professor in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Ankara. Since 2019, she has been directing and coordinating the “Türkiye Observatory” of CeSPI (Centro Italiano di Studi di Politica Internazionale). She is a member of the scientific committee of EIEAD – European Institute for Eurasian Dialogue and producer of the weekly programme “Turchia chiama Italia” of the Turkish state radio and television channel TRT Italian. Her book, “Erdoğan e il suo Partito. AKP tra riformismo e conservatorismo – Castelvecchi, 2018 – was considered as one of the best essays of 2018 and received the Special Cerruglio Prize in May 2019. In 2017, she was awarded with the title of Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia by the Presidency of the Italian Republic.