
FACULTY OF BUSINESS
Department of Political Science and International Relations
About Us
The Department of Political Science and International Relations is committed to help students develop analytical and critical thinking skills, ethical values and leadership qualities, and understand and discuss national and global political trends.
Faculty members, all of whom have been awarded degrees from well-respected American, European and Turkish universities, pursue a leading and innovative educational vision in the field. They have developed an extensive research and educational program on issue including Turkish politics, foreign and military policies, European Union, international organizations, public opinion, electoral behavior, democratization, human rights, social justice, immigration and citizenship. The core and elective courses fall under four main subjects: international relations, comparative politics, political theory and Turkish politics. The curriculum is interdisciplinary in nature and incorporates fields such as history, law, philosophy, economics, sociology, geography and anthropology.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Devrim Sezer
Department Chair
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Ünsal Doğan Başkır wrote for Ayrıntı Dergi
Dr. Ünsal Doğan Başkır, part-time lecturer of our department and coordinator of elective courses at our university, published an article titled as

Efe Biresselioğlu to attend the International Black Sea Maritime Safety Symposium
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations and the head of IUE Sustainable Energy Division, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu attended

Efe Biresselioğlu to receive HORIZON 2020 grant
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations and the head of IUE Sustainable Energy Division, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu received

Sıtkı Egeli to write a book chapter: "Strategies of the Space Security"
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sıtkı Egeli wrote a book chapter "Strategies of the Space

Ümit Kurt to receive a $ 369,000 scholarship from Newcastle University, New South Wales
IUE Department of Political Science and International Relations part-time faculty member Dr. Ümit Kurt was awarded a scholarship "DECRA" from Newcastle University's

Sıtkı Egeli to speak at the 1st Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sıtkı Egeli was a guest speaker at the session of

TÜBİTAK Incentive Award to Efe Biresselioğlu
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations and the head of IUE Sustainable Energy Division, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu

Ozan Arslan interpreted terrorist attacks in Europe on TRT Radio
Faculty staff of IUE Political Science and International Relations, Dr. Ozan Arslan, was a guest of the morning news of TRT Radio

Sıtkı Egeli to speak at the 1st Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sıtkı Egeli was a guest on the prestigious and well-known

Ozan Arslan was a guest for TRT Radio
Faculty staff of IUE Political Science and International Relations, Dr. Ozan Arslan, was a guest of the morning news of TRT Radio

Sıtkı Egeli to present his paper at the "4th Polar Sciences Research Workshop"
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sıtkı Egeli presented his paper at the 4th National Polar Workshop organized by

Our university has been accepted to the Network of EU Disarmament Consortium
With the initiatives of Asst. Prof. Dr. Sıtkı Egeli, a member of faculty at the IUE Department of Political Science and International

Biresselioğlu: "Discovery of natural gas reserves in the Black Sea can meet 22 percent of the demand for 40 years"
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations and the head of IUE Sustainable Energy Division, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu

Ogan Yumlu to write for T24 "changing function of the Constitutional Court"
Faculty member of Political Science and International Relations, Asst. Prof. Ogan Yumlu wrote his ideas about the relationship between the constitutional court and

Türe Şahin to be awarded to a PhD scholarship from Concordia University
Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü lisansüstü öğrencimiz Türe Şahin, Concordia Üniversitesi'ne doktora bursu ve öğretim asistanlığı hakkı kazanarak kabul edildi. Türe

Egeli: "Disarmament is a must for global peace"
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations, Asst. Prof. Sıtkı Egeli, Lecturer at Department of Political Science and International Relations,

Biresselioğlu: "Discovery of natural gas reserves in the Black Sea will reduce dependence on energy"
Head of IUE Sustainable Energy Division, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu evaluated the discovery of natural gas reserves in the Black Sea

Alexander Bürgin has been awarded Jean Monnet Chair for the second time
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Bürgin, Head of European Union Reasearch and Application Center (EURAC) and lecturer at the department of Political Science

Serhun Al to write for Le Monde Diplomatique: Hagia Sophia in Turkey’s culture wars
Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations, Dr. Serhun Al’s article on the recent debates over the status of Hagia

Serhun Al's interview with the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies was published
A short interview with Dr. Serhun Al,Faculty member of IUE Political Science and International Relations, at the workshop that he attended in January was

Serhun Al to talk to the Turkey Book Talk on the Kurdish Question
William Armstrong, the host of Turkey Book Talk and journalist for the BBC, made a comprehensive interview with a faculty member of Political

Devrim Sezer spoke about the "Memory Justice"
Faculty member of our department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Devrim Sezer spoke about the "Memory Justice" for IUE Graduate School's podcast series.

EURAC Seminar on EU’s economic policies and relations with Turkey
Hans-Olaf Henkel, Member of the European Parliament 2014 – 19, President of the Federation of German Industries 1995-2001, and President of IBM

We hosted Takis Hadjigeorgiou at the EURAC Online Seminars
Takis Hadjigeorgiou, member of the European Parliament 2009-19 and Vice President of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee of the European Parliament 2014

Sıtkı Egeli spoke about International Relations and Covid-19
Faculty member of our department, Dr. Sıtkı Egeli spoke about the "International Relations and Covid-19" for IUE Graduate School's podcast series.

Efe Biresselioğlu answered questions of the Security Portal of the UIK
Head of IUE Sustainable Energy Division, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu answered the questions of the UIK Security Portal as a video

Sıtkı Egeli answered questions of the Security Portal of the UIK
Faculty member of our department, Dr. Sıtkı Egeli answered the questions of the UIK Security Portal as a video podcast.

Filiz Başkan spoke about the 'Covid-19 and politics'
Faculty member of our department, Prof. Dr. Filiz Başkan spoke about the "Covid-19 and politics" for IUE Graduate School's podcast series.

daktilo1984 made an interview with Sıtkı Egeli
Faculty member of our department, Dr. Sıtkı Egeli gave an interview to the daktilo1984 on the current situation of Turkey's purchase of

Syria Direct interviewed with Sıtkı Egeli
Syria Direct, an international news and commentary site focusing on the civil war in Syria, made an interview with faculty member of

Sıtkı Egeli wrote for "Global Defense"
Faculty member of our department, Dr. Sıtkı Egeli's article on the effects of hypersonic weapons on global and regional strategic balances was

Ozan Arslan attended to online panel on the "Conscription in the late Ottoman Empire: Regulationsand Realities"
Many events were canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. In this atmosphere, faculty member of our department, Ozan Arslan attended an online

Athar Rashid to defend his PhD thesis
Ph.D. student of our department, Athar Rashid defended his thesis succesfully and obtained a doctor's degree in the field of political science

Ogan Yumlu to write for T24 "Covid-19 and Social Life"
Faculty member of our department, Dr. Ogan Yumlu wrote about the recent global pandemic with its impact on social life.

Devrim Sezer attended the "Memories of Loss, Dreams of Solidarity" conference
Faculty member of our department, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Devrim Sezer attended the conference titled “Memories of Loss, Dreams of Solidarity” at Edinburgh

"Holistic Approach to Peacemaking and Peacebuilding" seminar to held
Prof. Dr. Ayşe Betül Çelik of Sabancı University made a presentation about peace making and peace building in our department seminars.

Serhun Al to attend the conference 'Trauma, Memory and Modernity in the Young Turkish Republic'
Faculty member of our department, Dr. Serhun Al attended the conference titled 'Trauma, Memory and Modernity in the Young Turkish Republic' held

Sıtkı Egeli took part in the "Workshop on the Implementation of Non-Proliferation Controls in Universities and Research Institutes"
Dr. Sıtkı Egeli of the Department of Political Science and International Relations was in Munich to take part in the Workshop on the

Efe Biresselioğlu wrote for Insight Turkey.
Director of IUE Sustainable Energy Division, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu wrote for the journal, Insight Turkey.

Ozan Arslan commented for A Haber
Faculty member of our department, Dr. Ozan Arslan commented on the crisis between the US and Iran in the Middle East on

Serhun Al attended ’Sectarianism, Communitarianism and the State' workshop
Faculty member of our department, Dr. Serhun Al participated in ‘Sectarianism, Communitarianism and the State’ organized by Arab Center for Research and

Alexander Bürgin’s article on digitalization effects on the implementation of EU environmental policy
Alexander Bürgin published an article in "Environmental Policy and Governance" (SSCI) on digitalization effects on the implementation of EU environmental policy.

We hosted Mayor Soyer for Campus İzmir Talks
Within the scope of ‘Campus Izmir’ Conversations organized by IUE Political Platform Student Club, we hosted the Major of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality

Efe Biresselioğlu and our students presented their papers at the 14th Security Academy
Director of IUE Sustainable Energy Division, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu attended the 14th Security Academy with Berfu Solak, PhD student in

Sıtkı Egeli Presented at the Security Academy
Faculty member of our department, Assist. Prof. Sıtkı Egeli made a presentation titled “Missile Threat and Space Technologies” at the 14th Security

Sıtkı Egeli presented his paper at the Taras Shevchenko 4th International Congress of Social Sciences
Faculty member of our department, Asst. Prof. Sıtkı Egeli presented his paper titled “Threats towards Satellites and Militarization of Space” at the

Ozan Arslan's Presentation at Sorbonne University on the Crimean War
Faculty member of our department, Dr. Ozan Arslan attended the international conference "Crimean War: First Modern War?" organized by Paris-1 Sorbonne University

Alexander Bürgin co-edited special issue of Turkish studies
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Bürgin co-edited a special issue of Turkish Studies on EU-induced policy change in Turkey’s environment and energy policy.

The first of the Policy Theory Workshops was held
Within the scope of our departmental seminars, Hannah Arendt's article "Introduction into Politics" was discussed in detail in the first Political Theory

The Ambassador of Slovakia to Ankara; H.E. Tureničová gave a seminar on the Protocol in Diplomacy
The Honorable Ambassador of the Slovak Republic, Her Excellency Anna Turenicova was the guest of the seminar titled “the Place and Importance

Devrim Sezer spoke at the Philosophy Seminars
Faculty member of department of Political Science and International Relations, Assoc. Prof. Devrim Sezer, was a speaker in the series of philosophy

Our Students Visit NATO-LANDCOM in İZMİR
Students of the Political Science and International Relations department visited NATO LANDCOM - Allied Land Command headquarters located in Şirinyer-İzmir.

The Second Symposium on "Defense and Foreign Policy Making in Turkey II"
In Tuesday, we organized the second symposium titled “Defense and Foreign Policy Making in Turkey” after the first symposium held in May

Efe Biresselioğlu participated in the Mediterranean Citizen Assembly's Barcelona Meeting
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Efe Biresselioğlu attended the 8th meeting of Mediterannean Citizen Assembly held in Barcelona on November 7-10, in which he

Our Student, Hasan Umur Erden, gave a presentation at the and “Israel and Jewish Studies ”Conference
Our graduate student, Hasan Umur Erden, attended the 3rd International Conference on Israel and Jewish Studies at the Izmir Demokrasi University.

Ogan Yumlu wrote on "Protagoras and Democratic Theory"
Lecturer of our department, Ogan Yumlu wrote for "Felsefi Düşün" (Philosophical Think). (in Turkish)

Sıtkı Egeli attended the Round Table Meeting of Global Relations Forum
Faculty member of Political Science and International Relations, Dr. Sıtkı Egeli was a guest speaker at the Round Table Meeting organized by

Çiğdem Kentmen-Çin attended Women in Foreign Policy's Urla Meeting
Women in Foreign Policy (Turkey) initiative organized the Women in Foreign Policy workshop in Urla.

Alexander Bürgin published on the changing role of the European Parliament
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Bürgin published an article in the Journal of European Integration (SSCI) on the implications of the better regulation

Mesut Yeğen gave a seminar on "the Nation Typologies and Nationalism in the context of Turkey
Prof. Dr. Mesut Yeğen from İstanbul Şehir University made a comprehensive and comparative presentation on the sociological and historical formation and development

Athar Rashid and Berfu Solak wrote to Energy and Building Journal
Our PhD students Athar Rashid and Berfu Solak published their first SSCI indexed publication in the Energy and Buildings journal with impact

Efe Biresselioğlu attended the ECHOES panel in Norway
Avrupa Birliği Horizon 2020 programı tarafından fonlanan ECHOES projesinin yıllık konferansı, Norveç'in saygın üniversitesi NTNU organizasyonu ile Trondheim'da gerçekleşti. Bölüm öğretim üyemiz Prof.

Şener Aktürk gave a seminar titled "Democracy and Multiculturalism"
Assoc. Prof. Şener Aktürk from Koç University department of International Relations gave a seminar on religious minorities and the origins of democracy

Efe Biresselioğlu presented his study at the Uludağ International Relations Congress
Faculty member of our department, the head of the graduate shool our university and head of Sustainable Energy Department, Prof Dr. M.

Sıtkı Egeli served upon at the Uludağ International Relations Congress
Lecturer of our department, Dr. Sıtkı Egeli served upon his paper titled "Hypersonic Weapons: Armament, Disarmament, An Assessment in terms of International

Our students presented their papers at Uludağ International Relations Congress
Berfu Solak and Altan Kayacan from PhD program of Political Science and International Relations of our university and Şebnem Altıncı from MA

Sıtkı Egeli attented in the focus meeting titled "Airspace Control and Safety in Turkey"
One of our lecturers, Dr. Sıtkı Egeli, attended in the focus meeting titled "Airspace Control and Safety in Turkey", which organized by

Serhun Al was elected to the editorial board of “Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism”
Faculty member of the department of Political Science and International Relations, Dr. Serhun Al was elected to the editorial board of “Studies

Ozan Arslan commented on Brexit for TRT Radio 1 Channel Morning News
Faculty member of the department of Political Science and International Relations, Dr. Ozan Arslan spoke on the Brexit process on TRT Radio

A contribution from İzmir University of Economics to disarmament in Africa!
Faculty member of department of Political Science and International Relations of our university, Asst. Prof. Dr. Sıtkı Egeli attended as a technical

Sıtkı Egeli participated in the Arché International Relations Summer School
Faculty member of department of Political Science and International Relations, Dr. Sıtkı Egeli gave a lecture in the Arché International Relations Summer

Sıtkı Egeli was a guest of Medyascope TV broadcast
Işın Eliçin from Medyascope TV did an interview with Asst. Prof. Sıtkı Egeli of our university and Serhat Güvenç from Kadir Has

Filiz Başkan attended the "ECPR 2019 General Conference"
Faculty member of department of Political Science and International Relations, Prof. Dr. Filiz Başkan, participated in the European Consortium for Political Research

Dr. Egeli's new paper: Cruise Missiles
Dr. Sıtkı Egeli's latest paper "Cruise Missiles" appeared in the Council of International Relations' new initiative the "Security Portal".

Sıtkı Egeli and Efe Biresselioğlu served upon the "3rd National Polar Science Workshop"
Faculty members of our department, Dr. Sıtkı Egeli and Prof. Dr. Efe Biresselioğlu, and Dr. Muhittin H. Demir from the Logistic department submitted their

EURAC hosted German Turkish Social Market and Innovation Forum for Young Academics
In partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the German Academic Exchange Service, the European Research and Application Center (EURAC) at the

Ozan Arslan commented on Brexit Process for TRT Radio 1 Channel Morning News
Ozan Arslan commented on Brexit Process for TRT Radio 1 Channel Morning News.

Çiğdem Kentmen-Çin attended the "European Conference on Politics & Gender"
Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Kentmen-Çin of our university attended the European Conference on Politics and Gender" at the Amsterdam University in the Netherlands

Sıtkı Egeli was a guest of Medyascope broadcast
Işın Eliçin from Medyascope TV did an interview with Asst. Prof. Sıtkı Egeli of our university about recent developments in the S-400

Sıtkı Egeli speaks to Ahvalnews: "U.S. sanctions could hit Turkish defence sector hard"
Hale Akay from Ahvalnews did an interview with Asst. Prof. Sıtkı Egeli of our university about the risk of the U.S. sanctions.

Korean TV interview with Ozan Arslan
In the broadcast of KTV, Republic of Korea State Television in May 16, the interview with Dr. Ozan Arslan, one of the lecturers of the

Sıtkı Egeli was a guest of Artı TV
Dr.Sıtkı Egeli, one of our lecturers, was a guest of Artı TV, the Program "Dünya ve Biz" on February 20, 2019 to talk about

Sıtkı Egeli was on Mediascope live broadcast
Dr. Sıtkı Egeli was on Mediascope live broadcast on 4 February 2019. He talked about the U.S.'s and Russia's withdrawal decision from

Our Students Visit NATO Land Command
Students of the Political Science and International Relations department visited NATO LANDCOM - Allied Land Command headquarters located at Şirinyer-İzmir. During the visit which

Dr. Sıtkı Egeli attended Arms Control workshop in Oslo
Dr. Sıtkı Egeli was one of the participants in the international workshop titled “Exploring New Approaches to Arms Control in the 21st Century”.

Dr. Egeli's new article: Making Sense of Turkey's Air and Missile Defense Merry-go-round
Dr. Sıtkı Egeli's latest article appeared in on-line edition of All Azimuth academic journal. You can download the full text by clicking

Assoc.Prof.Dr.Alexander Buergin attended 3rd International Conference of Urban Studies
One of our lecturers, Assoc.Prof.Dr.Alexander Buergin attended 3rd International Conference on Urban Studies in Strasbourg, France. He discussed the impact of digitalization

Itır Bağdadi attended contact meetings of UN Women Friendly Cities United Nations Joint Programme
Itır Bağdadi attended contact meetings of UN Women Friendly Cities United Nations Joint Programme.

Dr. Egeli presents paper on impact of technological progress
Dr. Sıtkı Egeli of IEU presented a paper at Mülkiye International Relations Congress organized and hosted by Ankara University’s Faculty of Political

Itır Bağdadi was a keynote speaker at Conference of International Perspectives in Education, University of Derby.
One of our lecturers, Itır Bağdadi was a keynote speaker at Conference of International Perspectives in Education, University of Derby (12-13 October 2018).

Dr. Egeli’s presentation on Turkish defense industry
Asst.Prof. Sıtkı Egeli of our university made a presentation in the workshop titled “Turkish defense industry in the 21st century”.

Prof.Dr.Çiğdem Kentmen Çin attended Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium last week.
Our head of the department, Prof.Dr.Çiğdem Kentmen Çin attended Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium via invitation of Koç University. The Turkish-German Frontiers

Dr.Sıtkı Egeli's Presentation at Frankfurt Peace Research Institute’s Annual Conference
Asst.Prof. Dr. Sitki Egeli of IEU took part as a panelist in PRIF- Frankfurt Peace Research Institute’s Annual Conference 2018 held in

New article on the "Natural Resources Curse"
Our departmnent member Efe Biresselioğlu, together with Muhittin H. Demir from the Department of Logistics Management, and masters' students Onat Kolcu, Ahmet

New Article by Ozan Arslan
At the centennary of the end of the World War I, a book published with the efforts of the academicians from Saint

Serhun AL gave a lecture at World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies
One of our lecturers, Dr.Serhun Al gave a speech, titled "Between Peace and Conflict: Making Sense of the Kurdish World in Turkey

Serhun AL gave a lecture about Theories of Nationalism at University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia hosted Dr. Serhun Al in May 2018. Dr. Al gave a lecture on

Sıtkı Egeli's analysis on Turkish F-35 fighter jet deliveries
Dr. Egeli wrote about the blocking of the delivery of F-35 combat aircraft to Turkey at Middle East Institute. Accordingly, the reason

Our Students Visit NATO Land Command
Students of the Political Science and International Relations department visited NATO LANDCOM - Allied Land Command headquarters located at Şirinyer-İzmir.

Transformation of Politics in Poetry in 1980's Turkey
Dr. Gülce Başer gave a speech titled "Transformation of Politics in Poetry in 1980's Turkey" and told the story of transformation of

Sıtkı Egeli appeared in Artı TV, analyzing advanced weapon systems used in Syrian conflict.
One of our lecturers, Asst.Prof.Dr.Sıtkı Egeli, appeared in Artı TV, analyzing advanced weapon systems used in Syrian conflict. Please click for the programme.

Russia's Policies in the Middle East and the Pendulum of Turkish-Russian Relations
The Department of Political Science and International Relations hosted the panel titled "Russia's Policies in the Middle East and the Pendulum of