Prof. Gul Mehpare Kurtoglu-Eskisar, Professor of Department of International Relations, Dokuz Eylul University (Turkey)
• Coordinator for Dokuz Eylul University, Network project Peace, War and the World in European Security Challenges (POWERS) (Ref. no. 599962-EPP-1-2018-1-RU-EPPJMO-NETWORK) (2018-2021).
• MC Substitute, “CA17119 - EU Foreign Policy Facing New Realities: Perceptions, Contestation, Communication and Relations,” https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA17119/#tabs|Name:overview (2018-2022).
• Partner, UNESCO Chair on International Migration (2016-2020).
• Chair, Department of International Relations (2015-2018).
• Member, Dokuz Eylul University Research and Publication Ethics Committee for Social Sciences (2017-2018).
• Member, Committee on Faculty Identity and Institutional Core Values (2013-2018).
• Erasmus Coordinator for Department of International Relations (2010-2012).

Education: MA in International Relations (The University of Chicago); PhD in Political Science (The University of Chicago); BA in International Relations (Bilkent University; valedictorian).
Teaching Experience: Theories of International Relations, Comparative Politics, Research Methods, Politics of Development, Asian Politics.
Research Interests: Democratization, Informal Institutions, Foreign Aid, Development, Corruption, Clientelism and Patronage. Her published works include a book, titled “Foreign Aid and Corruption in Post-Conflict Societies, a co-edited book in Turkish, titled “Siyasi Islam’in Farklı Yuzleri (Variant Shades of Political Islam)”, and articles on political Islam, EU and ENP.
Latest publications:
  • ■ (2015) Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar and Aysegul Komsuoglu, “A critical assessment of the transformative power of EU reforms on reducing corruption in the Balkans,” Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (SSCI);
  • ■ (2015) Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, Foreign Aid and Corruption in Post-Conflict Countries, BILGESAM http://www.bilgesam.org/en/incele/2122/-foreign-aid-and-corruption-in-post-conflict-countries/#.WMTsd2-GN1s;
  • ■ (March 2014). Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “A Facilitator or A Hindrance: The Role of Religion on Balkan Peace,” International Studies Association 55th Annual Convention, Canada;
  • ■ (March 2014) Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar and Aysegul Komsuoglu, “Corruption and Statebuilding: Evidence from the Balkans,” International Studies Association 55th Annual Convention, Canada;
  • ■ (2013) Aysegul Komsuoglu and Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Turkey,” Religion in the Military Worldwide, Ron E. Hassner (editor), Cambridge University Press. (http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/comparative-politics/religion-military-worldwide);
  • ■ (2012) Aysegul Komsuoglu and Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “The Rise of Political Islam and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey,” Democratic Consolidation in Turkey, Muge Aknur, (editor), Boca Raton: Universal-Publishers, pp.307-344;
  • ■ (October 11-14, 2012). Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Religion as a Source of Peace or Conflict in Balkan Politics: An Assesment,” peer-reviewed paper, The 2nd International Balkan Conference (IBAC 2012): ‘The Balkans at a Crossroads: Evaluating Past, Reading Present, Imagining Future,’ organized by Istanbul University in collaboration with the University of Tirana and Epoka University, Second International Balkan Annual Conference, Tirana, Albania, v.1, pp.242-257. (http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/handle/1/389);
  • ■ (March 16-19, 2011). Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar and Sherrill Stroschein, “Positive Patronage? Informal Supports for Formal Institutions,” International Studies Association 52nd Annual Convention, Montreal, Canada.;
  • ■ (December 15 – 16, 2010) Aysegul Komsuoglu and Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Religion in the Turkish Armed Forces,” Religion and the Armed Forces, Conference/Symposium, Religion, Politics and Globalization Program at the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA;
  • ■ (September 3-6, 2009). Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar and Sherrill Stroschein, “Moderating Effects of Patronage in the Middle East and Eastern Europe,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada;
  • ■ (2009) Aysegul Komsuoglu and Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, Siyasi Islam’ın Farklı Yüzleri (Diverse Faces of Political Islam), Istanbul: Profil Yayınları;
  • ■ (2009) Aysegul Komsuoglu and Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Giriş Yerine,” Siyasi Islam’ın Farklı Yüzleri, pp.9-54, Istanbul: Profil Yayınları;
  • ■ (2009) Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Siyasal İslam’ın İki Yüzü: Cezayir ve Fas,” Siyasi Islam’ın Farklı Yüzleri, pp.135-159, Istanbul: Profil Yayınları;
  • ■ (2009) Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “When State Becomes the Mediator: Understanding the Roots of Inter-Ethnic Peace in the Ottoman Empire”, International Review of Turkology, 2 (4), 5-22;
  • ■ (2008) Gul M.Kurtoglu-Eskisar, , “Accounting for the ‘Moderation’ of Political Islam in the Middle East: Internal vs. External Factors Examined,” Annals of Japan Association for Middle East Studies (AJAMES), 24 (2), pp.95-126;
  • ■ (2008) Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Democratization in Eastern Europe: A Viable Model for the Middle East?”, Romanian Journal of Political Science, 8 (1), pp.25-36. (SSCI);
  • ■ (2008) Gul M. Kurtoğlu Eskisar, “Political Parties Matter: Explaining Peaceful and Violent State-Islamist Interactions in Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia and Turkey,” Japanese Journal of Political Science, 9 (2), pp.183-207 (SSCI);
  • ■ (2008) “Chris Brown and Ainley, Kirsten, Understanding International Relations”, CEU Political Science Journal, 3 (3), pp.353-354. (Book Review);
  • ■ (March 26-29, 2008). Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, "Accounting for the ’Moderation’ of Political Islam in the Middle East: Domestic vs. External Factors Examined", International Studies Association (ISA) 49th Annual Convention, San Francisco, USA;
  • ■ (March 26-29, 2008). Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, "Democratization and its ’Other(s)’: An Overview of Political Changes in Eastern Europe and the Middle East", International Studies Association (ISA) 49th Annual Convention, San Francisco, USA;
  • ■ (2007) Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Karşıtların Sinerjisi Mi? Avrupalı Kimliği, İslam Dünyası ve Siyasi İslam Üzerine Bazı Notlar”, Bilgi ve Bellek, 4 (08), pp.3-13;
  • ■ (2007) Gul M. Kurtoglu-Eskisar, “Emulating the Turkish Experience through European Neighborhood Policy—Prospects for Democratization in the Arab and Muslim World Considered”, Journal of International and Area Studies, 14 (2), pp.75-90 (Area Index);
  • ■ (February 28-March 3, 2007). Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Emulating the Turkish Experience Through European Neighborhood Policy: Prospects for Democratization in the Arab and Muslim World Considered,” 48th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, USA;
  • ■ (February 28-March 3, 2007). Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Political Islam and Power Contestations in the ‘Muslim World’: Leading Theories Revisited,” 48th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, USA;
  • ■ (May 18-19, 2007). Gul M. Kurtoglu Eskisar, “Democratization in Eastern Europe: A viable model for the Middle East?”, Conference on the Membership in EU and NATO: Lessons for Bulgaria, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Contact information:
Address: Dokuz Eylul University, Isletme Fakultesi, Tinaztepe Kampüsü, 35390 Izmir (Turkey)
Tel./Fax: +90 533 7250377, +90 232 301 8218

Website: http://isletme.deu.edu.tr/en/academic-personnel-ire/,
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https://deu.academia.edu/GulMKurtogluEskisar,
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3353-0596

Email: gul.kurtoglu @ deu.edu.tr