Ümit Cizre
Turkish political scientist (born 1946)
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Ümit Cizre (born 1946[1]) is a Turkish academic, and a leading expert on civilian-military relations in Turkey.[2][3] She is a professor of political science and international relations at Istanbul Şehir University.[4] She is the editor of Almanac Turkey 2005 – Security Sector and Its Democratic Oversight (2006), which gained public attention in Turkey.[5][6]
Middle East Technical University(M.Sc.)
Ankara University(P.hD)
Ümit Cizre | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 (age 79–80) |
| Education | London University (B.Sc.) Middle East Technical University(M.Sc.) Ankara University(P.hD) |
Career
After graduating from London University in 1968 she gained a masters from Middle East Technical University in 1982 and a doctorate from Ankara University in 1987. She was at the Bilkent University in Ankara, later becoming director of the Center for Modern Turkish Studies at Istanbul Şehir University in 2010.[1]
She has been a Fulbright Scholar and visiting professor at Princeton University, and a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2009).[1][7]
Books
- Secular and Islamic politics in Turkey. The making of the Justice and Development Party (London and New York: Routledge, 2008)
- Almanac Turkey 2005 – Security Sector and Its Democratic Oversight (2006), TESEV
- AP-Ordu İlişkileri-Bir İkilemin Anatomisi, Istanbul: İletişim Yayınları, Second Edition, November 2002.
