Burhanettin DURAN (Head of Department) burhanettinduran@sehir.edu.tr​
 

Burhanettin Duran is an associate professor of political science. He studied at Boğaziçi University, the Department of Political Science and International Relations before receiving his M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science and Public Administration from Bilkent University in Turkey. In addition to working as a Research Assistant at Bilkent University and Sakarya University, Dr. Duran has taught at the Department of International Relations at Sakarya University.  He was a visiting scholar at Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University (2010-2011).  He is currently the chair of the Department of International Relations at İstanbul Şehir University. His research interests include Islamism, Turkish political life, the history of Turkish-Islamic political thought and Turkish foreign policy. He has taught courses on Islamism, Turkish Political Life, History of Turkish-Islamic Thought, Political Science, Turkish Foreign Policy and Globalization. He has edited several books on Turkish politics and his publications have appeared in a number of edited volumes as well as journals. 

 

Ümit CİZRE (Director of the Center for Modern Turkish Studies) umitcizre@sehir.edu.tr​

Received her B.A degree from London University and Ph.d. from Ankara University. Prof. Cizre taught as the “Ertegün Visiting Professor in Turkish Studies” in Princeton University and held research positions at European University Institute in Florence, Princeton University and Binghamton University SUNY. Her primary research interests cover democracy problems, civil-military relations, democratic governance of security sector, nationalist and right-wing politics in Turkey.

 

Michael DILLON michaeldillon@sehir.edu.tr​

Prof. Dillon completed his undergraduate studies in history and politics at the University of Liverpool, continued his graduate studies at Hull University and the Department of Political Science at Dalhousie University, Canada. He completed his PhD in Politics Lancaster University. From 1974 until now he had been teaching at the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Lancaster. He has spent time at various universities and research centers, such as Forschungs Institut Der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik, Bonn; Centre for International Relations, University of Missouri, U.S.A.; Australian National University, Canberra.

He researches the problematization of politics, security and war from the perspective of continental philosophy. He has also written extensively on security and war, international political theory, continental philosophy, and cultural research. Since security is foundational to all understanding of the political, he also researches the relation between continental thought and political theory; concentrating increasingly on the philosophy of the event, the politics of encounter and more recently divine violence and political theology drawing on the philosophy of Giorgio Agamben, Walter Benjamin, Jacques Derrida and Jacques Rancière.

His has a large amount of research funded by different international institutions. Some of his research includes:  

  • Knowledge Resourcing for Civil Contingencies, Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC)
     
  • Complexity, Networks and Resilience. Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC).
     
  • Operationalising Resilience. Communis Ltd/London Resilience,
     
  • Underwriting Health and Security: Insurance as Health-Enabler in the Molecular Age, The Wellcome Trust.

He has published many books, such as Politics of Security: Towards a Political Philosophy of Continental Thought (Routledge, 1996); Foucault on Politics, Security and War (co-ed with Andrew Neal) (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2008);  The Liberal Way of War: Killing to Make Life Live (with Julian Reid) (Routledge, 2009); Biopolitics of Security in the 21st Century: A Political Analytics of Finitude (Routledge, 2010); Deconstructing International Politics (Routledge 2010). His articles have been published in many reputable international journals, such as Security Dialogue, Review of International Studies, International Political Sociology, Political Geography, Millennium Journal of International Studies, Alternatives. He is also the editor ofJournal of Cultural Research and on the journal boards of Theory and Event, International Political Sociology, Security Dialogue, Journal of Foucault Studies and the book series Taking on the Political.

 

Ahmet OKUMUŞ ahmetokumus@sehir.edu.tr

Ahmet Okumuş completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University (1999). He obtained his M.A. degree from the Department of International Relations at Fatih University with his thesis entitled “Impact of Historical Imagination on Foreign Policy: the Russian Case” (2001).  He is currently finishing his PhD thesis entitled “Reconciliation Freedom and Virtue in Contemporary Political Philosophy” at the Program of Political Science at Sabancı University under the advisorship of Şerif Mardin and Fred Dallmayr. Okumuş gives courses such as The Politics of New Aristotelianism, Modern Political Thought, Historical Imagination and International Relations, Humanities and Society. His writing has been published in journals and collections such as Küresel Güçler, Euro Agenda Avrupa Günlüğü, Divan, Sivil Toplum Aydınlar ve Demokrasi, Brown Journal of World Affairs and Bülten.


Hasan KÖSEBALABAN hkosebalaban@sehir.edu.tr 
 
Hasan Kösebalaban obtained his BA degree in Political Science at the International Islamic University, Malaysia (1995), and his MA degree in International Relations at the International University of Japan (1997) and his Ph. D. degree in Political Science at the University of Utah (2006). Also, he conducted post-graduate research at the University of Tübingen, Germany (1998). He offered courses on comparative politics, international relations, Middle East and East Asian political systems, globalization and Turkish politics at the University of Utah (2001-2005), Mississippi State University (2005-2006), Michigan State University (2006-2008), and Lake Forest College (2008-2011).
 
Kösebalaban authored Güneydoğu Asya’da Islam ve Siyaset (Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia; Istanbul: İlke Yayıncılık, 1997) and Turkish Foreign Policy: Islam, Nationalism and Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). In addition, he co-edited Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia (Lynne Rienner, 2008), which was selected as an Outstanding Academic Book by Choice magazine in 2009. His articles and reviews appeared in various academic journals including Insight Turkey, World Affairs, Middle East Politics, Mediterranean Quarterly, Critical Middle Eastern Studies, The International Journal of Middle East Studies, Middle East Journal, and Contemporary Islam. Besides he contributed entries to The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World.


Mehmet Akif KAYAPINAR akifkayapinar@sehir.edu.tr
 

Kayapınar is a graduate of Boğaziçi University Department of Political Science and International Relations (1999). He completed his M.A. at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in the areas of International Relations and International Economic Theory (2004) and his Ph.D. at SUNY Binghamton University Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture Program (2010), with his dissertation entitled “The Theory of Asabiya in Comparison with the Social Contract Approach: An Interpretive Study in Comparative Political Theory.” He has published articles on International Relations Theory and the political theory of Ibn Haldun. His areas of concentration are comparative political theory, the historical sociology of international relations and Turkish politics. His articles have appeared in journals such as Asian Journal of Social Science, Divan and İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi. 
 

Muzaffer ŞENEL muzaffersenel@sehir.edu.tr​
 

Muzaffer Şenel completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of International Relations of Near Eastern University, Lefkoşa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus with scholarship. He continued his master’s studies at the same department. He obtained his M.A. degree from the Department of European Union Politics and International Relations at Marmara University European Community Institute with his thesis entitled “European Union Politics towards the Middle East since 1980.” He worked as a research assistant at Kocaeli University Department of International Relations (2000-2002) and Marmara University, Department of Political Science and International Relations (2002-2010). With EUROMESCO, TÜBİTAK and Regional Jean Monnet scholarships he worked as a visiting researcher at Teleki Lázsló Institute (Hungarian Institute of International Affairs) Foreign Policy Research Center in Budapest, Hungary; The Center for European Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland and Centre for Islamic Studies at Oxford University.

Şenel has written articles on the European Union, Turkish Foreign Policy and Cyprus in the semi-journal Anlayış and has articles published in various books and journals. His areas of research are the security-identity-order relationship, Turkish foreign policy, Cyprus, European Union politics and international relations, the Middle East policy of the European Union and neighboor politics. Şenel has a documentary film on “forgetten Heritage: Waqf/Foundations of Cyprus and edited two books: With Sadık Ünay, (Ed.), he has published a book entitled Global Orders and Civilizations: Perspectives from History, Philosophy and International Relations (Nova Science Publications, New York, 2009);  With Mesut Özcan (ed.), Modernite ve Dünya Düzen(ler)i/Modernity and World Order(s), (Klasik Yayınları, Istanbul, 2010). Şenel is a member of the International Relations Council of Turkey, World History Association, The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), The Central and East European International Studies Association (CEEISA) and the one of the Independent External Specialist Referees established for Turkish National Agency EU Youth Projects.​


Talha KÖSE talhakose@sehir.edu.tr​

Talha Köse completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University (2000). He completed his M.A. at the Conflict Analysis and Resolution Program of Sabancı University (2002). He obtained his Ph.D. degree at George Mason University (USA) Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR) with his dissertation entitled “Re-Negotiating Alevi Identity: Values, Emotions and the Contending Visions on Future” (2010). He has taught at George Mason University (USA) and the University of Maastricht (Holland) as a visiting professor. He worked as a research assistant at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington DC) in 2008, and as a researcher at George Mason University Center for Global Islamic Studies (January-May 2010).

His research areas include Conflict Analysis and Resolution, mediation, reconciliation processes and international conflicts and Alevi identity. He has published a book entitled İran Nükleer Programı ve Orta Doğu Siyaseti / Güç Dengeleri Ve Diplomasinin İmkanları (The Iranian Nuclear Program and Middle Eastern Politics / Power Balance and Diplomacy Opportunities, November 2008, SETA Yayınları). He has also contributed articles to the edited books. His articles have appeared in academic journals such as İnsan Hakları Araştırmaları, Akademik Ortadoğu and Insight Turkey.

 

Vügar İMANOV vugarimanov@sehir.edu.tr​

Born in Azerbaijan, Imanov graduated from Istanbul University with a degree in History, from Boğaziçi University with an MA in History and from Marmara University with a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations. His published titles include Avrasyacılık: Rusya’nın Kimlik Arayışı // Eurasianism: Russia’s Search for an Identity (Istanbul, 2008); Azerbaycan-Osmanlı İlişkileri 1918 // Azerbaijani-Ottoman Relations 1918 (Istanbul, 2006) and Ali Merdan Topçubaşı (1865-1934): Lider Bir Aydın ve Bağımsız Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti’nin Temsili // Ali Merdan Topcubasi (1865-1934): A Leading Intellectual and Representation of Independent Republic of Azerbaijan (Istanbul, 2003). He also has many translations from Russian (e.g. Aleksandr Dugin, Rus Jeopolitiği: Avrasyacı Yaklaşım // Russian Geopolitics: Eurasian Approach, 6th ed., Istanbul, 2010; Nikolay Trubetskoy, Avrupa ve Beşeriyet // Europe and Mankind, Istanbul,  2011). His academic interests cover regional studies, especially history, politics, culture, foreign policy making/thought as well as social transformation in the former Soviet countries (which are also known as Eurasia). Nowadays he focuses on Russian foreign policy, Turkish-Russian relations and Eurasian dimension of Turkish foreign policy. Imanov joined Istanbul Şehir University during its formation years and is currently a faculty member of the Department of Political Science and International Relations.

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