Faculty

Assoc. Prof. Murat Akan

0212 359 68 04

Research Interests

Secularism
Identity Politics
Immigration
Multiculturalism
Constitutions
French politics
Turkish politics

Teaching Areas

Secularism
Identity Politics
Immigration
Multiculturalism
Constitutions
French politics
Turkish politics

Assoc. Prof. Zühre Aksoy (on leave)

212 359 65 13

Research Interests

International Relations
International Environmental Politics
International Institutions
Political Economy of Agriculture and Development

Teaching Areas

International Relations
Environment and Politics
Theories of Development

Prof. Yeşim Arat

0212 359 75 78

Research Interests

Women's political participation
Problems of Democratization
Turkish Politics

Teaching Areas

Gender Politics
Turkish Politics
Politics of Developing Countries
Problems of Democratization

Assist.Prof. Mert Arslanalp

0 212 359 75 79

Research Interests

Contentious Politics and Law
Urban Politics
Democratization and Citizenship
Institutions and Exceptions (...)

Teaching Areas

Comparative Political Systems
Development of Contemporary Democracies
Latin American Politics
Urban Studies (...)

Assist. Prof. Volkan Çıdam

0212 359 68 03

Research Interests

Moral Philosophy,
German Idealism,
American Pragmatism,
Critical Theory,
Theories of Recognition

Teaching Areas

Social and Political Thought of Karl Marx and Marxist Theory,
Social Contract Theory and Late Modern Political Thought,
Critical Theory (...)

Assoc.Prof. Dilek Çınar

0212 359 68 02

Research Interests

International Migration and Integration Policies
European Citizenship and Identity
Citizenship and Anti-Discrimination Policies

Teaching Areas

Topics in European Integration
EU enlargement
International Migration
Nationalism and Ethnicity
German Politics from Weimar to Berlin

Assist. Prof. Gaye İlhan Demiryol

gaye.ilhan@boun.edu.tr

Research Interests

20th Century Political Thought
Political Thought of Hannah Arendt
Philosophy of History
Political Agency

Teaching Areas

Political Theory
History of Political Thought
Democratic Theory

Prof. Mine Eder

0212 359 65 25

Research Interests

Comparative Political Economy, Political Economy of Newly Industrializing Countries, Regionalism, International Cooperation, Political Economy of Turkey, Informal Economy

Teaching Areas

International Political Economy
Political Economy of Development
International Relations Theory
Industrialization

Assoc.Prof. Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu

0212 359 6803

Research Interests

Decentralization, Democratization and State-society relations.
Globalization, Transnational Spaces and Citizenship.
Environmental NGOs and Politics.

Teaching Areas

Political Economy of Development
Politics of Developing Countries
Development of Contemporary Democracies
Latin American Politics

Assoc.Prof. Gün Kut (On Leave)

2123596506

Research Interests

Turkish Foreign Policy
Politics of Water in the Middle East
Diplomatic History of the Early Republican Period

Teaching Areas

International Relations
Foreign Policy
Turkish Foreign Policy
Diplomatic History

Assist. Prof. Yeon Kyung (Grace) Park
Research Interests

Domestic explanation of international relations (conflict and IPE),
International law,
State compliance, (...)

Teaching Areas

International relations,
International political economy,
Conflict,
Formal model, (...)

Assist. Prof. Başak Taraktaş

https://basaktaraktas.com

Research Interests

Opinion dynamics
Collective action, cooperation
Computational social science (network analysis, agent based modeling, machine learning)
(...)

Teaching Areas

Political methodology
State formation
Democratization
Social movements
Decision theory (...)

Assist. Prof. Fleur van Leeuwen

https://fleurvanleeuwen.academia.edu/

Research Interests

Public international law theory & practice
International human rights law
Human rights monitoring & advocacy
Feminist legal theory (...)

Teaching Areas

Public International law
Law of international organizations
Human rights
Gender & Law

Assist. Prof. Alper Yağcı

0212 359 6514

Research Interests

Public Policy
Development
Political Behavior and Institutions

Teaching Areas

Comparative Politics
International Relations
Political Economy

Prof. Hakan Yılmaz

0212 359 65 28

Research Interests

Turkish Politics since 1945
EU-Turkish Relations
European Culture and Identity
Culture and Politics
Democratization

Teaching Areas

Turkish Politics
EU-Turkish Relations
European Culture and Identity
Culture and Politics
Democratization

Assoc. Prof. Aslı Çalkıvik

acalkivik@itu.edu.tr

https://web.itu.edu.tr/acalkivik/Welcome.html

Research Interests

Theories of International Relations
Critical Security Studies
War and Violence in International Political Thought
International Security

Teaching Areas

International Security
Global Politics (Introductory, Advanced)
Theories of International Relations
Theories of Inetrnational Security

Assoc.Prof. Zeynep Gambetti

0212 359 68 03

Research Interests

Political Philosophy, Political Sociology, Hannah Arendt's political thought, Theories of Ideology and Discourse, Theories of neoliberalism, Contemporary Kurdish studies, Political violence

Teaching Areas

Political Theory
Political Sociology
Discourse Theory

Associate Dr. Selcan Kaynak

Telephone: (212) 3596838

E-mail: selcan.kaynak@boun.edu.tr

Research Interests

Media and Politics in Turkey

Politics and Psychology

Digital Technologies and Social Change

Teaching Areas

Communications & Politics

Political Psychology

Media & Globalization

Research Methods

Assoc. Prof. Gül Sosay

0212 359 65 18

Teaching Areas

International Relations
Comparative Politics

Prof. Nermin Abadan-Unat

2123596838

Research Interests

International Migration
Political Parties
Public Opinion
Women Studies
Political Communication

Teaching Areas

Media and Power
Middle Eastern Politics
20th Century German Politics
Bureaucracy
Political Sociology

Prof. İlkay Sunar

E-mail: sunar@boun.edu.tr

Research Interests

Political Theory
Political Ideologies
Politics in Turkey, the Middle East and Southern Europe

Teaching Areas

Political Theory,
Political Ideologies,
Politics in Turkey, the Middle East and Southern Europe