Hazel Çağan Elbir graduated from Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University in 2008 and holds MSc. in International Relations from Middle East Technical University (2012).
Having completed Master’s thesis on Armenian Terrorism and the Turkish Press (1973-1984), Çağan Elbir interned in TGNA (2006), Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies (ASAM) (2007), Institute for Global Strategy (2007) and attended a Project on Model European Parliament in Graz, Austria. Çağan worked in Institute for Global Strategy for four months in 2008 as a specialist on the Balkans. During her Master’s degree, interned in Center for Eurasian Studies (2011) and as of 2012 Çağan Elbir joined AVİM as an analyst in February 2012. She is currently a PhD. student in interdisciplinary department Political Economy from Atılım University.