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2024-2025 Academic Year Spring Semester Opening Course

Ambassador Akif Çağatay Kılıç, Senior Advisor to the President on Foreign Policy and Security, will meet with the students of the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of the Turkish-German University on February 28, 2025 on the occasion of the Opening Course of the Spring Semester of the 2024-2025 Academic Semester.

2025/2026 Academic Year DAAD-YÖK Scholarship Program Applications

Applications for the DAAD-YÖK Scholarship Program for the 2025/2026 Academic Year are now open. The deadline for application is February 21, 2025.

“Rethinking Justice: Ancient Foundations and Contemporary Theories” Conference to be held on April 24-25

The conference titled “Rethinking Justice: Ancient Foundations and Contemporary Theories”, which will be organized in cooperation with the Turkish-German University, the University of Bonn and the University of Munich, will be hosted by the Turkish-German University on April 24-25.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaur Gasimov's article titled “Georgienkrieg 2008 zwischen Russland und Georgien"

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaur Gasimov's article titled “Georgienkrieg 2008 zwischen Russland und Georgien” (The Georgian War of 2008 between Russia and Georgia) was published in the Eastern Europe Knowledge Portal of the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg (Center for Policy Education of the State of Baden-Württemberg).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Turhan at the “Future of EU-Turkey Relations” Panel at Galatasaray University

Ebru Turhan, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, participated as a panelist in the panel “The Future of EU-Turkey Relations” organized by Jean Monnet Chair MIGOSUR and Galatasaray University International Law and Diplomacy Club on 20 December 2024.

“European Islamophobia Report 2023” Edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Enes Bayraklı

“European Islamophobia Report 2023” co-edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Enes Bayraklı with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Farid Hafez has been published. Click here for details...

Associate Prof. Dr. Zaur Gasimov's Article titled “Regional Concepts in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries”

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaur Gasimov's article “Regional Concepts in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries” was published in the book “Handbook on the History and Culture of the Black Sea Region”. Click for details...

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Turhan held a Guest Lecture at the University of Tübingen

On 4 December 2024, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Turhan held a guest lecture titled “Germany’s Role in EU-Turkey Relations: A Status Quo Power” at the Departmental Seminar of the Institute for Political Science of the University of Tübingen.

2024-2025 Fall Semester Political Science and International Relations Third Department Meeting

The 2024-2025 Fall Semester Political Science and International Relations third Department Meeting was held on Monday, December 16.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaur Gasimov's Conference titled “Cultural Transfers and the Cold War: Ballet in the Near East”

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaur Gasimov participated as a speaker at the conference titled “Cultural Transfers and the Cold War: Ballet in the Near East” (Transferts culturels et la Guerre Froide: Ballet au Proche-Orient) organized by IEFA (French Institute of Anatolian Studies).

Navigating Complexity And Change In The Balkans Conference

The international conference titled “Navigating Complexity And Change In The Balkans”, hosted by the Turkish-German University in Istanbul on 5-6 December 2024, brought together prominent figures from the academic world.

5-6 December ‘Navigating Complexity and Change in the Balkans’ Conference

Please click here for the details of the conference ‘Navigating Complexity and Change in the Balkans’ to be held on 5-6 December in cooperation with Tirana University of New York, Turkish-German University and Ibn Haldun University.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Enes Bayraklı will take part as a speaker at the “A Perspective For a Common Future” Conference to be held at the International Balkan University

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Enes Bayraklı will be a speaker at the panel on the impact of the European Union on relations between Türkiye and North Macedonia at the conference “A Perspective For a Common Future / North Macedonia's Accession Process and EU-Türkiye Relations” to be held at the International Balkan University.

Political Science and International Relations department meeting was held

The 2024-2025 Fall Semester Political Science and International Relations Department Meeting was held on Monday, October 22.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Turhan will be a panelist at Galatasaray University's 'The Present and Future of the European Union' Panel Series

Ebru Turhan, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, will take part as a panelist in the 'The Present and Future of the European Union' panel series to be held at Galatasaray University on October 17 and 18. For Registration...

Assoc. Prof. Hüseyin Onur Ercan published the article entitled " The Tailed Signature of Cânibî Ali Pasha, Ottoman Ambassador to Vienna"

Assoc. Prof. Hüseyin Onur Ercan published the article entitled “The Tailed Signature of Cânibî Ali Pasha, Ottoman Ambassador to Vienna” in the Keshif: E-Journal for Ottoman-Turkish Micro Editions, published by Wien Institut für Orientalistik.

2024-2025 Winter Semester New Academic Year Opening Lecture

The new academic year opening lecture, which we traditionally organize every year, will be held on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 between 13.00 - 16.30 at the YDYO Conference Hall.

POL520 Political Science Internship

The advisor of the POL520 coded elective internship course in our department is Asst. Prof. Dr. M. Tacettin Kutay. All information about the process is available on the website of our department.

The First Step of Double Degree Process: DAAD-YÖK Exchange Program

A memorandum of intent was signed between TU Chemnitz and the Turkish-German University for the double degree program. As a preliminary phase of this important process, the DAAD-YÖK Exchange Program has been launched as of the 2024-2025 academic year.

5-6 December ‘Navigating Complexity and Change in the Balkans’ Conference

Please click here for the details of the conference ‘Navigating Complexity and Change in the Balkans’ to be held on 5-6 December in cooperation with Tirana University of New York, Turkish-German University and Ibn Haldun University.