Turkish International Studies Association

A Network of Scholars working on Turkey

The Turkish International Studies
Association, a North America
based organization, is a network
of scholars working on Turkey . TISA brings together international relations and political science scholars from all specialties and regions within the academe in order to expand awareness and understanding of international politics. To this end TISA will be cooperating with the International Studies Association (ISA).

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March 2009:

 

It is our pleasure to announce that we had yet another successful International Studies Association Annual Convention in New York City.

The Turkish-ISA has sponsored two panels at this event. The total number of the audience of both panels combined was well over 50 people.

Panel 1: Social Structures, Political Elites and Democracy in the Middle East

Chair Ramazan Kilinc, Michigan State University
Disc. Turan Kayaoglu, University of Washington

Islam and Democracy: How Islam helps Authoritarian
Regimes?
Birol Baskan: Qatar University
Turkey's "Muslim Democrats" Did It Again: Scrutinizing the
Successes of the Justice and Development Party
Zeki Sarigil: Bilkent University
Framing the Consensus between the Political and Military
Elites during the Democratic Reform Process in Turkey
Mehtap Söyler: Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin
Turkey's Back to the Future: Moderate Islam vs Offical
Secularim
Ana Gol: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Transformation of the Foreign Policy Paradigm of Turkey in
the Middle East: Conflict Resolution Roles at Iraq, Lebanon
and Israel-Syria Relations
Ahmet S. Tekelioglu: Boston University
Talha Kose: George Mason University

Panel 2: Islam and Politics in Turkey

Chair Halit Mustafa Tagma, Arizona State University
Disc. Ahmet T. Kuru, Columbia University

The Relations of European Union with Turkey During the
JDP Government
Ercan Saribasak: Institut D'Etudes Politques De Grenoble,
Universite Pierre Mendes France
Religion in Politics: Two Patterns of Religious
Representation in Turkey: The Justice and Development
Party
Ramin Ahmadov: University of Cincinnati
The Politics of the Headscarf: The Kavakci Affair and Islamic
Mobilizations in Turkey
Mustafa Gurbuz: University of Connecticut
Redefining Islam and Europe in Turkey's European Union
Membership Process
Ahmet Yukleyen: University of Mississippi

 

March 2008

 

ISA 2008 Turkish-ISA Panels          

Turkish-ISA is sponsoring two panels at the Annual Convention in San Francisco

Both Panels are on Thursday, 27th March, 2008.

 

1) Comparative Foreign Policy in the Middle East and Europe

TD19 Thursday 3:45 - 5:30 PM

Aylin Gurzel

Bilkent University

Cognitive Change Theory: An Effective Approach to Settle International Relations Theories Differences?

 

Ahmet Sözen

Eastern Mediterranean University

New Principles of Turkish Foreign Policy Making

 

Pinar Tremblay

UCLA

Searching for the “Soul”: Explaining the Impact of Islam on Turkish Foreign Policy toward Israel

 

Joshua W. Walker

Princeton University

The Shadow of the ‘Strategic Alliance:’ America’s Influence on Turkey’s Middle East Policy

 

Isa Camyar

Louisiana State University

Halit Mustafa E. Tagma

Arizona State University

Why Does Turkey Seek European Union Membership?: A Historical Institutionalist Explanation

 

 

Discussant(s)

Binnur Ozkececi-Taner

Macalester College

 

Birol Yesilada

Portland State University

 

 

2) Islamic/Islamist Movements in the World and in Turkey: Differences

and Similarities

TC69 Thursday 1:45 - 3:30 PM

 

Ramazan Kilinc

Arizona State University

Islam, Secularism and Democracy: Patterns of Interaction in Turkey and France

 

Hasret Dikici Bilgin

Sabanci University

The Role of Left in Islamist Movements in Turkey and Iran: A Comparative Historical Analysis

 

Ayse Ozcan

Syracuse University

Unison Despite Differences: Transnational Attachments of Turkish Muslim Organizations in the Urban Space of

Europe

 

Discussant(s)

Ahmet T. Kuru

Columbia University

 

The elections for the Review Committee for the 2008 Turkish-ISA panels at the ISA, San Fransisco has ended.

The following scholars will be reviewing the submissions:

  Dr. Pinar Bilgin, Bilkent University
  Dr. Esra Cuhadar Gurkaynak, Bilkent University
  Dr. Birol Yesilada, Portland State University
  Dr. Hasan Kosebalaban, Michigan State University
  Dr. Meltem Muftuler-Bac, Sabanci University
  Dr. Binnur Ozkececi-Taner, Macalester College