Research Assistants
Ahmet Utku Akbıyık
Education MA:Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2016 - Present
BA:Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2012 – 2016
Boğaziçi University, Economics, 2012 - 2016
Utrecht University, School of Governance and Law 2014-2015 (Erasmus)
Research Interests· Quantitative Research Methodology
· Civil War and Ethnic Conflict
· Public Policy Making
· Political Economy of Development
Ronay Bakan
Education MA: Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Science and International Relations, present
BA: Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Science and International Relations, 2015
Erasmus student, Tilburg University, 2013
Research Interests
-Political Economy
-Problems and Issues in Turkish Politics
-Urban Studies
-Gender Studies
Gül Çatır
Education BA: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2005
MA: Leiden University, European Union Studies, 2006
MA: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2009
- Migration Studies
- International Relations
- Turkish Politics
Erdem Demirtaş
Education PhD: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2012-present
MA: Yıldız Technical University, Political Science and International Relations, 2012
BA: Kadir Has University, International Relations, 2009
Research Interests- Political Regimes
- Political Economy of Development
- Political Sociology of Law
-Foreign Policy Analysis
Ziya Kaya
Education September, 2014-present: PhD, Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations
September, 2011-August 2014: MA, Koç University, Comparative Studies in History and Society
Thesis Title: “Main Axes of the Fragmentation within the Armenian Movement in Istanbul since the mid-1990s: Underlying Reasons and Issues of Discussion” (Advisor: Asst. Prof.Dikmen Bezmez)
September 2009-January 2010: Exchange Student, Political Science, Stockholm University
Research Interests- Rural Social Life,
- Rural Transformation,
- Ethnic groups/communities/minorities
- Turkish Politics
- Comparative Politics
- Ethnography
Umut Mişe
Education 2015-ongoing Boğaziçi University – Political Science and International Relations, MA (Istanbul)
2015 Bahçeşehir University&UNESCO – The Program of the International Summer University for Intercultural Leadership (Turkey)
2010-2015 Boğaziçi University – Political Science and International Relations (Istanbul)
2013-2014 Institute d’etudes de Politique de Bordeaux, France (Erasmus)
-Identity Politics
-Religion and Politics
-Comparative Politics
Çağrı Mutaf
Education BA: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2015
MA: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, present
Research Interests- Democratic Theory
- Basic Rights and Liberties
- Normativity, Justification, Legitimation
- Religion and Public Sphere
- Possibilities of Collaboration between Cognitive Science and Political Theory
Levent Önen
Education MA: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2009
BA: Marmara University, Political Science and International Relations, 2006
- Political Parties and Organization
- Turkish Politics
- Middle East Politics and Culture
Özlem Tunçel
Education 2016 – Present MA, Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations
2014 – 2015 BA, Utrecht University, School of Governance and Law
Erasmus Program
2011 – 2016 BA, Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations
- Problems and Issues in Turkish Politics
- Religion and State
- Educational Policy Making
