Political Science and International Relations

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The introductory article of the special issue, co-edited by Associate Professor Dr. Ebru Turhan, has been published in German Politics...

On May 6, 2025, Associate Professor Ebru Turhan, faculty member at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, participated as a panelist in the event titled “EU and Geopolitical Challenges: The Role of EU-Turkey Interaction” organized by the Economic Development Foundation (IKV), the Polish Institute of International Relations (PISM) and the Center for Eastern Studies (OSW) …

"The conference titled "Shifting Global Order: Türkiye, EU and the World" organized by the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Turkish-German University will be held on 29-30 May 2025."

The article "Germany and the Rule of Law Support in Turkey: A Status Quo Power?", co-authored by Associate Professor Dr. Ebru Turhan, Department of Political Science and International Relations, and Professor Dr. Senem Aydın-Düzgit, faculty member at Sabancı University, was published in the journal "German Politics," the leading SSCI-indexed journal in the field of German Studies.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Onur Ercan will present his paper titled "An Example of the Role of Religious Justifications in Diplomatic Protocol Conflicts: Cânibî Ali Pasha and His Grand Embassy to Vienna (1740–41)" at the event titled "Early Modern Diplomacy across the Religious Divide: Justification, Defamation, Obfuscation, and Misapprehension" to be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia on 16…

At the Academic Title Ceremony held at the Rectorate Office of our University, our Head of Department Prof. Dr. Enes Bayraklı and our Vice Head of Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Onur Ercan were presented their new academic titles.

The faculty members of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Turhan and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selin Akyüz presented their paper titled “De-constructing Gender and Re-constructing Europe: Populism and Anti-gender Discourse in Germany” at the international conference titled “9th International Conference on Gender Studies - Tracing Gender: Exploring History…

Moderated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Turhan from the Department of Political Science and International Relations and organized by TAU International Relations Student Club, Mercator-IPC Senior Researcher, Istanbul Policy Center & Former Ambassador Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kreft evaluated the German elections as a panelist.