Prof. Dr. Semih Koray
President of DÜNYA-MER
Prof. Dr. Semih Koray is the founding president of the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center (DÜNYA-MER). In addition to his long academic career in mathematics and game theory, he is recognized as an active intellectual in Turkish thought and social movements.
Academic Life
Prof. Dr. Koray served for many years as a faculty member in the Economics Department at Bilkent University. His academic work focuses on game theory, social choice theory, and mechanism design. He has numerous research papers published in international academic journals.
Intellectual Life and Social Responsibility
Beyond his academic identity, Prof. Dr. Koray has long written, lectured, and appeared on television on topics including Türkiye’s independence, public-good values, Atatürk’s revolution, and Eurasian cooperation. His articles regularly appear in publications such as Aydınlık Newspaper, Teori Magazine, and Science and Utopia.
DÜNYA-MER Vision
Under Prof. Dr. Koray’s leadership, DÜNYA-MER has adopted the following core objectives:
- To research historical interaction and cooperation among world civilizations,
- To highlight the role of the rising Asian civilization in humanity’s common future,
- To cooperate with the People’s Republic of China’s Global Civilization Initiative,
- To study national democratic revolutions and the process of socialism with Chinese characteristics,
- To carry the contributions of the Turkish and Chinese revolutions to the present.
Personal Style
He is known for combining philosophical depth with scientific discipline and political responsibility in his speeches and writings. Concepts such as “humanity’s common treasure”, “the culture of common living among peoples”, “the new human ethics against decay” are key terms in his approach.
