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.
Turkey After the Elections
The panel titled “Post-Election in Turkey,” jointly organized by the IPM-Sabanci University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative and the Fondation Jean Jaures, took place on June 9, 2015, at Jean Jaures in Paris. The event featured speakers Kemal Derviş, Member of the IPM Board of Directors; Fuat Keyman, Director of IPM; Nihat Berker, Rector of Sabancı University; Işık Özel, Faculty Member at Sabancı University; Münevver Cebeci from the Institute for European Studies at Marmara University; and Nilüfer Göle, Faculty Member at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and Senior Researcher at Mercator -IPM Senior Researcher Nilüfer Göle.
"Turkey-EU Relations and Democracy "
The conference titled “Turkey-EU Relations and Democracy,” organized by the Initiative, took place on February 10, 2015, as part of Director Fuat Keyman's course “Current Issues in Turkish Politics,” with the participation of Mercator-İPM Senior Researcher Hannes Swoboda.
Beyond Negotiations: Turkey's Future in Europe
The Istanbul Policy Center-Sabanci University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative, Middle East Strategic Studies Center, European Union, and Global Research Association jointly organized an expert roundtable titled “Beyond Chapters: The Future of Turkey in Europe” on November 18, 2014, at TOBB University of Economics and Technology. – The Future of Turkey in Europe" was held on November 18, 2014, at TOBB University of Economics and Technology. The event was chaired by ORSAM President Şaban Kardaş within the framework of Hannes Swoboda's Mercator-IPM Senior Research Fellowship, with the participation of European Union Ministry Undersecretary Burak Erdenir, European Stability Initiative President Gerald Knaus, and Ifo Center for International Economics Deputy Director Erdal Yalçın as speakers, and IPM Director Fuat Keyman as discussant.
The Arab Spring: Implications for Europe
The lecture titled “Arab Spring in Perspective: Implications for Europe,” organized by the Initiative, took place at Sabancı University on March 19, 2014, with the participation of Mercator-İPM Senior Researcher Ruprecht Polenz. This lecture was organized as part of Director Fuat Keyman's course “Current Issues in Turkish Politics.”
Understanding the Arab Spring: Implications for Europe and Turkey
Istanbul Policy Center-Sabanci University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative held a meeting titled "Understanding the Arab Spring – Implications for Europe and Turkey." The event, moderated by Director Fuat Keyman, featured presentations by Ruprecht Polenz, former member of the German Parliament and Mercator-IPM Senior Researcher, and Mesut Özcan, President of the Center for Strategic Studies.
Urban Citizenship in Turkey
The Istanbul Policy Center-Sabanci University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative held a meeting titled Citizenship in Turkey with Nilüfer Göle and Fuat Keyman on March 4, 2014. Ayşe Kadıoğlu moderated the meeting.In Turkey, the concept of citizenship is largely evaluated in terms of individuals' duties to the nation-state. Moreover, citizenship is mostly defined through ethnic or cultural categories. However, both the concept of equal citizenship, which began to be discussed during the new constitution efforts and the resolution process last year, and the relationship between citizens and cities, which began to be debated with the Gezi protests, have created a suitable ground for rethinking the concept of citizenship. In this context, at our meeting, we focused on the concept of “urban citizenship” and tried to find answers to the question “What kind of citizenship?”
