Current Students

Political Science And International Relations

Zeyno Keçecioğlu

PhD,International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: human rights, political violence, state repression and its possible effects on different actors in domestic and international politics

Marmara University, Political Science and International Relations BA

Sabancı University, Political Science MA

Email: zkececioglu20@ku.edu.tr

Batur Ozan Togay

PhD,International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Turkish foreign policy, the relationship between domestic politics and international affairs, discourse analysis, european studies

Durham University, Politics BA

London School of Economics, History of International Relations MSc

Email: btogay20@ku.edu.tr

Alia Kıran

PhD,International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Civil society and its effect on democratic attitudes, relationships between citizens and institutions, how economic systems affect citizens’ perceptions of belonging in local communities, the nation-state and the globalized world order

NYU, Global Liberal Studies / History and Philosophy BA

European Studies: Ideas, Identities, Ideologies LSE’s European Institute, MSc

Email: akiran20@ku.edu.tr

Ardahan Özkan Gedikli

PhD,International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: International development, Foreign Aid, Interventionism, Political Economy and Turkish Foreign Policy

University of Sussex, Conflict, Security and Development, MA

Email: agedikli19@ku.edu.tr

Aylin Yardımcı

PhD,International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Emerging donors, Turkish foreign policy, political economy of foreign aid

European Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science M.Sc.

Email: ayardimci@ku.edu.tr

Birce Altıok

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Forced migration, activism, human rights

Columbia University, Human Rights Studies, MA

Bogazici and Binghamton University, BA

email: baltiok@ku.edu.tr

Bijan Tafazzoli

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: International relations and media, media and negotiations, political communications, social movements and security, terrorism and media, non-governmental armed groups in Middle East, peace and conflict studies, media framing, critical discourse analysis and media, political philosophy (critical theory)

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, International Relations, MS

University of Tehran, Communications, MA

University of Tehran, Archaeology, BA

email: btafazzoli14@ku.edu.tr

Burak Ağalday

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest:Refugee, identity, political theory

Bilkent University, International Relations, M.A.

email: bagalday18@ku.edu.tr

Cansu Paksoy

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest:Political psychology, inter-group behavior (prejudice, tolerance, polarization)

Middle East Technical University, Social Psychology, M.S.

Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus, Psychology, B.S. - Political Science and International Relations, Minor

Duygu Merve Uysal

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Political Psychology, Migration, Intergroup Relations, Political Behavior

Yeditepe University Political Science and International Relations M.A

Yeditepe University Political Science and International Relations
- Psychology (Double Major) B.A

Email: duysal18@ku.edu.tr

Erhan Arslan

International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Foreign Policy, Europeanization, European Union, Political Theory

Queen Mary University of Lonfon, International Relations, Master of Arts

email: earslan14@ku.edu.tr

Emine Arı

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Research Methods: Qualitative Research Methods (Concept Formation, Fuzzy Sets, and Typological Theory) and Quantitative Research Methods (Fixed/Random Effect Models, Ordinary Least Squares, Structural Equation Modelling, and Survival Analysis); and International Relations and Comparative Politics: Civil Conflict, Inter-state and Intra-state Conflicts, Political Violence, Terrorism, State of Emergencies, Electoral Behavior

Political Science, Sabancı University, M.A.

International Relations, Koç University, B.A

Email: eari15@ku.edu.tr

Ezgi Elçi

PhD, International Relations&Political Science

Research Interest:Political Behavior, Content Analysis, Populism, Democratization, Civil-Military Relations, Turkish Politics

Email: eelci14@ku.edu.tr

Fatih Erol

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Research Methods (Mixed-Effects Models, Categorical Dependent Variable Analysis, Structural Equation Modeling, and Experimental Analysis); Comparative Politics (Voting Behavior, Political Psychology `{`Personality and Politics`}`, Electoral and Party Systems)

Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University, B.A.

International Relations, Bilkent University, M.A.

email: ferol15@ku.edu.tr

Firuze Simay Sezgin Namlı

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest:United Nations, peacekeeping operations, international cooperation and conflict.

Sabancı University, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, MA

Sabancı University, Social and Political Sciences, BA

email: fsezgin16@ku.edu.tr

Gizem Türkarslan

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Women's movements, citizenship, gender and politics, Middle Eastern politics

UCL, Development Administration and Planning, MSc

Email: gturkarslan13@ku.edu.tr

Idlir Lika

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: comparative politics; ethnic conflict; nationalism; regime transitio

ns; qualitative research methods; Southeast European politics
Middle East Technical University B.Sc. International Relations

Bilkent University M.A. International Relations

email: ilika15@ku.edu.tr

Nezih Onur Kuru

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest:Political Psychology, Intergroup Conflict, Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Turkish Politics.
Koç University, Political Science and International Relations, PhD (ongoing).

METU, Political Science and Public Administration, Master of Science

Galatasaray University, Political Science, BA.

Email: nkuru16@ku.edu.tr

Pelin Kılınçarslan

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest:Indebtedness, social reproduction, labor and resistance, financialization and everyday life, feminist political economy, women and politics

Koç University, International Relations, MA,

Middle East Technical University, Gender and Women's Studies, MS

Bilkent University, Political Science, BA

email: pkilincarslan@ku.edu.tr

Sibel Karadağ

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest:Critical border and security studies, migration studies, humanitarianism, sovereignty, social and political theory
Yale University, Political Science, Visiting Assistant Researcher
Koç University, Political Science and International Relations, PhD
London School of Economics and Political Science, Social Policy, M.Sc.

Sabancı University, European Studies, MA.

Sabancı University, Social and Political Science, BA

Email: skaradag13@ku.edu.tr

S. Duygu Sever-Mehmetoğlu

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Nuclear Energy, Diversification in the GCC and Mediterranean, Energy Transition, Energy Politics, Policy Learning and Transfer, Policy Entrepreneurship in Sustainability, Alternative Energy Resources, Climate Change

Bilkent University M.A. in International Relations

Email: sever@ku.edu.tr

Simge Andı

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: misinformation, social media, polarization, experimental methods

King's College London, European Studies, M.A.

Email: sandi14@ku.edu.tr

Özge Yüksekkaya

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: Social Policy, welfare state, political economy, economic sociology, economic and social history, world-systems analysis, gender.

MSc. Social Policy, Middle East Technical University.

BSc. International Relations, Middle East Technical University.

Email: oyuksekkaya19@ku.edu.tr

Yury Katliarou

PhD, International Relations & Political Science

Research Interest: International Relations

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, M.A. Eurasian Studies

European Humanities University, Vilnius, B.A. Political Science and European Studies

Email: ykatliarou15@ku.edu.tr