Talk by Prof. Hakan Yılmaz: “The Left-Right Divide in Turkey: Challenging the Established Wisdom with Empirical Evidence”

The Department of International Relations at Ozyegin University cordially invites you to a talk by Dr. Hakan Yilmaz, titled “The Left-Right Divide in Turkey: Challenging the Established Wisdom with Empirical Evidence”. This will take place on Tuesday, May 22nd, at 15:00 in ScoLa. 460.

Dr. Hakan Yılmaz (www.hakanyilmaz.info) is Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (www.pols.boun.edu.tr) at Bogazici University, Istanbul. He is the director of the Center for European Studies in Bogazici University (www.buces.boun.edu.tr) and Bogazici University-TUSIAD Foreign Policy Forum (www.dispolitikaforumu.com). A graduate of Galatasaray Lycée in Istanbul, he's got his BA degree at the Economics Department of Bogazici University (1987). He received his M.A. (1990), M.Phil. (1991) and Ph.D. (1996) degrees at the Political Science Department of Columbia University in New York City. His research interests include political ideologies and political culture in post-war Turkey; culture and identity dimensions of European integration and EU-Turkish Relations; externalinternal linkages in the processes of democratization; politics and culture; philosophy of social science. He has published widely on contemporary Turkish politics and EU-Turkey relations, using empirical data and focusing on the issues of culture and identity.