Dr. Zuhal Mert Uzuner is lecturer at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Marmara University. She teaches Introduction to International Relations and Seminar on Southeast Europe lessons.  Uzuner studies foreign policy making, Greek foreign policy, Turkish foreign policy and Greek Turkish relations. She has B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Marmara University International Relations and M.A. degree from Southeast European Studies at Dimokritus University of Thrace, Law School. She is currently a PhD candidate at the Southeast European Studies at Dimokritus University. She has articles and papers in Turkish and in English. She knows English and Greek languages.