Political scientist (b. 1955,
Borçka / Artvin). He attended Artvin Primary School (1972) and graduated from
Rize High School (externally, 1977) and Istanbul University, Faculty of
Economics, Department of Journalism and Public Affairs (later known as the
Department of Press and Broadcasting) in 1981. He received his postgraduate
degree at İstanbul University, Faculty of Economics and Political Science
Institute (1983) and he did his PhD at the same university at the Social
Science Institute, International Department (1987). He became an associate
professor in 1992.
He studied as a researcher at
Uludağ University, Faculty of Administrative Science, Department of Public
Administration, Political and Social Science Branch from 1984 until 1987. Between
1988 and 1994, he worked as an editor and encyclopedia article writer on
contemporary Turkey and the Islamic world for an international publication and
research center. He was appointed as a lecturer to Sakarya University, Faculty
of Economics and Administrative Science, Departments of Public Administration
and International Political Affairs, Turkish Political Life, Political Parties,
International Organization and the Middle East in the Modern Age: He gives
lessons to post graduate students on Political Development, Political Life in
Turkey and the Theory of Democracy. He wrote anecdotal articles for Millî Gazete starting in 1979. He also
wrote for İlim ve Sanat, Dış Politika
(1988), Uludağ Üniversitesi İktisat ve
İdare Dergisi (1985-86) and Tarih ve
Toplum (1989). He has written works on the political life in Turkey, the
problems and processes in the modern age and he has also translated and written
articles for encyclopedias. He has also produced work such as a documentary on
Turkey’s crisis in democracy.
WORKS:
ESSAY-RESEARCH:
İslâmın İlk Döneminde Siyasal Katılma (Political Participation in the First Period
of Islam, 1983), İslâmın İlk Döneminde
Zengin Yoksul İlişkileri ve Zekat (Relations Between the Rich and the Poor
and Benevolence in the First Period of Islam, 1984), Osmanlı Devletinde Siyaset ve Din
(Politics and Religion in the Ottoman State, 1989), Din Bürokrasisi-Yapısı, Konumu ve Gelişimi (Religious Bureaucracy Organization, Situation and
Development, 1992), İslâm Dünyasında Dayanışma Hareketleri
(Solidarity in the Islamic World, 1992), Laiklik,
Siyaset ve Değişim (Secularism,
Politics and Change, 1995), Ortadoğu
Neresi (Where is the Middle East?, 1995), Değişim ve Süreklilik (Change and Continuity, 1995), Yol Ayırımındaki Türkiye (Turkey at the
Crossroad, 1996), Devlet, Siyaset ve
Toplum (State Politics and Society, 1996), İslâm Dünyasında Entegrasyon Hareketleri (Integration in the
Islamic World, 1999), Demokratikleşemeyen
Türkiye (Turkey that Cannot Be Democratized, 2000), Ertesigün / Demokrasi Krizlerinde Basın ve Aydınlar (The Following
Day /the Press and Intelligentsia During the Democracy Crisis, 2000), 27 Mayıs Darbesi / Hatıralar Gözlemler
Düşünceler (27 May Coup D’Etat/ Memories, Observations, Thoughts, 2001), Demokrasi Sorunu ve Türk Demokrasisi (The Problem of Democracy
and Turkish Democracy, 2001), Siyaset
Bilimi (Political Science, 2002), 12
Mart Darbesi (12 March Coup D’Etat, 2003).
COLLECTION: Türkiye’de İslâm ve Laiklik (Islam and
Secularism in Turkey, 1995), Türkiye’de
Yönetim Geleneği (Tradition of Administration in Turkey, 1998).
Also he has translated works
from English.
