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Metehan Durmaz

01 · In focus

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Entity ID
person-metehan-durmaz
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Tags turkey, wana, west-asia-and-north-africa, policy-analyst, it-law, ai-and-human-rights, digital-rights, smex, ai-and-surveillance, content-moderation, platform-accountability

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02 · Connections

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03 · Background

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Metehan Durmaz is a Turkey-based Policy Analyst at SMEX, focusing on IT law, AI and algorithms, and digital-rights issues across the West Asia and North Africa region. He authored the May 2025 AI Investments in the Gulf: Opportunities and Surveillance Risks report, and has published SMEX analysis on platform content moderation, privacy in consumer applications, and digital-infrastructure policy in the WANA region.

04 · Sources

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  1. smex.org

    Checked 2026-06-12

    SMEX publication page for "AI Investments in the Gulf: Opportunities and Surveillance Risks" — primary source for Durmaz's Policy Analyst byline, Turkey-based location, IT-law specialisation, and research focus on AI, algorithms, and opposition to authoritarianism and bias on social media

  2. smex.org

    Checked 2026-06-12

    SMEX article by Durmaz (January 2025) on privacy risks of UAE- and KSA-promoted communication apps — secondary source confirming his Policy Analyst role and WANA-region digital-rights research line

Source: entities/persons/person-metehan-durmaz.md — movement-graph pin 5d136ad.