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Full-Time Faculty Members

John James Alexander

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Political Theory, Trinity College, Cambridge, 2000. Modern political thought

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E-Mail: jalexand@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1896
Office: T373

Barış Alpertan

Instructor (Science, Technology and Society)

Ph.D., Political Science, Bilkent University, 2020. New media studies, biopolitics, cultural studies, politics of music, aestheticization of everyday life, sociology of work

E-Mail: baris.alpertan@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1503
Office: T376

İhsan İlker Aytürk

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University, 2005. Nationalism, intellectual history

E-Mail: ayturk@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1502
Office: T265

Hatice Pınar Bilgin

Professor

Ph.D., International Politics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 2000. Security studies, critical international relations theory, critical security studies

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E-Mail: pbilgin@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 2164
Office: A315

Hasan Tolga Bölükbaşı

Associate Professor, Chair

Ph.D., Sociology, McGill University, 2007. Political economy, public policy, comparative politics

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E-Mail: bolukbasi@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1850
Office: A225

Berrak Burçak Della Fave

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University, 2005. Ottoman history, the political history of modern Turkey

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E-Mail: berrak@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1455
Office: HZ-32C   

Çerağ Esra Çuhadar

Associate Professor

Ph.D., International Relations, Syracuse University, 2004. Negotiations and third party intervention, foreign policy analysis, political psychology

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E-Mail: esracg@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1091
Office: H350 

Fatma Tahire Erman

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Environmental Psychology, City University of New York, 1993. Rural to urban migration, squatter housing and gender

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E-Mail: tahire@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 2218
Office: T261

Ioannis N. Grigoriadis

Associate Professor, Erasmus+ Coordinator

Ph.D., Turkish Politics, University of London, 2005. Turkish politics, European politics

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E-Mail: ioannis@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1856
Office: T364

Caner Hazar

Instructor

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Connecticut, 2021. Social movements, international norms, gender

E-Mail: caner.hazar@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 2254
Office: T366

Banu Helvacıoğlu

Senior Lecturer

Ph.D., Political Studies, Queen’s University, 1988. History of political thought, modern political theory, aesthetics and politics

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E-Mail: helvaci@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1470
Office: T374

Başak İnce

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Political Science, University of London, 2008. Turkish politics, comparative politics

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E-Mail: basakince@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1122
Office: A351

Esra İşsever-Ekinci

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Political Science, Syracuse University, 2019. Comparative politics, political institutions, electoral systems and reforms, representation, women and gender politics

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E-Mail: esra.ekinci@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1767
Office: T365

Aida Just

Professor

Ph.D., Political Science, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, 2005. Comparative public opinion and political behavior

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E-Mail: aidap@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 2028
Office: A216

Daniel Just

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Comparative Literature, New York University, 2005. Literature and politics, Social theory

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E-Mail: just@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1949
Office: T372

Anıl Kahvecioğlu

Instructor (Science, Technology and Society)

Ph.D., Political Science, Bilkent University, 2022. Social movements, pro-government mobilization, right-wing protests, authoritarianism, opposition strategies

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E-Mail: kahvecioglu@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 2684
Office: T264

Mehmet Nedim Karakayalı

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Toronto, 2003. Social theory, cultural studies

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E-Mail: nedim@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1855
Office: T375

Emine Öncüler Yayalar

Instructor (Science, Technology and Society)

Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia University

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E-Mail: emineonculer@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 3486
Office: EA-301

Onur Özgöde

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Sociology, Columbia University, 2015. Economic sociology, public policy studies, international political economy

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E-Mail: onur.ozgode@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1671
Office: T262

Zeki Sarıgil

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, 2007. Turkish politics, comparative politics

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E-Mail: sarigil@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1495
Office: H255

Gökhan Şensönmez

Instructor

Ph.D., Political Science, Bilkent University, 2022. Social theory, Turkish politics, collective memory

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E-Mail: gsensonmez@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1600
Office: T263

Mehmet Fatih Tatari

Instructor

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Davis, 2023. Political ecology, agriculture and food, science and technology studies

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E-Mail: fatih.tatari@bilkent.edu.tr

Meral Uğur Çınar

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Pennsylvania, 2012. Turkish politics, comparative politics, political regimes, political institutions, populism, political narratives, collective memory, social movements, gender

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E-Mail: meral.ugur@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 2066
Office: A213

Kerem Yıldırım

Assistant Professor, Deputy Chair (Graduate Programs)

Ph.D., International Relations and Political Science, Koç University, 2016. Party politics, political behavior, political communication, Turkish politics, research methods

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E-Mail: kyildirim@bilkent.edu.tr
Phone: 0312 290 1858
Office: T363