Dr. Ozan Örmeci was born in 1981 in Bornova-Izmir. His father’s family is from Senirkent-Isparta. He finished primary school at Izmir Turk College (ITK) and had a middle school and lycee education at Izmir Saint-Joseph French College. He graduated from Bilkent University’s Political Science and Public Administration Department in 2004 as a high-honour student. In 2011, he earned PhD degree from Bilkent University’s Political Science Department with his thesis entitled “Portrait of a Turkish Social Democrat: Ismail Cem”, under the supervision of Dr. Berrak Burçak, from a distinguished jury composed of Prof. Metin Heper, Prof. Ergun Özbudun, Prof. Ayşe Güneş Ayata, and Dr. Nur Bilge Criss. He worked as a Lecturer in Uşak University’s Public Administration Department between 2009 and 2012. Between October 2012 and January 2016, he worked as an Assistant Professor and headed the Department of Political Science and Public Administration (English language) at Girne American University (GAU) in North Cyprus (TRNC). Between March 2016 and September 2018, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration (English language) at Beykent University in Istanbul. He became an Associate Professor in June 2018. He began to work as an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations (English language) at Istanbul Gedik University in September 2018. He was appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Istanbul Gedik University in June 2019 and served as the Head of the Department for a while. Between October 2020 and June 2023, he worked as an Associate Professor for Istanbul Kent University and headed the departments of Political Science and Public Administration (Turkish and English). Between July 2023 and May 2024, he worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations (English) at Istanbul Aydın University. Since May 2024, he has been working again at Istanbul Kent University in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration (English). He has previously published many scientific books and articles in Turkey and abroad. He is the editor of some academic books specializing in Turkish Foreign Policy including Turkish Foreign Policy in the New Millennium (Peter Lang, 2015), Mavi Elma: Türkiye-Avrupa İlişkileri (Gazi Kitabevi, 2016), Historical Examinations and Current Issues in Turkish-American Relations (Peter Lang, 2020), Turkish-French Relations: History, Present, and the Future (Springer, 2022), Cumhuriyet’in 100. Yılında Nasıl Bir Dış Politika? (Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2023) and the author of Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri (Urzeni Yayıncılık, 2021), Türkiye-Fransa İlişkileri (Urzeni Yayıncılık, 2022), and 2023 Turkish Elections in All Aspects (Peter Lang, 2023). In addition, he wrote books in Turkish language analyzing the political system and foreign policy of countries including the United States, the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany. He can speak fluently and write academically in French and English. He also works as a specialist for the Turkish Political Psychology Association (PPD) and the General Coordinator of the UPA (International Political Academy) initiative. In addition, he is the owner of the UPA Strategic Affairs academic journal. His main research interests are; International Politics, Comparative Politics, Great Power Politics, Political Psychology, Turkish Political History, Leftist Movements in Turkey, and Turkish Foreign Policy. Dr. Ozan Örmeci is married to Cansu Örmeci (Karakoç) since 30 September 2011 and is the father of two children. He is also a congress member of Karşıyaka Sports Club.