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.
What Kind of a City? Local Democracy and Inclusion
What Kind of a City? Local Democracy and Inclusion The event ''What kind of a city? - Local Democracy and Inclusion'' took place on January 30 at IPC with the participation of Fuat Keyman, Pınar Uyan Semerci and Koray Velibeyoğlu, and moderated by Murad Tiryakioğlu.
Autonomy and Contestation: Turkey, Russia, and the West
The Russia and Eurasia Program at The Fletcher School convened a panel discussion on Turkey's relations with the West and Russia on January 23, 2024 at the Fletcher School, the USA. The panelists included Fuat Keyman, Atila Eralp, and Senem Aydın-Düzgit from Istanbul Policy Center. The conversation was moderated by visiting research fellow Özgür Özkan from Fletcher Russia and Eurasia Program.
Turkey and the West: Autonomy and Contestation in a Changing Global Order
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University convened a panel discussion on "Turkey and the West: Autonomy and Contestation in a Changing Global Order" with the participation of Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Atila Eralp, Fuat Keyman and Andrew O’Donohue as panelists and Lenore Martin as the chair. The panel discussion took place on January 22, 2024 at Center for European Studies, Harvard University, the USA.
U.S. Visit: International Realignment
IPC Director Fuat Keyman, Research and Academic Affairs Coordinator Senem Aydın-Düzgit, and Member of the International Advisory Council of the Initiative Atila Eralp visited the United States for a series of panel discussions reinforcing the Initiative’s focus on international realignment. The panels include: “Post-Election Turkey in a Changing Global World” at The World Bank and IMF Turkish Staff Association (WITSA) on January 18; “Turkey and the West: Autonomy and Contestation in a Changing Global Order” at Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University on January 22; and “Autonomy and Contestation: Turkey, Russia, and the West” at the Fletcher School on January 23, 2024.
"What kind of World? What kind of Turkey?" with Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Galip Dalay, Hatem Ete, and Fuat Keyman
Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Galip Dalay, Hatem Ete, and Fuat Keyman participated in the 157th episode titled "Turkey on the Threshold" of the program "What kind of World? What kind of Turkey?", prepared in cooperation with IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative and Medyascope.
"Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?" with Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Galip Dalay, Hatem Ete and Fuat Keyman
Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Galip Dalay, Hatem Ete and Fuat Keyman were hosted at the "Nasıl Bir Dünya? Nasıl Bir Türkiye?" program titled "Turkey at the Crossroads'' organized by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative in cooperation with Medyascope.
