Post Doctoral Research Fellow of European Foreign and Security Policy Studies - Aug 2007 Center for the Study of Political Change (CIRCaP) University of Siena – Italy Project Title: “A Comparative and Longitudinal Analysis of European and American Public Opinion and Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policies” Grantee: VolkswagenStiftung, Compagnia di San Paolo di Torino and Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond 2002-2006 Ph.D. (Hons) - Political Science – Comparative and European Politics Graduate School in Political Science, University of Siena – Italy Thesis Title: “The Post-Cold War Patterns of American and European Public Opinion on Use of Force: Not just Doves and Hawks but also Cuckoo Birds and Ostriches” Grantee: DSU ‘Diritto allo Studio Universitario’ and VolkswagenStiftung, Compagnia di San Paolo di Torino and Swedish Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (for the completion year) Jan-Apr 2006 Visiting Scholar Centre of International Studies, University of Cambridge – UK Jan-Apr 2005 Visiting Scholar Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State University – USA 2002-2003 MSC – Master of Science and Culture in Comparative and European Politics Graduate School in Political Science, University of Siena – Italy 2000-2001 MA - Master of Arts in International Relations Department of Government, University of Essex – UK Dissertation Title: “A Discourse of ‘Britishness’: From Eurosceptical to Pro-European Configuration” Upper Second Class Honours Degree 1995-1999 BA – Bachelor of Arts in International Relations Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Istanbul – Turkey Ranked 7th in the Faculty of Political Sciences 1995 Besiktas Atatürk Anatolian High School, Istanbul – Turkey 2008 – to date Assistant Professor, Bahcesehir University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Political Science and International Relations.

Transatlantic relations, European and American foreign policy Comparative security studies, relation between country , and regional security integrations Public opinion on domestic, foreign, security and defence issues, immigration and international crisis and global health  Security levels