Hikmet Özdemir (Political Scientist)

     Political scientist (b. 1951, Kahramanmaraş). He is a graduate of the Turkey Middle East Institute of Public Administration. He received a doctoral degree from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences. He worked at Turkish Scientific and Technical Studies Foundation for 10 years. He conducted a postdoctoral study in London at the Schools of Asia and Africa and became a professor. He served as the consultant of vice-Prime Minister in the coalition of Right Path Party-Social-Democrat Popular Party, and as the first-counselor of the President, Turgut Özal. He worked as a lecturer in Kırıkkale University, Department of History. WORKS:

Kalkınmada Bir Strateji Arayışı-Yön Hareketi (A Search for a Strategy of Development- the Movement of Direction, 1986), Sol Kemalizm (The Leftist Kemalism, 1993), Rejim ve Asker (The Regime and the Army, 1993), Ordunun Olağandışı Rolü (The Extraordinary Role of the Army, 1994), Tarih ve Politika (History and Politics, 1995), Üçüncü Türkiye (Third Turkey, 1995), Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (Turkish Republic, 1995). 

REFERENCE: İhsan Işık / Yazarlar Sözlüğü (1990, 1998) - Türkiye Yazarlar Ansiklopedisi (2001, 2004) – Encyclopedia of Turkish Authors (2005) - Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006, gen. 2. bas. 2007) - Ünlü Fikir ve Kültür Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 3, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Serdar Ant “Bir Jön Türk’ün Ardından...” (Virgül, sayı: 33, Eylül 2000), Cemil Çiftçi / Maraşlı Şairler Yazarlar Alimler (2000), Fethi Naci / Alıntılardan Alıntılar ya da YÖN Yılları (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 21.3.2002), İhsan Işık / Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2006).