Volume 13, Number 30
15 May
2007





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Long-Time Head of International Relations Department to Step Down as Chair

Prof. Dr. Ali Karaosmanošlu, who assumed the chairmanship of the Bilkent University Department of International Relations shortly after its foundation, has decided after nearly 20 years of leading the department to step down from his position as Chair and to stay on as a member of the IR faculty. In addition to his long-time leadership position at Bilkent University and his invaluable efforts in the building of the Bilkent IR department, Dr. Karaosmanošlu is widely recognized as an icon of the Turkish International Relations community. Specializing in areas of strategic studies, foreign policy and public international law, the excellence of his scholarly work and his contributions to the local discipline provide inspiration to his students and colleagues alike. Under Dr. Karaosmanošlu's leadership, the Bilkent University Department of International Relations has continually grown in size and stature. With the diverse faculty, research orientations, and multiple tracks of studies that Dr. Karaosmanošlu has established, the department proudly claims its position as the best-known and most respected Turkish IR department both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Karaosmanošlu earned his Ph.D. in Law at the University of Lausanne. He has taught at both Middle East Technical and Bosphorous universities, held visiting positions at Stanford and Princeton, fellowships with Fulbright, NATO, and The Hague Academy of International Law, and has been a member of Turkish Delegations to various intergovernmental conferences, including the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the UN Conference on the
Law of the Sea. He is the author and editor of several books, including Les actions militaires coercitive et non coercitive des Nations Unies (Genéve: Droz, 1970) - awarded the Foundation Fleuret prize (1971) and The Europeanization of Turkey's Security Policy (Ankara: Foreign Policy Institute, 2004), and has published in such journals as Foreign Affairs, Europa Archiv, Politique Etrangčre, Security Dialogue, International Defense Review, and Journal of International Affairs.

The students, faculty members, and administrative staff of the Department of International Relations would like to express their gratitude to Dr. Karaosmanošlu for his years of guidance and leadership, and look forward to a long future of continuing to benefit from his scholarly insights, practical experience, and vision. Dr. Karaosmanošlu looks forward to now having time to dedicate himself fully to his research and publishing activities.

Dr. Karaosmanošlu will be succeeded as department Chair by Associate Professor Dr. Ersel Aydżnlż. Dr. Aydżnlż completed his doctoral studies at McGill University (2002), and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (2004-2005). He has previously taught at McGill, Middle East Technical and George Washington Universities.

He has published various works on the topics of globalization and security, international relations theory, and Turkish politics.




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