Mehmet Ozkan
Metkan82 [at] hotmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://works.bepress.com/mehmetozkan/
Groups
Civil Society
Foreign Policy
History
Identity
Migration
Political Culture
Political Economy
Religion
Transnationalism
Career
July 2010 -October 2010, Visiting Fellow, Institute for Defence and Security Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi, India.
February 2009 - July 2009, Visiting International Student, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB), Medellin, Colombia.
September 2008 - October 2008 Research Assistant, Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey.
2007- 2008- Editorial board member of Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science, International Association for Political Sciences Students (IAPSS).
2004 – 2005, Supervisor, Done Consulting CC, Johannesburg, South Africa
Academic Career
2008- Current, PhD Candidate, Sevilla University, Spain
2006-2008, MSc in International and European Relations, Linkoping University, Sweden
2003-2006, MA in International Relations and Politics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (not completed)
1998- 2002 BA in International Relations, Istanbul University, Turkey
Selected Publications
Mehmet Ozkan, Can the Rise of ‘New’ Turkey Lead to a ‘New’ Era in India-Turkey Relations?, IDSA Issue Brief, New Delhi: Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), September 2010.
Mehmet Ozkan/Birol Akgun, Why Welcome Al Basheer? Contextualizing Turkey’s Darfur Policy, Policy Brief, No: 45, Ankara: SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, July 2010.
Mehmet Ozkan, Turkey Discovers Africa: Implications and Prospects, Policy Brief, No: 22, Ankara: SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, September 2008.
Mehmet Ozkan, Transnational Islam, Immigrant NGOs and Poverty Alleviation: The Case of the IGMG, in: Journal of International Development, 2011, (forthcoming).
Mehmet Ozkan, Integration in the Global South: What role for IBSA Dialogue Forum?, in: Journal of Global Analysis, 2011, (forthcoming).
Mehmet Ozkan/Hasan Turk, Turquía en el siglo XXI: ¿Un aumento de poder en la periferia?, in: Estudios Politicos, 2011, (forthcoming).
Mehmet Ozkan, Turkey-Brazil Involvement in Iranian Nuclear Issue: What is the Big Deal?, in: Strategic Analysis, Vol 35, No: 1, 2011, pp.26-30.
Mehmet Ozkan, What drives Turkey’s Involvement in Africa?, in: Review of African Political Economy, Vol 37, No: 126, 2010, pp.533-540.
Mehmet Ozkan/Birol Akgun, Turkey`s Opening to Africa, in: The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol 48, No: 4, 2010, pp.525-546.
Mehmet Ozkan/Birol Akgun, Turkey`s Darfur Policy: Convergences and Differentiations from the Muslim World, Insight Turkey, Vol 12, No: 4, 2010, pp.147-165.
Mehmet Ozkan, The Role of South Africa in Global Politics and South African Foreign Policy, (in Turkish), in: Stratejik Öngörü, No 14, 2009, p.19-36.
Mehmet Ozkan, Egyptian Foreign Policy towards Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and its Repercussion on Regional Politics, (in Turkish), in: Akademik Ortadogu, Vol 4, No 1, 2009, pp.81-101.
Mehmet Ozkan, Review Article: Geography of Strategic Thinking in the US in post-Cold War Era, in: İslam Araştırmaları Dergisi - Turkish Journal of Islamic Studies, Vol 20, 2008, pp.115-122.
Mehmet Ozkan, Turkey in the Islamic World: An Institutional Perspective, in: Turkish Review of Middle East Studies, No 18, 2007, pp.159-193.
Mehmet Ozkan, Regional Security and Global World Order: The Case of South Africa in Africa, in: Research Journal of International Studies, No 5, May 2006, pp.79-100.
Mehmet Ozkan, Turkish Activism in the Middle East after 1990s: Towards a Periodization of Three Waves, in: Turkish Review of Middle East Studies, No 17, 2006, pp.157-185.
Mehmet Ozkan, A New Approach to Global Security: Pivotal Middle Powers and Global Politics, in: Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Vol 11, No 1, Spring 2006, pp.77-95.