Dr Ayca Arkilic is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. She is the author of Diaspora Diplomacy: The Politics of Turkish Emigration to Europe (Manchester University Press, 2022) and the co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Turkey’s Diasporas (2024). She serves as associate editor of Diaspora Affairs and Mediterranean Politics.