“Unique Offerings: Ideological Competition and Rebel Governance,” a recent article co-authored by Bilkent IR faculty member Dr. Efe Tokdemir, Dr. Seden Akcinaroglu (Binghamton University), Dr. Jeremy Berkowitz (Prairie View A&M University), Dr. Carlos E. Moreno Leon (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Dr. Sema Hande Ogutcu-Fu (Lincoln University), and Dr. Evgeny Sedashov (HSE University), has received the best…

Title: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin İlk Yüz Yılına Güvenlik Kavramı Penceresinden Bakmak (TÜBİTAK 1001 Proje Tanıtımı ve İlk Bulgular) (Partly in English) Date and Time: September 18, Thursday,  15:30-17:00 Venue: A130 Seminar Room, FEASS Cumhuriyet’in ilk yüz yılını geride bırakmamız nedeniyle kendi alanlarımızın muhasebesini yaptığımız bugünlerde güvenlik kavramının Türkiye’de yüz yıldır merkezi rol oynadığına dair saptamalar yapılıyor.…

Title: Thinking Globally about World Politics: Case Studies  Date and Time:  September 9, Tuesday, 2025, 15:30-17:00 Venue: A130 Seminar Room, FEASS Speakers: Monica Herz (PUC-Rio), Karen Smith (University of Leiden), Pınar Bilgin (Bilkent University)

Title: The Emerging International Peace System and How the Concept of Hybridity Can Help Us Understand It.  Date and Time:  September 8, Monday, 2025, 14:00 Venue: A130 Seminar Room, FEASS Speaker: Roger Mac Ginty Abstract: At a time of considerable international upheaval many of the structures and processes associated with international peacemaking and peacebuilding are undergoing change. While significant…

The Department of International Relations held the seminar “Orta Doğu’da Son Gelişmeler” in October. Within the seminar, Prof. Dr. Özlem Tür, Dr. Serhat Erkmen and Department Chair Prof. Dr. Özgür Özdamar discussed the latest issues in the Middle East under the moderation of Dr. Tuğba Bayar. They first emphasized the escalation of the ongoing war…

İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, in collaboration with Bilkent University’s Department of International Relations, hosted a stimulating debate featuring Prof. Ayşe Zarakol (University of Cambridge) and Prof. Ersel Aydınlı (Bilkent University). Moderated by Asst. Prof. Seçkin Köstem (Bilkent University) and titled “Pathways for Global IR,” the discussion delved into…

Bilkent University is a beneficiary of “International Dimensions and Effects of Populism (IDEoPOP),” a HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01-01 project funded with over € 2.4 million. Thirteen partners participate in this project that is coordinated by Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Germany. Prof. Pınar Bilgin from the Department of International Relations and Political Science and Public Administration is leading the training…

Oxford University Press has published Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939, a monograph by Asst. Prof. Sam Hirst of the Department of International Relations. Drawing on extensive archival research conducted in multiple countries, the book presents a novel interpretation of international relations in the interwar period. Whilst the Kemalists’…

Thinking Globally About World Politics: Beyond Global IR  (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) Pınar Bilgin & Karen Smith This book asks what it means to think globally about world politics. In an attempt to contextualise the recent ‘globalising ‘turn’ in International Relations (IR), the book takes stock of 30 plus years of efforts at addressing IR’s Eurocentric…

On October 9, the Department of International Relations, in cooperation with Ankara Policy Center and the Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, held a conference titled “Turkish Foreign Policy on the 100th Anniversary of the Republic: A Reckoning and the Future.” The conference, held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the…

The Department of International Relations organized an event in June to honor Prof. Ali Karaosmanoğlu, who served as chair of the department from 1988 to 2007. During the event, Prof. Karaosmanoğlu, Rector Kürşat Aydoğan, FEASS Dean Refet Gürkaynak, Prof. Ersel Aydınlı and IR Department Chair Özgür Özdamar gave speeches. Prof. Karaosmanoğlu expressed his gratitude to…