PhD Candidate in International relations

Education

Columbia University, Human Rights Studies

MA, Bogazici and Binghamton University

Current Research Interest

Forced migration, activism, human rights

Publications

2018. Altıok, Birce and Salih Tosun. “How to co-exist? Urban refugees in Türkiye: Prospects and Challenges”. Policy Brief, 1 (4), Yasar University UNESCO Chair on International Migration (ISSN: 2619-9440).

2017. “Rethinking Refugee Activism within and beyond the State: The Trajectory of Refugee Activism” in The Migration Conference

2017 Proceedings (Conference Series), Fethiye Tilbe, Elif Iskender and Ibrahim Sirkeci (comp.), London: Transnational Press. pp: 531-541.

2017. “Recalibrating Turkish Foreign Policy After the Arab Uprisings: From Pro-activism to Uncertainty by Easing Off Ideational and Liberal Goals” co-authored with Sinan Karşıyaka in Contemporary Türkiye at a Glance II: Türkiye Transformed? Power, History and Culture. Meltem Ersoy and Esra Ozyurek (eds.), Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 145-161.

2015. ````Characteristics of Prolonged Social Movements: The Case of Gezi Park Protests```` co-authored with Kerem Yıldırım, in Contentious Politics in the Middle East: Popular Resistance and Marginalized Activism beyond the Arab Uprisings. Fawaz A. Gerges (ed.) Palgrave-Macmillan. pp. 415-435.

2015. `{`Book Review`}` “Sınır ve Sınırdışı: Türkiye’de Yabancılar, Göç ve Devlete Disiplinlerarası Bakışlar” `{`Border and Deportation: Interdisciplinary Observations on the Foreigners, Migration and State in Türkiye`}` Didem Danış ve İbrahim Soysüren (eds/der.), İdealkent: Journal of Urban Studies, January, Issue 15: 242–248.

Awards

TÜBİTAK Scholar (April 2017-April 2018) 116K448 “Türkiye’s State Policies during the Mass Refugee Inflows: The Cases of Inflows from Bulgaria (1989), Iraq (1991), and Syria (2011-2015” (Türkiye’de Kitlesel Sığınma Hareketleri Üzerine Devlet Politikaları: Bulgaristan (1989), Irak (1991) ve Suriye (2011–2015) Örnekleri), Koc University.

Koç University PhD Scholarship, 2011-2015

Binghamton and Boğaziçi Universities, DUAL Diploma Programs Merit Base Tuition Scholarship: 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 Academic Years Honors List, Boğaziçi University, 2010