Nazlı A. Algan completed undergraduate studies in the Department of American Culture and Literature at Başkent University and in 2019 obtained a master’s degree with a thesis entitled “A comparative analysis of the access of Syrians and Iraqis living in Ankara to basic education services”. A part-time researcher at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) in 2010-2011, Algan served as General Coordinator of the Ortadoğu Humanitarian Association from 2012 to 2017 and as a member of the Board of Directors of the London-based Global Humanitarian Association in 2017-2021. President of the YSYD humanitarian aid organisation since 2015, Algan has published widely on migration and migrants in national and international journals, and has given presentations at various national and international conferences on migration and integration and on the safe return of migrants.