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e-ISSN: 1309-0593
PUBLISHER: RASIM ÖZGÜR DÖNMEZ

Alternatif Politika

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Founder & Editor in Chief

Rasim Özgür Dönmez
Prof. Dr. Rasim Özgür Dönmez
BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
International Politics, Turkish Political Life, Political Science, Political Sociology

Section Editors

Kasım Timur
Res. Assist. Dr. Kasım Timur
ÇUKUROVA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, SİYASET BİLİMİ VE ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
Middle East Studies, Peace Studies, Social Movement, International Security, Terrorism in International Relations, Conflict Resolution in International Relations
Tuğçe Kelleci
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuğçe Kelleci
KAHRAMANMARAŞ SÜTÇÜ İMAM ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, SİYASET BİLİMİ VE ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
Globalisation, International Relations, Postcolonial Studies, International Relations Theories
BD
Dr. Burcu Albayrak Dönmez
BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ
International Politics, Citizenship, Gender and Politics

Editorial Board

AZ
Prof. Dr. Agata Wiktoria Zietek
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Department of International Relations
Far East Studies, Studies of Asian Society, International Security

Author of two monographs, co-author and scientific editor of eight monographs, including two in English. Author of 15 articles in journals and monographs in English and 32 articles in Polish.
Member of Editorial and Programme Boards of journals: Teka of the Commission of Political Science and International Affairs (until 2018), from 2023. Asia-Pacific.
President of the Board of the International Research Foundation (2009- ), President of the Lublin branch of the Polish Society for International Studies (PTSM) (2012 - ), Member: Scientific Advisory Board, "European Culture" (2008 - 2011), European International Studies Association (2013-), Central East European International Studies Association (2018-), Member - World International Studies Committee (2017 - ).
Reviewer in journals: European Studies, International Relations - International Relations, Atheneum, Politics and Society, International Studies, OAP UW "e-Politikon", Strategic Yearbook, Security Yearbook, Review of European and Comparative Law and for the publishers: Jagiellonian University, University of Lodz, University of Silesia, Routledge
Reviewer for grants: 2018 - Fulbright Senior Award 2019/20 Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission.
Grants obtained: 2015 - Scholarship in Taiwan
Participation in lectures outside Poland: 2012 The University of Genoa, Department of European Research (Italy), 2015 Calcutta University (India), 2016 Manipal University (India), 2018 National Chengchi University (Taiwan), 2023 - National Chengchi University (Taiwan).

BH
Prof. Dr. Béatrice Hendrich
Universität zu Köln, Philosophische Fakultät, Institut für Sprachen und Kulturen der islamisch geprägten Welt
History of The Republic of Turkiye, Comparative and Transnational Literature, Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality

Köln Üniversitesi'nde Yardımcı Profesör (Außerplanmäßige Professorin) Türkiye Çalışmaları.
2011-2013 Lefkoşa Kıbrıs Üniversitesi'nde Araştırma Görevlisi, "1925'ten itibaren Kıbrıs'taki Müslümanlar/Türkler arasında Dini Kimliklerin Anlatısal İnşası" ("Marie Curie Eylemleri"). 2000-2010 yılları arasında Giessen, Marburg ve Hamburg'da araştırma ve öğretim (İslam ve Türkiye Çalışmaları).
2002, Doktora Tezi "Milla, Millet, Ulus"
Araştırma İlgi Alanları: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin toplumsal cinsiyet tarihi; Türkiye'de ve küresel bir perspektiften kadın savaşçılar; Türk dilinde modern kurgu; geç kolonyal Kıbrıs'ın Müslüman-Türk Toplumu.

FB
Prof. Dr. Filiz Başkan
İZMİR EKONOMİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İŞLETME FAKÜLTESİ, SİYASET BİLİMİ VE ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
Political Science, Turkish Political Life, Comparative Political Movement

Prof. Dr. Filiz Başkan, İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi, İşletme Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler, İzmir, Türkiye.

KK
Prof. Dr. Kamer Kasım
BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
Turkish Foreign Policy, International Relations

Prof. Dr. Kamer Kasım, Bolu Abant izzet Baysal Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, Bolu, Türkiye.

MK
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Koç
Toronto Metropolitan University, Department of Sociology
Rural Sociology, Migration Sociology

Mustafa Koç, Toronto Metropolitan Üniversitesi'nde emeritus Sosyoloji profesörü ve Gıda Güvenliği Çalışmaları Merkezi Direktörüdür. Araştırma ve öğretim ilgi alanları arasında gıda çalışmaları, gıda güvenliği, gıda politikası ve göç sosyolojisi yer almaktadır. Profesör Koç, Gıda Güvenliği Çalışmaları Merkezi, Food Secure Canada ve Kanada Gıda Çalışmaları Derneği'nin kurucuları arasında yer almıştır. Tarım ve gıda sosyolojisi, sosyal değişim ve kalkınma ve göç üzerine yayınları arasında HUnger Proof Cities (1999), Küresel Gıda Düzeni: Kriz Derinleşirken (2013) ve Critical Perspectives in Food Studies (2012, 2019. 2021) adlı kitapları bulunmaktadır. Koç, Kanada Gıda Çalışmaları Derneği tarafından verilen Yaşam Boyu Başarı Ödülü'ne layık görülmüştür (2017).



NU
Prof. Dr. Niğmet Uzal
ABDULLAH GUL UNIVERSITY
Environmental Assessment and Monitoring, Environmental Management (Other), Bioremediation, Water Quality and Water Pollution, Environmental Engineering, Environmentally Sustainable Engineering, Environmental and Sustainable Processes

Prof. Dr. Niğmet Uzal, Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Kayseri, Türkiye.

Tayyar Arı
Prof. Dr. Tayyar Arı
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi
International Relations Theories, Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle East Studies, Regional Studies, American Studies, International Relations
Veysel Ayhan
Prof. Dr. Veysel Ayhan
BOLU ABANT İZZET BAYSAL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
Contemporary History of Middle East, Sociology of Migration, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism, Middle East Studies, International Migration

Prof. Dr. Veysel Ayhan is  expert in International Relations, specializing in Middle Eastern Studies, international migration, energy security, Gulf politics, and humanitarian diplomacy. He currently serves as the Director of SESA Institute and as a faculty member in the Department of International Relations at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University. Prof. Ayhan completed his undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral studies in International Relations at Uludağ University and later conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of International Relations of Middle East Technical University.

Throughout his academic and professional career, Prof. Ayhan has focused extensively on Middle Eastern politics, international migration, energy security, regional conflicts, and humanitarian affairs. He has managed and contributed to numerous national and international projects related to humanitarian assistance, migration governance, social cohesion, and regional policy analysis. His areas of expertise include Middle East politics, Gulf security and energy policies, Türkiye–Middle East relations, humanitarian diplomacy, regional security and conflict analysis, as well as Iranian, Iraqi, Syrian, and Gulf affairs. Prof. Ayhan has authored numerous academic publications, policy analyses, and research reports on regional security, migration, and geopolitical developments in the Middle East and the Gulf region.

Barış Gençer Baykan
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Barış Gençer Baykan
YEDİTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, KAMU YÖNETİMİ BÖLÜMÜ
Social Movement, Environmental Sociology, Urban Sociology and Community Studies, Public Administration

Doç. Dr. Barış Gencer Baykan, Yeditepe Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye.

DK
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Defne Karaosmanoğlu
KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION
Sociology of Food, Culture, Representation and Identity

Doç. Dr. Defne Karaosmanoğlu, Kadir Has Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiye, defne.karaosmanoglu@khas.edu.tr

EB
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Efe Baştürk
RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, SİYASET BİLİMİ VE KAMU YÖNETİMİ BÖLÜMÜ
Philosophy of Society, Political Science, Political Theory and Political Philosophy

Doç. Dr. Efe Baştürk, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, Rize, Türkiye.

Emel Karakaya Ayalp
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emel Karakaya Ayalp
İZMİR DEMOKRASİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Urban Geography in Regional Planning, Ecology, Sustainability and Energy, Rural and Regional Geography, Rural Development, Rural Sociology, Land Use and Environmental Planning, Participation and Governance, Urban History, Urban Planning and Health, Urban Design, City and Regional Planning, Strategic, Metropolitan and Regional Planning, Community Planning, History and Theory of the Built Environment, Urban and Regional Planning (Other), Architectural Heritage and Conservation, Architectural History, Theory and Criticism, Protection, Restoration and Repair in Buildings, Environment, Habitation and Products, Agricultural Policy, Agricultural Land Planning, Cultural Studies of Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Emel Karakaya Ayalp is an urban planner and urban designer. She received Bachelor degree at the Department of City and Regional Planning in 2007 and Master degree at Urban Design Programme in 2010 at Middle East Technical University (METU). She completed her PhD (2016) at İzmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH) on agro food system transitions and alternative agro food initiatives. Worked as a faculty member at the Department of City and Regional Planning at IZTECH between 2009 and 2016 and at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University between 2016 and 2018. Working as an Assist. Prof. Dr. at the Department of City and Regional Planning at İzmir Democracy University since 2018. Involved in different scientific research projects on urban planning history, urban growth and local governments funded by national and international instutions. Her recent scientific researches are on urban refugees and urban food planning. She is the executive of the İzmir section of the project entitled “A New Perspective on the Processes of Adaptation and Integration of Urban Refugees: A Social Innovation Experiment Aimed at Building Inclusive Cities”. Her interests cover urban planning, urban design, planning history, alternative agro food systems, sustainability transitions, urban food planning and urban refugees.

Selcan Serdaroğlu Polatay
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selcan Serdaroğlu Polatay
GALATASARAY ÜNİVERSİTESİ İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
Globalisation, Regional Studies, Environmental Politics, International Economic Foundation

Doç. Dr. Selcan Serdar Polatay, Galatasaray Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye.

KK
Asst. Prof. Dr. Koray Karaca
University of Tweente, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Philosophy
Philosophy of Science

Asst. Prof. Koray Karaca, University of Tweente, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Philosophy, Enschede, The Netherlands.

Advisory Board

AE
Prof. Dr. Aylin Özman Erkman
TED ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ, SİYASET BİLİMİ VE ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
Intellectual History of Politics, Political Movement

Prof. Dr. Aylin Özman Erkman, TED Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye.

AZ
Prof. Dr. Ayşe Zarakol
University of Cambridge, Department of Politics and International Studies
International Relations Theories

Prof. Dr. Ayşe Zarakol, University of Cambridge, Department of Politics and International Studies, Cambridge, UK.


 

BS
Prof. Dr. Bogdan Szajkowski
The Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Political Movement
Demet Lüküslü
Prof. Dr. Demet Lüküslü
YEDİTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Sociology, Youth Sociology , Political Sociology, Social Movement

Demet Lüküslü is Professor of Sociology at Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey. She received her PhD in Sociology from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France in 2005. She has expertise in qualitative research and is particularly interested in youth studies, social movements and sociology of everyday life and gender studies. She has research experience of EU funded projects on youth participation such as PARTISPACE (Horizon2020 2015-18), PARTIBRIDGES (Erasmus+ 2019-2021) and OUYE (Erasmus+ 2021-2023). She is the editor (together with Batsleer & Rowley) (2022) of the edited book, Young People, Radical Democracy and Community Development (Bristol University Press). She also published extensively in Turkish. She is the author of Türkiye’de “Gençlik Miti”: 1980 Sonrası Türkiye Gençliği (The “myth of youth” in Turkey: The post-1980 youth in Turkey) (İletişim Yayınları, 2009); Türkiye’nin 68’i: Bir Kuşağın Sosyolojik Analizi (Turkey’s 68: The Sociological Analysis of a Generation).

Emre İşeri
Prof. Dr. Emre İşeri
YAŞAR ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İNSAN VE TOPLUM BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ
Political Communication, International Relations

Prof. Dr. Emre İşeri, Yaşar Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, İzmir, Türkiye.

MG
Prof. Maria Grasso
Queen Mary University of London, School of Politics and International Relations
Political Sociology, Social Change, Sociology of Inequalities

Prof. Maria Grasso, Queen Mary University of London, School of Environment and Society, Sociology, Politics and International Relations, London, UK

RJ
Prof. Dr. Roy Jreijiry
Lebanese University
Political Communication, Communication Studies, Journalism Studies

Prof. Dr. Roy Jreijiry, Lebanese University, Faculty of Information, Lebanon.

Professor of Communication & Media, my research interests focus on media production analysis, political communication, gender studies, and the interaction between new and traditional media, particularly in relation to journalism

GA
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gizem Arıkan
Trinity College Dublin, Department of Political Science
Political Psychology

Doç. Dr. Gizem Arıkan, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Political Science, Dublin, Ireland.

DO
Asst. Prof. Derya Ozkul
University of Warwick, Department of Sociology
Migration Sociology

Dr. Derya Ozkul, University of Warwick, Department of Sociology, UK.

FH
Dr. Funda Hülagü
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Gender and Politics, International Relations Theories, Middle East Studies, Globalisation, Political Sociology

Dr. Funda Hülagü, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Siyaset Bilimi Bölümü, Marburg, Almanya.

Language Editors

Şenol Karabaltaoğlu
Dr. Şenol Karabaltaoğlu
KASTAMONU ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Tourism
FG
Res. Assist. Fevzi Can Gürüz
ABDULLAH GÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İNSAN VE TOPLUM BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, SİYASET BİLİMİ VE ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER BÖLÜMÜ, KARŞILAŞTIRMALI SİYASET ANABİLİM DALI
Political Theory and Political Philosophy, Political Science (Other), Intellectual History of Politics, Political Communication, Comparative Political Movement, Comparative Political Institutions, Political Movement
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