Fuat Keyman
Honorary DirectorFuat Keyman is the Director of the Istanbul Policy Center; Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Social Impact, and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University. Keyman is a leading political scientist in Turkey and an expert on globalization, democratization, international relations, Turkey – EU relations, Turkish foreign policy, and civil society development. He is a member of the Turkish Science Academy. In 2013, he was awarded the Strategic Vision Award for Scientists by TASAM (Turkish Asian Center for Strategic Studies). He has worked as a member on the Council of Wise People as part of the Peace Process to the Kurdish issue. He also serves on advisory and editorial boards for a number of respected international and national organizations as well as for academic journals. Additionally, he is a member of the scientific advisory boards for Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) and The Global Centre for Pluralism. He has been the research director for various projects, such as Peter Berger and Samuel Huntington’s Many Globalizations; Strengthening Checks and Balances in Turkey, SIDA, Sweden; Enacting European Citizenship, European Council Framework 7 Project; Mapping Civil Society in Turkey, CIVICUS; and received a prestigious grant on urbanization from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Since 2002, as well as his academic work, Keyman has been sharing his ideas and analysis of Turkey in a global context through various newspaper columns and TV programs.
He is the author and editor of more nearly thirty books, including Future Politics - Globalization, State, Democracy, and Identity (with Evren Balta, 2022); Sekiz Kentin Hikayesi (with Berrin Koyuncu-Lorasdağı, 2020); Kurdish Problem: Local Dynamics and Conflict Resolution (with Ayşe Köse, 2019); Istanbul: Living with Difference in a Global City (with Nora Fisher-Onar and Susan C. Pearce, 2018), Turkey, The Arab Spring and Beyond (with Bülent Aras, 2016), Global Turkey in Europe 3: Democracy, Trade, and the Kurdish Question in Turkey-EU Relations (2015), Democracy, Identity and Foreign Policy in Turkey (with Şebnem Gümüşçü, 2014); Global Turkey in Europe 2: Energy, Migration, Civil Society and Citizenship Issues in Turkey-EU Relations (2014); Global Turkey in Europe: Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Dimensions of Turkey’s Evolving Relationship with the EU (2013); Remaking Turkey (in Turkish, 2013); Symbiotic Antagonisms: Competing Nationalisms in Turkey (with Ayşe Kadıoğlu, 2011); Cities: The Transformation of Anatolia, the Future of Turkey (2010); Competing Nationalism in Turkey (2010), Turkey in a Globalizing World (2010); Remaking Turkey, Globalization, Alternative Modernities and Democracy (2008); Turkish Politics in a Changing World (with Ziya Öniş, 2007), Citizenship in a Global World: European Questions and Turkish Experiences (2005); Changing World, Transforming Turkey (2005); Globalization, State, Identity/Difference: Toward a Critical Social Theory of International Relations (1997). Keyman has also authored numerous articles published in prestigious, peer-reviewed international journals such as Journal of Democracy, Third World Quarterly, European Journal of Social Theory, Theory Culture & Society, and Review of International Political Economy, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.
Prior to joining Sabancı University, Keyman taught in the Department of International Relations at Koç University between 2002 and 2010, and in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Bilkent University between 1994 and 2002. He was also Visiting Professor at Carleton University in the summer of 1997. Keyman holds several post-doctoral fellowships from Wellesley College and Harvard University He received his PhD in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations and Comparative Politics from Carleton University. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.
Pandemic and Society Webinar Series - "The Post-Corona World Order: Justice, Equality, and Fundamental Freedoms"
The meeting titled “Post-Corona World Order: Justice, Equality, and Fundamental Freedoms” as part of the "Pandemic and Society" webinar series, which we organized to find collective solutions to problems, analyze potential common ground, and exchange ideas supported by academic research during the Coronavirus outbreak, took place on June 15th with the participation of Ayşe Kadıoğlu, Çağlar Keyder, Fuat Keyman, and Şebnem Gümüşcü.
"Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye" with Fuat Keyman and Feyzi Baban
Fuat Keyman and Feyzi Baban were hosted by Murat Aksoy at the 19th episode of “Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye?” program titled "Amerika'dan Çıkarılacak Dersler: Demokrasi, Özgürlük, Eşitsizlik" organized by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative in cooperation with Medyascope.
“What Kind of World? What Kind of Turkey?” with Fuat Keyman and Feyzi Baban
IPC Director Prof. Dr. Fuat Keyman and Assoc. Prof. Feyzi Baban from Trent University, Canada, participated in the 19th episode of the “What Kind of World? What Kind of Turkey?” program, produced in collaboration with Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) and Medyascope.
Pandemic and Society Webinar Series - "The Political Economy of the Pandemic"
The meeting titled "Political Economy of the Pandemic" as part of the "Pandemic and Society" webinar series, which we organized to find collective solutions to problems, analyze potential common ground, and exchange ideas supported by academic research during the Coronavirus outbreak, took place on June 1st with the participation of Fuat Keyman, Işık Özel, Mustafa Kutlay, and Senem Aydın-Düzgit
Conflict Resolution, Syria, and Idlib in the Post-Corona World
Istanbul Policy Center organized the webinar “Conflict Resolution, Syria, and Idlib in the Post-Corona World (Post-Korona Dünyada Çatışma Çözümü, Suriye ve İdlib ),” which featured Senior Scholar Bülent Aras, Director Fuat Keyman, Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator Senem Aydın-Düzgit, and Şaban Kardaş from TOBB University of Economics and Technology on May 27, 2020.
"Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye" with Fuat Keyman and Nebi Sümer
Fuat Keyman and Nebi Sümer were hosted by Murat Aksoy at the 16th episode of “Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye?” program titled "Salgın Döneminde Toplumsal Psikoloji ve Birey Olmak" organized by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative in cooperation with Medyascope.
