Kader Sevinc is the European Union representative of CHP, Turkey's social democratic party. She is also a presidency member of the Party of European Socialists (PES), a transatlantic fellow at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC, a published poet, and a social entrepreneur. Her personal initiatives include the Brussels-based debate club, the Turkish Coffee Briefings, “Smart Democracy & Smart Citizenship” workshops, and other related projects. She is also a member of Passa Porta, a poetry collective in Brussels.