Ahmet Erdi ÖZTÜRK
University Degrees
2016-
University of Strasbourg, France
PhD, Law, Political Science and History Department
Dissertation Title: Turkey’s New Foreign-Policy Activism in the Balkans: The Case
of the Diyanet in Albania, Bulgaria, and Macedonia.
Supervisors: Professor Samim Akgönül, Professor İştar Gözaydın
2013-2014
Barcelona Autonoma University, Spain
MRes, Political Science
Dissertation Title: Dioristic Struggle for Contemporary Turkey’s Future: Conflict
between AK Party and Hizmet Movement.
Supervisor: Professor Eva Ostergaard-Nielsen
2010-2012
Hacettepe University, Turkey
MA, Political Science Graduate Department
Dissertation Title: Relation Between Islam and Capitalism in Turkey: Under the
Case of Gülen Movement.
Supervisor: Professor Berrin Koyuncu Lorasdağı-Professor Istar Gözaydın
2005-2010
Baskent University, Turkey
BA in Political Science and International Relations (Full scholarship by Başkent
University)
Dissertation Title: Turkish and Ottoman Nationalism and Islam Relations in the
JDP Period in Turkey.
Supervisor: Professor Simten Cosar
Professional Experience
2011-2012
Ankara University, Turkey
Research Assistant of Department of Urbanization and Environmental Problems,
Faculty of Political Science.
Research Fields
Religion and State Relations, Religion in Politics, Political Theory, Critical Theory, Critical
Discourse Analysis, the Balkan Politics, Religion in International Relations, Comparative Politics
and Political History
Edited Books
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2017, (Forthcoming, Approved, Submitted, Singed a Contract), Authoritarian Politics in
Turkey: Elections and the Role of the AKP, (eds. Dr. Bahar Baser & Ahmet Erdi Öztürk)
I.B. Tauris: London.
Book Chapters
• 2017, (Forthcoming), Turkey Chapter, in Year Book of Muslim in Europe, eds. Oliver
Scharbrodt, Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Jørgen S. Nielsen, Egdūnas Račius, Brill.
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2017, (Forthcoming), Religion in Prison in Turkey: Undefined Area, in Prison and
Religion, eds. Julia Martinez-Arino and Anne-Laure Zwilling, Springer.
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2017, (Forthcoming), Is it Curtains for Turkish Democracy? with Dr. Bahar Baser, in
Authoritarian Politics in Turkey: Elections, Resistance and the AKP, eds. Dr. Bahar Baser
and Ahmet Erdi Özturk, IB. Tauris: London.
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2016, La Lucha por el de la Turquia Contemporanea: Tension Entre el AKP y el
Movimiento Hizmet//Tensions between the AKP and the Hizmet Movement, in, Modern
Turkey: Opportunities and Challenges, eds. Prof. Dr. Federico Donelli & Prof. Dr. Manuel
Ferez, Anahuac University: Mexico City. (in Spanish)
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2016, Turkey’s Curly Way in the European Union, in, Turkey and EU Relations eds. Dr.
Ozan Örmeci, Istanbul Bilgi University Press: İstanbul.
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2015, Avrupa Birliği’ne Aday Statüsündeki Ülkelerin Eğitim Politikalarında İnanç ve Din
(The Faith and Religion in Education Policies of EU Candidate Countries), in, Obligatory
Religion Courses in Turkey, ed. Sevgi Özçelik pp; 61-76, ISBN: 978-650-84715-2-8. (in
Tukish)
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Journal Articles
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2017, (Under review), Redefinition of state apparatuses: AKP’s formal-informal networks
in the online realm with Dağhan Irak in Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.
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2017, (Under review), In the Servise of Power: The Organisational Structure and Financial
Operations of the Gülen Movement, with Simon Watmough, in Journal of South European
Society and Politics.
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2017, (Under review), Delectation or Annoyance: Turkey’s Foreign Policy via the Diyanet
in the Balkans and Its Impacts, with İştar Gözaydın in Journal of Muslim in Europe.
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2017, (Under review), Exploring the Dynamics behind the Creation of Hegemonic Party
Regime: AKP Era in Turkey, with Taptuk Emre Erkoç in Journal of Southeast European
and Black Sea Studies.
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2017, (Under review), From tutelary democracy to state of exception: The case of
Erdoğan’s Turkey, in British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
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2017, (Forthcoming), “Academics for Peace in Turkey: A Case of Criminalising Dissent
via Counterterrorism Discourse, with Prof. Dr. Samim Akgönül and Dr. Bahar. Baser, in
Journal of Critical Terrorism Studies.
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2016, “Turkey’s Diyanet under AKP Rule: From Protector to Imposer of State Ideology?.
in Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, published online 20 September
2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2016.1233663.
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2014, “The Presidential Election in Turkey: History and Future Expectations” Journal of
Contemporary Southeastern Europe.
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2013, “The Term of Intellectual City in Turkey after Gezi Protests” Politus Vol: 6, 19-31.
Invited Lectures and Speeches
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2016, “Islam-Terrorism-Inferiority: Are We Living in an Illusion?” Syracuse University,
Strasbourg, France.
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2016, “Bombings and Beyond: Turkey’s Foggy Political Agenda” Drustvo Medkulturni
Dialog, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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2015, “Turkey’s Balkan Perspective in terms of Neo-Ottomanism” Heinrich Heine
Universität Düsseldorf, Germany.
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2015, “Nostalgia or Ambiguous: Turkey’s Balkan Policies under the Theory of neoOttomanism” Bilgi University, International Relations Department, Istanbul, Turkey.
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2015, “Perspectives on the Perception of Corruption and Social Justice”, Social Justice:
Combating Corruption from the Perspective of Equal Opportunity, United Nations,
Vienna, Austria.
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2014, “The Management of Religion in Turkey”, House of Commons, United Kingdom
Parliament, London, England.
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2014, “The role of Religion in Turkey” Poland Foreign Ministry Dialogue Meeting,
Warsaw, Poland.
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2014 “Armenian Question”, Vienna University, International Peace Conference, Austria.
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2012 “Islam and the non-Muslim other: Doctrines, Attitudes, and Practices” Netherlands
Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies Istanbul.
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2011 “Politics and Its Effects on the Society”, Yıldız Rotary Club, Ankara, Turkey.
Research Reports
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2015, “Turkey Report on Politics” with Dr. Taptuk Emre Erkoç & Salih Doğan, for Turkey
Institute. ISBN: 9780993126826.
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2014, “The Management of Religion in Turkey” with Prof. Dr. İştar Gözaydın, for UK
House of Parliament & Turkey Institute. ISBN 978-0-9931268-0-2.
Book Review
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2016, Luca Ozzano & Francesco Cavatorta “European Culture Wars and the Italian Case”
European International Studies Association, Global Affairs.
Organized Conferences
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2016, convenor & co-chair “Political Behaviour and Attitudes” 24th Word Congress of
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Political Science/IPSA, Poznan.
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2015, discussant-chair “Faces of the Hizmet’s Social Engagement” International
Conference of Transnational Religious Movements, Dialogue and Development,
University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
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2015, convenor & co-chair “Turkey Originated International Faith Based Structures” 9th
Pan-European Conference of the European International Studies Association (EISA)
(Section on ‘Transnational Religion, Dialogue and Conflict’), Italy.
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2014, chair “State and Religion in Turkey” 1th Jornada de Turquia, Casa da Turca &
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
Selected Conference Participations
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2016, “Turkey’s Diyanet qua state apparatus in Serbia: Imposer or mediator” 6th
International Balkan Annual Conference, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
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2016, “Miniatürk: A Tourist Destination of Hyper Dimensional Production” City, Symbols
and Nationalism Workshop, International Skopje Workshop, University of Skopje, Skopje,
Macedonia.
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2016, “Turkey’s Diyanet: A Very Handy State Apparatus” International Religion and
Human Rights Conference, Western Sydney University, Universita Degli Studi di Padova,
Padova, Italy.
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2016, “Turkey’s Foreign and Religion Policies with Intervention of the Diyanet in the
Balkan Peninsula” European International Studies Association (EISA), 3rd European
Workshops in International Studies, University of Tübingen, Germay.
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2015, “Religion Educations in the Balkan Countries and its Historical Backgrounds”
Religion Education Conference, Helsinki Citizens Assembly Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.
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2015, “Capitalism, Islam and the Hizmet Movement” International Conference of
Transnational Religious Movements, Dialogue and Development, University of Turin,
Turin, Italy.
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2015, “Civil Society, Peace Building and Beyond in Bosnia and Herzegovina” Coventry
and Kadir Has University, International Human Security Conference, Kadir Has
University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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2015, “Archaism or Useful Glue: Turkey’s Religion Policy in the Balkans during the EU
Process” Marmara University European Union Institute Graduate Student Conference,
Istanbul, Turkey.
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2015, “Conservatisms and Islamism: The Situations of women in Turkey during the AKP
Period” 12th SEA International Scientific Meeting, Mahidol University, Bangkok,
Thailand.
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2015, “Turkey’s Religion Policy with Intervention of Diyanet in the Balkan Peninsula”,
International Congress on Turkey and The Balkans, International University of Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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2014, “Conflict Between AKP and the Gülen Movement” Italian Political Science
International Conference, Perugia, Italy.
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2014, “The Gülen Movement and Philanthropic Approaches” The International
Conference on Philanthropy & Peace Building, Istanbul Bilgi University and Journalist
and Writers Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey.
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2014, “The Paradoxical Methodology of State and Religion Relations in Turkey” Barcelona
University Graduate Students Conference, Spain.
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2014, “Hegemony or an Archaic Imperialism: Neo-Ottomanism in the Balkan Peninsula,
Istanbul Bilgi University Foreign Relations Conference, Turkey.
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2013, “The Failure of the AKP’s Total Transformation Project and the Gezi Protest”
Berlin Humbolth University, Teaching the Crisis Conference, Germany.
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2012 “Davutoğlu as an Islamic Scholar and a Political Actor” International Political
Science Association, World Congress on Political Science/IPSA, Madrid, Spain (with Prof.
Dr. Istar Gözaydin).
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2012, “Islam: A Curly Way of Turkey” Islam and the non-Muslim Other: Doctrines,
Attitudes, and Practices A spring school organised by Netherlands Institute for Higher
Education, Institut Francais d’Etudes Anatoliennes, Netherlands Institute in Turkey, and
Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies, Istanbul, Turkey
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2012 “Parallel Relations between Islam and Capitalism”, Dutch Embassy Annual Turkey
Conference, Turkey.
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2011 “Neo-liberalism and the Religious Communities in Turkey” (TURKSAM) Turkish
Centre for International Relations and Strategic Analysis Annual Conference, Turkey.
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2011 “An analysis of declarations of the Turkish Prime Minister in relation with Foucault,
Discourse, Power” Turkish Political Science Association Conference, Okan University,
Turkey.
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2011 “An Alternative Political Economic Model in Turkey: The Gülen Movement”
Conference on Crisis of Islamism, Sakarya University, Turkey.
Research Projects
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2015, September-December, Expert Researcher, “Compulsory Courses of/on Religion in
Turkey’s Primary Education System: Where the Citizens and the State Meet”. A project
run by Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, Turkey and supported by the Friedrich Naumann
Foundation for Freedom.
Field Research Experiences
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2016, Field research (totally 2 month, for Phd dissertation) Belgrade and Sanjak Region.
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2014-2015, Field research (totally 3 months, for Phd dissertation) Thessaloniki, Belgrade,
Sofia, Kosovo, Tiran and Sarajevo.
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Selected Op-Eds in English, German and Turkish
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2016, Europe’s Misconception on Turkey, Vocal Europe.
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2016, Is the worst yet to come? Coup attempt quake and its aftershocks, Independent
Turkey.
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2016, Airport Attack in Istanbul: Can Turkey keep its citizens safe? Independent Turkey.
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2016, Transformation or Make-Over? Turkish foreign policy after the Davutoğlu era,
Independent Turkey.
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2016, In the Home Stretch of Erdoğan’s Presidential System, Who is the Real Enemy?,
Research Turkey.
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2016, Turkey’s Presidential Transition, Done the Hard Way (with Dr. Fatih Ceran), Open
Democracy.
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2016, Turkey’s Two Bites at a Cherry: Erdoğan or Democracy, Vocal Europe.
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2016, Take of Opposition Newspaper is a Death Warrant for Free Speech in Turkey, The
Conversation.
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2016, Die Akteure bei der Etablierung des Erdoganismus, Zaman Österreich.
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2016, Relocating IPSA 2016 from Istanbul: One Right, Two Wrongs and Many Traitors,
Open Democracy and Today’s Zaman.
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2016, CHP’s Trouble with Itself, Bianet.
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2016, Vadiden Ovaya, Polat’tan Ertuğrul’a Siyaset ile Eklemlenmiş Beyaz Cam (From
Valley to Lowland, From Polat to Ertuğrul: White Screen which is articulated with
Politics), Istanbul Art News.
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2016, Eine gemeinsame Strategie mit der Türkei: Teuer erkauft!, Zaman Österreich.
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2016, Erdoğan’s Turkey: Anti-terror Crackdown Claims Freedom as its Victim, The
Conversation.
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2015, Turkey Result: How Harshly Will Erdogan Clamp Down on Dissent? (with Dr. Bahar
Başer), International Newsweek.
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2015, People Turned to the Devil they Know (with Dr. Bahar Başer), Your Middle East.
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2015, Turkey Election: Erdogan and the AKP get majority back amid climate of violence
and fear (with Dr. Bahar Başer), The Conversation.
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2015, Turkey: Erdogan Is Forcing His People to Take Sides (with Dr. Bahar Başer), The
Epoch Times.
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2015, Escalating violence mars traces of hopes for peace (with Dr. Bahar Başer), Today’s
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Zaman.
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2015, A dispute between inoperative and absent systems Hürriyet Daily News.
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2014, State is Still a State Today’s Zaman.
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2014, What Turkey Needs from Davutoğlu Government (with Dr. Taptuk Emre Erkoç &
Salih Doğan) Open Democracy.
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2014, Conceptual Contradictions When It Comes to Rhetoric about ‘Parallel State’
Today’s Zaman.
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2014, The Politics of Polarization in Turkey, Hürriyet Daily News.
Knowledge of Languages
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Turkish (Native)
English (Fluent)
Spanish (Intermediate)
Computer Based Research Skills
Advance Use of MS Office, STATA & ATLAS
Teaching Experience
2015 Fall, Fatih University, Istanbul, Religion and Society, undergraduate level, 44 students, in
English. (Part-time lecturer).
2015 Fall, Fatih University, Istanbul, Religion in International Relations, undergraduate level, 25
students, in English. (Part-time lecturer).
2015 Fall, Fatih University Istanbul, Siyaset Sosyolojisi, (Political Sociology), undergraduate
level, 87 students, in Turkish. (Part-time lecturer).
Media Appearances
2016, interviewed by, International Policy Digest, “What happens to the Opposition in the
Aftermath of the Turkish Coup”, 27th of September, http://intpolicydigest.org/2016/09/26/whathappens-to-the-opposition-in-the-aftermath-of-the-turkish-coup/
2016, statement by France 24 on the reset of the relations between Russia and Turkey, 9th of
August, http://www.france24.com/en/
2016, statement by France 24 on the first meeting of the Supreme Military Council decisions after
the coup attempt in Turkey, 28th of July. http://www.france24.com/en/
2016, statement by HRT Radio (Croatia) on the Coup attempt in Turkey, 19th of July.
2016, statement by 24.ur Daily (Slovenia) on the Coup attempt in Turkey, 18th of July,
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http://www.24ur.com/novice/svet/turski-politicni-strokovnjak-poskus-vojaskega-udara-odprlpandorino-skrinjico.html
2016, statement by France 24 on terrorist attacks in Istanbul, 7th of June, 2016,
http://www.france24.com/en/
2016, statement by Sveriges Radio (Radio Sweden, Sedish) on National Outlook Movement, AKP
and the Diyanet's activities in Turkey, Sweden, the Balkans and Europe.
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/718205?programid=1300
2016, statement by Vecer Daily (Slovenia) on the current issues and the role of Erdoğan in Turkey.
http://www.vecer.com/ce-si-proti-erdoganu-si-terorist-6197687
2016, statement by 24.ur Daily (Slovenia) on the Suicide Blast in Ankara and Turkey’s way
through Erdoğanism http://www.24ur.com/novice/svet/doktor-politicnih-znanosti.html
2016, statement by HRT Radio (Croatia) on the Suicide Blast in Central Istanbul.
http://radio.hrt.hr/aod/vijesti-1201/144191/
2016, statement by the 24.ur Daily (Slovenia) on the Suicide Blast in Central Istanbul.
http://www.24ur.com/novice/svet/eksplodiralo-pred-modro-mosejo-v-istanbulu.html
2015, interviewed by Sosyalbilimler. org (Turkey, in Turkish) on the position of the Gülen
Movement between Islam and capitalism. http://www.sosyalbilimler.org/turkiyede-islam-vekapitalizm-iliskisinde-gulen-hareketinin-konumu/
2015, interviewed by the Shargh Daily (Iran) on the relation between AKP and the Gülen
Movement
2014, interviewed by the Jiyan (Turkey) on the 2014 local elections in Turkey
2014, interviewed by TRT (Turkey), on the 2014 local elections in Turkey
Memberships
International Political Science Association (IPSA-Member)
European International Studies Association (EISA-Member)
International Studies Association (ISA- Member)
Helsinki Citizens Assembly (HCA-Member)
Greenpeace International (GPI-Member)
Other Professional Experience
2014- 2016, Turkey Institute, London – Research Fellow
2014-2015 columnists at Taraf (one of the prominent Turkish periodical)
Sport, Art and Non Profit Experiences
1993-2005 Member of Fenerbahçe Swimming Team (9 Times 1st, 6 Times 2th, 13 Times 3th of
Turkey)
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1996 Ulus Rotary Club Art Competition 1st Place in Turkey
1995 Hacettepe University Art Competition 1st Place in Turkey
1995 Private Ari High School Art Competition 3rd Place in Turkey
References
Prof. Dr. İştar Gözaydın, Gediz University, İzmir, [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Samim Akgönül, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Bozidar Jezernik, Ljubljana University, Ljubljana, [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Eva Ostergaard, Barcelona Autonoma University, Barcelona, [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Berrin Koyuncu Lorasdağı, Hacettepe University, Ankara, [email protected]
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