AYHAN KAYA

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya
Department of Political Science and International Relations
Istanbul Bilgi University

E-mail(s)
ayhank@bilgi.edu.tr


Education:

Ethnic Relations PhD. University of Warwick 1994-1998
Ethnic Relations MSc. University of Warwick 1993-1994
International Relations MA. Marmara University 1991-1993
lnternational Relations BA. Marmara University 1986-1991

Academic Career:

Current Status: 2000-...Full-time lecturer, Chair, İstanbul Bilgi University, Department of Political Science and International Relations (teaching Politics; Contemporary Ideologies; International Migration, Politics of Cultural Diversity (MA) and Culture and Politics);
2004-2005 Conducting a research on Euro-Turks
2003-…… Director of the Centre for Migration Research, İstanbul Bilgi University
2002-2004 Chairperson, Department of International Relations, İstanbul Bilgi University
2000- 2003 Conducted a two-year project on Circassian Diasporic Identity in Turkey sponsored by the Population Council MEAwards, Cairo
1998- 2001 Full-time Lecturer, Marmara University, Department of Political Science and International Relations (teaching Political Theory and Sociology); Part-time lecturer, Yeditepe University, Department of Social Anthropology (teaching Modernity in Turkey, and Colonialism and Nationalism).
1992-1998 Research Assistant, Marmara University, Department of Political Science and International Relations

Books and Articles
• BOOK: Euro-Turks: A Bridge or a Breach between Turkey and the EU, Brussels: CEPS Publications, 2005
• BOOK: Constructing Diasporas: Turkish Diasporic Youth in Berlin (Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2001)
• BOOK: Sicher in Kreuzberg: Berlin’deki Küçük İstanbul, Diyasporada kimliğin oluşumu (İstanbul: Büke Yayınları, 2000).
• “Aesthetics of Diaspora: Contemporary Minstrels in Turkish Diaspora," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Ocak 2002).
• “Multicultural Clientalism and Berlin-Alevis”, New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 18 (Temmuz 1998).
• “Cultural Bricolage and ‘Double Diasporic Cultural Identity’ Amongst Turkish Hip-hop Youth in Berlin,” G. Büken, L. Raw ve G.S.İşçi (der.), Popular Cultures (İzmir: İngiliz kültür Heyeti ve Ege Üniversitesi, 1999).
• "Ethnic Group Discourses and German-Turkish Youth," G. G. Özdoğan ve G. Tokay (der.), Redefining the Nation, State and Citizen (İstanbul: Eren Yayıncılık, 2000).
• “Political Participation Strategies of the Circassian Diaspora in Turkey,” Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 9, No.2 (Summer 2004).
• “Cultural Reification in Circassian Diaspora: Stereotypes, Prejudices and Ethnic Relations,” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 31 (1) (January 2005)
• “Cultural Reification in Circassian Diaspora,” Bulletin: Anthropology, Minorities, Multiculturalism (in Russian), No. 6 (March 2004).
• “Anthropology of Transnational Space: Euro-Turks,” Bulletin: Anthropology, Minorities, Multiculturalism (in Russian), No. 4 (November 2003).
• “Ethnicity and Nationalism in Turkey Before and After 2002 Elections,” Bulletin: Anthropology, Minorities, Multiculturalism (in Russian), No. 5 (January 2004).
• “Circassian Diaspora in Turkey: Stereotypes, Prejudices and Ethnic Relations,” in N. Kuran-Burçoğlu and S. G. Miller (eds.), Representations of the Other/s in the Mediterranean World and Their Impact on the Region (Istanbul: ISIS Press, 2005)
• co-authored with Martin Greve, “Islamic force, Takım 34 und Andere: Identitätsmixturen türkischer Rapper in Berlin und Istanbul,” Eva Kimminisch (der.), Welt, Körper, Sprache: Perspektiven kultureller Wahrnehmungs – und Darstellungsformen (Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, 2004).
• “Ulusal Yurttaşlıktan Çoğul Yurttaşlığa”, Ayhan Kaya ve Günay G. Özdoğan (der.), Sınır Tanımayan Sorunlar; Göç, Yurttaşlık, Adalet ve Uluslararası İlişkiler (İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınları, Yayına Hazırlanmakta)
• “Türkiye’deki Çerkes Diyasporası ve Siyasal Katılım Stratejileri,” Firdevs Gümüşoğlu (der.), 21. Yüzyıl Karşısında Kent ve İnsan (İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınları, 2001).
• “Modern Kültür Kavramı Işığında Gündüz Vassaf,” Gündüz Vassaf, Daha Sesimizi Duyuramadık: Avrupa’da Yaşayan Türk Gençleri, Genişletilmiş İkinci Baskı (İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2002)
• "Türk Diasporasinda Hip-Hop Milliyetciligi: Berlin Türkleri" Toplumbilim 6, Istanbul (Haziran 1996).
• “Türk Diyasporası ve Çok´KÜLT´ürlülük İdeolojisi: Berlin Türkleri,” Toplum ve Bilim Dergisi (Güz 1999).
• "Federal Almanya'da Tarihin Yeniden Kesfi: Tarihciler Tartismasi," Toplum ve Ekonomi, No.8, Istanbul (Mart 1995).
• “Emmanuel Levinas ve “Öteki’nin Çıplaklığı: Egoloji’den ‘ID’oloji’ye,” Toplumbilim Dergisi Kültürel Çalışmalar Özel Sayısı, No. 14 (Ekim 2001).
• “Modernleşme, Küreselleşme ve Etnik Milliyetçilik,” Yetitepe Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi İletişim Çalışmaları Dergisi, No. 1 (Sept. 2003).
• “Tarihçiler Tartışmasının Günümüzdeki İzdüşümleri: Almanya’da Siyasal Hayat ve Edebiyat Tartışmaları,” Toplumbilim Dergisi, Göç Özel Sayısı, Sayı 17 (October).
• “Diyasporada Yapısal Dışlanma ve Berlin’deki Türk Hip-Hop Gençliği,” Nabi Avcı et al. (der.), Dışarda Kalanlar/Bırakılanlar (İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınları, 2001)
• “Scribo ergo sum: Islamic Force und Berlin-Türken,” Jannis Androutsopoulos (ed.), Hip-Hop: Globale Kultur – Lokale Praktiken (Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2003).
• “Anthropology of Transnational Space: Euro-Turks,” Bulletin: Anthropology, Minorities, Multiculturalism (in Russian), No. 4 (November 2003).
• “Ethnicity and Nationalism in Turkey Before and After 2002 Elections,” Bulletin: Anthropology, Minorities, Multiculturalism (in Russian), No. 5 (January 2004).
• “Avrupa Birliği, Avrupalılık ve Avrupa-Türkleri: Tireli ve Çoğul Kimlikler,” Cogito, Avrupa’yı Düşünmek Özel Sayısı 39 (Bahar 2004).
• “Euro-Turken: een brug of breuk tussen Europa en Türkije”, in R. T. Griffiths and D. Özdemir (eds.), Turkije in Europa. Utrecht: Lemma, 2004.
• “Recoding Europeanness: A Comparative Study of German-Turks and French-Turks” in R. T. Griffiths and D. Özdemir Eds.), Turkey and the EU Enlargement (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press, 2004)
• “Citizenship and the hyphenated Germans: German-Turks,” in F. Keyman and A. İçduygu (eds.), Citizenship and Identity in a Globalizing World: European Questions and Turkish Experiences (Routledge, London, 2005).
Editing and Translation:
• BOOK: Yurttaşlık ve Sosyal Sınıflar, T.H.Marshall ve T. Bottomore (Citizenship and Social Classes) (Ankara: Gundoğan Yayınları, 2000).
• BOOK: Etnik Gruplar ve Sınırlar, Fredrik Barth (der.) (Ethnic Groups and Boundaries) (İstanbul: Baglam Yayınları, 2001); Çeviriyi öğrencim Seda Gürkan ile birlikte yaptım.
• JOURNAL: Toplumbilim Dergisinin ‘Kültürel Çalışmalar Özel Sayısı,” co-editor Emre Işık, 2001.
• BOOK: Uluslararası İlişkilerde Sınır Tanımayan Sorunlar: Göç, Yurttaşlık, Küresel Adalet, Çevre ve Güvenlik (İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınları, in print).
• BOOK: Thomas Faist. Uluslararası Göç ve Ulusaşırı Toplumsal Alanlar (İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınları, 2003) (The Volume and Dynamics of International Migration and Transnational Social Spaces, Oxford University Press, 2000)
• BOOK: Thomas Faist (ed.), Devletaşırı Alan: Almanya ve Türkiye Arasında Siyaset, Ticaret ve Kültür (İstanbul: Bağlam Yayınları, 2003) (Transstaatliche Räume: Politik, Wirtchaft, und Kultur in und zwischen Deutschland und der Türkei, Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2001)


Book Reviews
• “Fransa ve Almanya’da vatandaşlık ve ulusal kimlik,” Rogers Brubaker, Citizenship and Nationhood in France and Germany (Harvard University Press, 1992), Toplum ve Bilim Dergisi, 62, Yaz-Güz 1993.
• “Balkans: A Mirror of the New International Order,” Kemali Saybaşılı ve Günay Göksu Özdoğan (der.) (Eren Yayıncılık, 1995), New Community Vol. 22, No. 1 (January, 1996).
• “Hybridity and Its Discontents: Politics, Science, Culture by Avtar Brah and Annie E. Coombes, eds., London: Routledge, 2000,” Nations and Nationalism, Vol 10, No. 3 (2004).
• “Postcolonialism: An Historical Review by Robert Young, Oxford University Press, 2001” in Nations and Nationalism, Vol 9, No. 4 (2004).
• “Identity/Difference by William Connolly,. Minneapolis,MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2003” in Nations and Nationalism, Vol 10, No. 4 (2004).
• “Reinventing France: State and Society in the Twenty-First Century, Susan Milner and Nick Parsons, Hampshire: Palgrave, 2003” in Nations and Nationalism, Vol


Conference Papers
• "The Construction of Ethnic Group Discourses and Second Generation German-Turks in Berlin," ‘International Istanbul’ Sempozyumunda sunulan Bildiri, Marmara Universitesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, Armada Otel, Sultanahmet (28-29 Mart 1996).
• "Aesthetics of Diaspora: Contemporary Minstrels in Turkish Diaspora" ‘Diasporic Futures’ Başlıklı Konferansta Sunulan Bildiri, University of Birmingham, Department of Cultural Studies (28 Mart 1997).
• "Structural Outsiderism and Berlin-Turkish Youth," International Sociological Association's Meeting on 'Inclusion and Exclusion: International Migrants and Refugees in Europe and North America,' Başlıklı Konferansta Sunulan Bildiri, New York, New School for Social Research (5-7 Haziran 1997).
• "Berlin-Turkish Youth and Double Diasporic Consciousness," 'Beyond Multiculturalism' Başlıklı Konferansta sunulan Bildiri, Berlin, John F. Kennedy Institute (26-28 Haziran 1997).
• “Cultural Bricolage and ‘Double Diasporic Cultural Identity’ Amongst Turkish Hip-hop Youth in Berlin,” ‘Popular Cultures’ Başlıklı Konferansta sunulan Bildiri, Izmir, Ege University (13-15 Mayıs 1998).
• “Structural Outsiderism and Contemporary Turkish Minstrels in Berlin,” ‘Outsiders’ Başlıklı Sempozyumda Sunulan Bildiri, Istanbul, Bilgi University and British Council (20-22 Mayıs 1998).
• “Turkish Diaspora in Berlin: The Processes of Identity Formation,” ‘Göç Toplumunda Psiko-Sosyal Hizmetler Başlıklı Konferansta Sunulan Bildiri, Türk-Alman Psikiyatri Kongresi, Berlin (15-19 Eylül 1998).
• “Çok-KÜLT-ürlülük İdeolojisi ve Etnisite,” ‘Sınırda Yaşamak’ adlı konferansta sunulan Bildiri, Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi, Sosyoloji Bölümü, İstanbul (2-4 Kasım 1998).
• “Cultural Bricolage and ‘Double Diasporic Cultural Identity’ Amongst Turkish Hip-hop Youth in Berlin,” Popular Cultures adlı uluslararası konferans (İzmir: İngiliz Kültür Heyeti ve Ege Üniversitesi, 1999).
• “Rhizomatic Space: Cultural Identity of the Turkish Working-Class Youth in Berlin,” Türk-Alman Yaz Akademisi’ne Sunulan Bildiri, Bremen Üniversitesi, Bremen (22 Temmuz-4 Ağustos 2000).
• “Levinas ve Öteki: Ahlaki Sorumluluk,” İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Atatürk Kitaplığı Seminer Dizisi (14 Ocak 2001).
• “Turkish Diaspora in Germany,” ‘The Prejudices of Silence: Turkish Locations,’ isimli atölye çalışmasında sunulan Bildiri, University of Michigan (4 Nisan, 2001).
• “Contemporary Minstrels in Turkish Diaspora,” Michigan Universitesi Lisansüstü German Studies Bölümünde Verilen Seminer, University of Michigan (5 Nisan 2001).
• “Kentsel Alanda Geleneğin Yeniden İnşası: Türkiye’deki Çerkes Diyasporası ve Siyasal Katılım Stratejileri,” ‘21. Yüzyıl Karşısında Kent ve İnsan’ Konulu Konferans, Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi, İstanbul (1-3 Mayıs 2001).
• “National Identity Construction Processes in the Contemporary Balkans,” AEGEE International Students Association, International Workshop on the Balkans and Multiculturalism (Istanbul, 1-4 Ocak 2002).
• “Heteronomy as a Survival Strategy among the German-Turkish Working-Class Youth”, ‘Contemporary Youth Cultures’ Konulu Konferans, Mannheim University, Altefeurwache, Germany (26-27 Nisan 2002).
• “Çokkültürlülük İdeolojisi: Azınlıkların Kabileleştirilmesi,” ‘Almanya ve Avrupa’da Göç ve Çokkültürlülük’ Başlıklı Konferans, İstanbul Goethe Enstitüsü ve Heinrich Böll Vakfı, İstanbul (2-3 Mayıs 2002).
• “Türkiye Siyasal Hayatı ve Çokkültürlülük” “Demokrasilerde Çokkültürlülük” SODEV, Heybeliada, İstanbul (15-16 Haziran 2002).
• “Anthropology of Transnational Space: Euro-Turks,” Workshop on Migration Research in Turkey, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Avrupa Araştırmaları Merkezi, 6-7 Eylül 2002, İstanbul.
• “Reification of Culture in Circassian Diaspora in Turkey,” Conference on Cultural Returns, Open University, 18-20 Eylül 2002, Oxford.
• “Çerkes Diyasporasında Anadil Düzeyleri”, Çerkes Dilleri Sempozyumu: Anavatanda Durum ve Diyasporada Beklentiler Başlıklı Konferans, Bilgi Üniversitesi, Kustepe (6 Ekim 2002).
• “Multiculturalism, Transnationalism and Belonging in the Migrancy Process,” Almanya-Türkiye Göç İlişkilerinde Yeni Gelişmeler, Bilgi Üniversitesi Göç Birimi ve Alman Göethe – Inter Nationes Enstitüsü (24-25 Ocak 2003).
• “Critique of Liberal Multiculturalism,” Seminar in Sociology and Anhropology Department, National University of Ireland, Maynooth (30 January 2003).
• “Critique of Liberal Multiculturalism,” Seminar at Koc University, Istanbul (28 February 2003).
• “Ethnicity and Nationalism in Turkey: Before and after the 2002 Elections,” Paper to be presented at the ASN Convention 2003, Columbia University, New York (3 – 5 April 2003)
• “Ethnicity and Nationalism in Turkey: Before and after the 2002 Elections,” Paper presented at the PPP Workshop of the New York University, Sociology Department (1 April 2003).
• “Türkiye’deki Çerkes Diasporasında Kültürün Reifikasyonu,” Türkiye Kültürleri Konferansı, Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi, Van (Eylül 2003).
• “Migratory Process of Turkish Migrants to Western Europe: Processes of Exclusion and Inclusion,” OSCE Meeting, Organisation of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Human Dimension and Implementation Meeting, Warsaw (6-17 October 2003)
• “Avrupa-Türkleri: Türkiye–Avrupa Birliği ilişkilerinde köprü mü, engel mi teşkil ederler?”, Paper presented in International Conference on “Migration and Turkey: New Trends, Questions and Solutions”, Istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Dolapdere, (19-20 December, 2003)
• “Euro-Islam and Euro-Turks” Salı Toplantıları Konferansı, Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat, Beyoglu (25 December 2003)
• “Unity in Diversity: Ethnic/Cultural Diversity in Turkey and the European Union”, Workshop organised by Körber Stiftung, Ankara (7 January 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya “Euro-Turks: A Bridge or a Breach between Turkey and the EU”, Paper presented in International Conference on Migration and Turkey: New Tendencies, Questions and Solutions, Istanbul Bilgi University, (19-20 December 2003).
• Ayhan Kaya “Euro-Turks and Euro-Islam,” Tuesday Meetings, Yapı ve Kredi Kültür Merkezi, Beyoglu (23 December 2003)
• Ayhan Kaya, “Unity in Diversity: The Case of Euro-Turks”, International Workshop on “Diversity in Germany, Turkey and the EU: Unity in Diversity”, Körber Foundation, Ankara (7 January 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya, “Euro-Turks: Incorporation Regimes in Germany and France vis-à-vis Migrants,” Tuesday Meetings, Yapı ve Kredi Kültür Merkezi, Beyoglu (24 February 2004)
• Ayhan Kaya, “Recoding Europeanness: A Comparative Study on German-Turks and French-Turks” Paper presented at the International Workshop on the “Integration of Immigrants from Turkey in Austria, Germany and Holland,” Boğaziçi University, Istanbul (27-28 February 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya, “Euro-Turks: A Bridge or a Breach between Turkey and the EU”, Anthropology Department Colloquium, Yeditepe University, Istanbul (8 March 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya, “Structural Outsiderism and Islam in Europe” Paper presented in the Conference on “Muslims in Europe”, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (14-15 March 2003).
• Ayhan Kaya, “Turks in Europe,” Paper presented in Conference on “Turkey and EU Relations”, Istanbul Bilgi University and Leiden University, Kustepe (19 March 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya, “Euro-Turks: A Bridge or a Breach between Turkey and the EU” Paper presented in the Conference on “Dual Citizenship in a Globalizing World: Germany and Turkey in Comparative Perspective,” University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany (1-4 April 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya and Ferhat Kentel, “Euro-Turks: A Bridge or a Breach between Turkey and the EU”, Seminar held by Bilgi University (13 April 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya, “Contemporary European Identities and Turkey” International Conference on “Future of the EU and Turkey,” organized by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Istanbul (16-17 April 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya, “Euro-Turks: A Bridge or a Breach between Turkey and the EU” Seminar to be organized by Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, Belgium (22 April 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya, “Euro-Turks: A Bridge, or a Breach, between Turkey and the EU”, seminar to be organized by Koç University (27 April 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya, “Incorporation Strategies in Germany and France vis-à-vis the Migrants,” conference on “Turkey and Ireland on the edges of the European Union,” Maynooth University, Dublin, Ireland (7-8 May 2004).
• Ayhan Kaya, “”Recoding Europeanness: German-Turks and French-Turks in a Syncretic Europe,” Second Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, Bologne, Italy (24-26 June 2004)


Honours, Awards, Scholarships

• International Visitors Programme Participant on “Multiculturalism in a Democratic Society” organized by USA Department of State and Phleps Stokes Foundation, Washington DC (21 April – 15 May 2003)
• Turkish Association of Social Sciences Award, 2003: Best Book, Sicher in Kreuzberg: Berlin’deki Küçük İstanbul, Diyasporada kimliğin oluşumu (İstanbul: Büke Yayınları, 2000).
• Meawards, Population Council, Cairo (2001-2003).
• Istanbul British Council Research Grant (1997 Summer);
• German Academic Exchange Grant, DAAD (1996);
• University of Warwick Home Students Only Fee (1996-1997);
• British Government Overseas Research Student Fellowship (1995-1997);
• European Union Jean Monnet Fellowship (1994-1995);
• Honoured Student of the Institute of Social Sciences, Marmara University (1991)

Membership to Scientific Institutions

Türk-Alman Yaz Akademisi Üyeliği (2000-2001), Bremen Üniversitesi ve Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi Koordinatörlüğünde Düzenlenen Çokdisiplinli Akademi Her Yıl Yaz aylarında Almanya ve Türkiye’de yapılmaktadır.
Michigan Üniversitesi-Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Kültürel Çalışmalar Programı (2001) Fatma Müge Göçek ve Ayşe Öncü denetiminde gerçekleştirilen
Türkiye Siyasi İlimler Derneği Üyeliği, İstanbul
Avrupa Konseyi, “Committee of Experts on Countries of Emigration”a (MG-PE) üyeliği, 2005

Interviews
• Selin Dingilioğlu, Levent Tokdemir ve Alper Birdal (der.), Tarihin 11 Eylül Durağı: Türkiye’den Akademik Bakış (Istanbul: Seyir Yayınları, 2003)
• Ayhan Kaya, EuroZaman, 26 February 2004 (By Zeynep Kılıç)
• Ayhan Kaya, NTV-CNBC-E, 27 February 2004 (By Nevin Sungur)
• Ayhan Kaya, Radio Multi-Kulti Berlin, 3 March 2004 (By Menekşe Toprak)
• Ayhan Kaya, Voice of America, Berlin, 9 March 2004 (By Güngör Kesici)
• Ayhan Kaya, Avrupa’ya Doğru, CBNC-E, Live on TV, 19 March 2004 (By Çiğdem Güçlü)
• Ayhan Kaya, TRT Türkiye’nin Sesi Radyosu, 26 March 2004 (By Berrak Kanbir)
• Ayhan Kaya and Ferhat Kentel, Press Conference organized by EU Information Centre, Istanbul, Taksim (6 April 2004)
• Ayhan Kaya and Ferhat Kentel, Interview in Aktüel (April 2004)
• Ayhan Kaya ve Ferhat Kentel, Interview with TV8 (Açık Görüş Programme, Kürşat Bumin, Ali Bayramoğlu and Etyem Mahçupyan, 9 August 2004)
• Ayhan Kaya, Interview with WDR Radio Köln (Ms. Fulya Cansen, 28 July 2004)
• Ayhan Kaya, Interview with Radio Bremen (Mr. Orhan Çalışır, 29 July 2004)
• Ayhan Kaya, Interview with Daily Sabah (20 Sept. 2004)
• Ferhat Kentel, Interview with Neşe Düzel, Daily Radikal (4 October 2004)
• Ayhan Kaya, Interview with Deutsche Welle Radio (9 October 2004, Frankfurt)
• Ayhan Kaya, Interview with Milliyet Daily Germany (9 October 2004, Frankfurt)
• Ayhan Kaya, Interview with Evrensel Daily, Germany (9 October 2004, Frankfurt)
• Ayhan Kaya, Interview with Hasan Çakır, TRT INT (9 October 2004, Frankfurt)
• Ayhan Kaya, Der Spiegel (11 October 2004)

Supervision for TV Programmes
“Kimlikleriniz Lütfen” Yapımcı Alev Çağlayan, TRT 2, 13 Bölüm (15 Eylül 2003).
“Dört Duvar Arasında” Yapımcı Şeref Şerefcan, TRT INT (Ekim 2004)

Conference Organisation
Workshop with Nergis Canefe, “Ulusaşırı Bağlamda Vatandaşlık, Aidiyet ve Yeni Kimlik Oluşumları” Bilgi Universitesi, Kustepe (19 Nisan 2003).
“Redefining International Relations Discipline: A Critical Perspective” International Workshop, Marmara University Research Centre for International Relations, in collaboration with Günay Göksu Özdoğan ve Belkıs Kümbetoğlu (18-19 May 2001, Marmara University, Göztepe Kampüsü).

“The End of Celtic Tiger?” International Conference, Istanbul Bilgi Universitesi (Eylül 2003).

“Turkey: A Bridge or a Breach between East and the West?” Maynooth University, Dublin (April 2004).

Field Researches undertaken

1. Identity formation and articulation processes among the Circassian diaspora in Turkey: A comparative study of the Circassian identities in Istanbul, Samsun and Kayseri), Sponsered by the Middle East Awards for Population and Social Science (2001-2003).

2. “Euro-Turks: A Bridge or a Breach Between Turkey and the European Union,” Sponsered by Open Society Institute, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, TUSIAD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union Communication Group and Bilgi University (2003 Sept. – 2004 Dec.), co-researcher Ferhat Kentel.