Graduate Student Supervision

by on October 8, 2021

PhD Student Supervision

  • Ardahan Özkan Gedikli, “Political Economy of Foreign Aid During the AKP Period: Cases of Tunisia and Egypt,” Second year PhD Student, PhD expected 2023.
  • Duygu Sever, “The Domestic and Global Context of Energy Preferences: Explaining the Choice for the Nuclear”, (co-Advisor: Prof. Yehia Khalil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University), PhD, December 2020.
  • Ariel Gonzalez Levaggi, “Confrontational and Cooperative Regional Orders: Engagement, Accommodation and Contestation in Central Eurasia and South America,” PhD, May 2018. (Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities Academic Excellence Award Recipient, 2018- Assistant Professor at the International Relations and Political Science Department of Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Buenos Aires)
  • Emre Doğru, “International Political Business: How Firms Affect Foreign Policy”, (Second Advisor), PhD, November 2018.
  • Benal Nazlı Üstünes, “Role of Legality in Norm Contestation Processes: A Comparative Study for Multidimensional Norm Change in Non-Refoulement and Human Protection Norms” (Second Advisor), Completed Comprehensive Exams, PhD July 2020.

PhD Dissertation Committee Member

  • Asylai Akiskeva, “Being a Woman in Central Asia: Gender-Based Violence as a Human Rights Concern and Prospects of Its Regulation,” Koç University Law School, PhD expected in 2023.
  • İdlir Lidka, “Nationhood Cleavages and Ethnic Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Post-Communist Bulgaria, Macedonia and Montenegro,” PhD, December 2019.
  • Mamedov Mamed Koshkarogly, “Negotiation Process on the Cyprus Problem (1992-2017),” PhD in Historical Sciences, Specialty 07.00.15 History of International Relations and Foreign Policy, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, June 11, 2019.
  • Gülniyaz Tahralı, “From Energy Bridge to Energy Hub?: Evolving Discourses of Geopolitics of Energy Transportation in Turkey (1991-2014),” Kadir Has University, Istanbul, December 9, 2018.
  • Deniz Karcı Korfalı, “Duality in Context: Multi-Level Approach to Dual Citizenship in Turkey,” Koç University, Istanbul, November 2017.
  • Mustafa Kutlay, “Reforming the Reactive States: A Comparative Political Economy of Greek and Turkish Crises,” Koç University, Istanbul, December 2014. (Currently Associate Professor at Political Science Department, City University, London)

MA Student Supervision

  • Zehra Yağmur Yılmaz, “Turkish-American Relations: Domestic and Foreign Linkages in Foreign Policy Making,” expected graduation June 2023.
  • Tolunay Öndül, “Global Shifts and Military Aspects of Middle Power Politics: The Case of Turkey,” expected graduation December 2022.
  • Gülşen Doğan, “Trajectories of Populism and the Future of Democracy in the Global South: A Comparative Study of Turkey and Brazil,” expected graduation June 2022.
  • David Cain Day, “Faith and Doubt in Anatolia: American Diplomatic Perceptions of Turkey between 1957-1960,” MA in Comparative Studies in History and Society, November 2018. (Second Advisor)
  • Efe Can Çoban, “Terrorism- Democracy Nexus: Is Democracy at Stake? A Mixed-method Approach on the Effects of Terrorism on Democracy,” July 2018. (Second Advisor)
  • Muhammet Tahir Kılavuz, ‘The Old Elites Strike Back: The End of Political Liberalization under Khrushchev and Menderes,” December 2013.
  • Cantay Çalışkan, “The Success Behind Renewable Energy: A Comparative Analysis of Germany, The United Kingdom, Brazil and Turkey,” July 2013.
  • Cansu Güner, “Lead & Conquer: An Agent Based Analysis to Leadership Modelling,” (Second Advisor), September 2013.
  • Aybüke Aksoy, ‘Water Cooperation: Comparative Cases of the Euphrates and the Nile” (Second Advisor), February 2013
  • Attilla İlker Tuncay, “The Use of Social Media by Turkish Political Parties as a Tool for Political Communication”, October 2012
  • Fevzi Eyinç, “Avrupa Birliği’nin Ortak Güvenlik ve Savunma Sisteminin Türkiye Açısından Değerlendirilmesi,” Stratejik Araştırmalar Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü, Mayıs 2011 (Thesis Advisor)
  • Ebru Eren Webb, “To which Eurasia does Turkey Belong? A Comparative Analysis of Turkish Eurasianist Geo-Political Discourses”, April 2011. (Second Advisor)
  • Liana Varon, “Emergence of Transnational Social Spaces and Rethinking Citizenship: The Case of Jewish Minority in Turkey”, September 2010
  • Gülhan Aygün, “Civil Military Relations in Egypt and Turkey,” June 2009. (Second Advisor
  • Taylan Çoban, “The Europeanization of Turkish-Greek Dispute,” September 2008
  • Osman Şengün, “Turkey’s Future Possible Contributions to European Security Through its Participation in the EU Crisis Management Operations”, July 2008
  • Kadir Onur Unutulmaz, “International Retirement Migration in Turkey: Dynamics, Implications and Prospects”, June 2007. (Second Advisor)
  • Şaziye Burcu Giray, “European and American Policies Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Comparative Perspective: 1993-2003,” September 2006
  • Nihat Şengül, “Towards a More Effective EU Conflict Prevention Policy: Lessons from Bosnia and Kosovo,” June 2006
  • İzzet Nas, “Europeanization of Greece and Turkey in Comparative Perspective: The Role of Business Associations and Civil Society Organizations”, August 2006. (Second Advisor)
  • Luke Rodeheffer, “Soviet Cultural Diplomacy in İran, 1942-1946: A missed Opportunity,” Comparative Studies in History and Society, Koç University, 2014 (Thesis Defense Committee Member)
  • Burcu Yılmaz, “Türkiye’nin Güvenliği Bağlamında Kamu Diplomasisi: Irak Örneği”, Stratejik Araştırmalar Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü, 2012. (Thesis Defense Committee Member)
  • Pınar Çolak, “Avrupa Birliği’nin Gelişen Sınır Politikalarının Türkiye’ye Etkisi” Stratejik Araştırmalar Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü, Mayıs 2011 (Thesis Defense Committee Member)

Undergraduate Advising and Supervision

Advises International Relations Department students, regularly conducts newcomer advising, international undergraduate student advising, and Independent Study and Honor’s Project Supervision

Independent Study and Honor’s Project Supervision (last 4 years)

  • Mehmet Üstek, Environmental Politics and Sustainability, INTL-495-01, IR (Spring 2022)
  • Meryem Alekperov, Environmental Politics and Sustainability, INTL-495-01, IR (Summer 2021)
  • Göktuğ Odabaşı, Emerging Technologies and International Security, INTL-495-01, IR (Spring 2021)
  • Deniz Tokmakoğlu, Energy Security and Foreign Policy: Eastern Mediterranean Energy Politics, INTL 495-01, IR (Spring 2020)
  • Sude Zoraloğlu, Energy Security and Sustainability, INTL-490-02, IR (Spring 2020)
  • Derya Çalış, Belt and Road Initiative and Employment of Smart Power in Central Asia, Honors Project, HPIR-491-01, IR (Fall 2019)
  • Cansu Hatipoglu, Sustainable Development, INTL 495, IR (Fall 2019)
  • Salih Berke Yalçın, Natural Resources and International Law, INTL 490-06, IR & International Law (Fall 2019)