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Master's Theses

  • AKINCI ÖZMAN, Aylin. The Privatization Experience in Turkey During the 1980s. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 1990.
  • ÇAHA, Ömer. Environmentalism and the Relativization of the State Policy in Regard with the Environment in Turkey. September 1990.
  • İREM, Celal Nazım. The Interest Groups-State Interface: The Case of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 1990.
  • MİJGAR, Gül. Children's Picture Book and Fairy Tales in Turkey: A Study in Political Socialization. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 1990.
  • TAN BAYRAMGİL, Deniz. Transition from Single-Party to Multi-Party Politics in Turkey. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 1990.
  • COŞAR, Simten. The Postures of Post-1990 Parliamentary Parties with respect to Laicism. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya. October 1990.
  • BAYDAR, Ayşegül. 1991.
  • İLDAN, Ümit. Turgut Özal's Views on the Relationship Between Politics and Economy. Supervisor: Dr. Ümit Cizre Sakallıoğlu. September 1991.
  • YILDIZ, Ahmet. The Evolution of Islamic Politics in Turkey Along the NSP-PP Line: Change or Continuity? Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Jeremy Salt. September 1991.
  • AKKAŞ, Hasan Hüseyin. 1992.
  • ÇANCI, Haldun. Party Discipline Problem in the Social Democratic Populist Party. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya. September 1992.
  • KESKİNER, Korkut. Nationalism in the Post-1980 Turkey: With Special Reference to True Path Party. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 1992.
  • ÖZTİMUR, Neşe. Islamic Revivalism and the Islamic Intellectuals in the 1980: The Case of Ali Bulaç. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Jeremy Salt. September 1992.
  • YILMAZ, Mehmet. The Strong State and Local Government: Decentralization in France and Turkey. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ayşe Kadıoğlu. September 1992.
  • ARIKAN, Ekin Burak. Second Republic Debates in Turkey. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ayşe Kadıoğlu. September 1993.
  • BAŞKAN, Filiz. Recent Cleavages in the Religious Right in Turkey. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 1993.
  • ÇINAR, Menderes. An Evaluation of the Recent Debates on Restructuring of the Turkish Government: Federation and Unitary State Arguments. September 1993.
  • ORHAN, Gökhan. Interest Groups in Turkey: Post-1991 Politics The Case of TOBB and TUSIAD. September 1993.
  • ÇETİN, M. Polat. Privatization in Turkey: Changing Perceptions and Methods of a Decade. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Müberra Yüksel. September 1994.
  • ÇOLAK, Yılmaz. New Tendencies in the Turkish Center-Right: With Special Reference to the "New" Democrat Party. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. September 1994.
  • DURAN, Burhanettin. Kenan Evren's and Turgut Özal's Conceptualizations of Secularism: A Comparative Perspective. Supervisor: Dr. Orhan Tekelioğlu. September 1994.
  • GÜLER, Halil Sait. The Post-1989 Experience With the Presidency in Turkey: A Comparative Analysis of the Presidencies of Turgut Özal and Süleyman Demirel with Special Reference to Their Respective Conceptions of the Presidency. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. September 1994.
  • SOYARIK, Nalan. State Policies on Woman and Family in the Early 1990s. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ayşe Kadıoğlu. September 1994.
  • AYDIN, Ertan. The Rise of Turkish National Identity. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ayşe Kadıoğlu. September 1995.
  • ÇAKIRÖZER, Utku. Electoral Systems and Their Political Consequences a Special Case: Turkey. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. September 1995.
  • KARACAN, Burak Ali. The Relationship Between the Labour Unions and the State in Turkey During 1946-1980 Era. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ümit Cizre Sakallıoğlu. September 1995.
  • MAKRİHALİLAKİ, Siret. A Comparative Analysis of the 1960 and 1980 Military Interventions in Turkey. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. September 1995.
  • ZENGİN, Murat. A History of Turkey-The European Community: The Road to Customs Union. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Meltem Müftüler. September 1995.
  • USUL, Ali Resul. Secularity, Positivism, Positivist Secularism and Turkey. Supervisor: Dr. Tahire Erman. October 1995.
  • BAŞKÖY, Tuna. Coalition Governments in Turkey: "Office-Seeking or Policy-Pursuing?" A Structural Approach. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. September 1996.
  • BUDAK, Özgür. The Linkage Between Turkish New Nationalism and Neo Racism. Supervisor: Dr. Orhan Tekelioğlu. September 1996.
  • KARAOSMANOĞLU, Kerem. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and International Relations: A Critical Assessment. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Fuat Keyman. September 1996.
  • SABATINI BARREDO, Juan Martin. The Relationship Between the Church and the State: The Case of Argentina. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Banu Helvacıoğlu. September 1996.
  • SONER, B. Ali. Parliamentary Oppositions in Turkey. Oppositional Trends of Parliamentary Parties (1960-1980). Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya. October 1996.
  • KEMPER, Christian. The Way Towards Customs Union. A Policy-Analysis of the Negotiations Between Actors of the European Union and Turkey. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Evin. January 1997.
  • TUNCER, Aziz. The Roots of Turkish Liberalism. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Evin. January 1997.
  • WECH, Michael Niklas. Turkey and the European Union After Customs Union -A Reassessment of the Relations-. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Evin. January 1997.
  • ERUYGUR, Ayça. The Turkish Military and the Republican People's Party (1960-1988). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. March 1997.
  • ÇEMREK, Murat. Özal's Politics with Special Reference to Religion. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. August 1997.
  • GENÇOĞLU, Funda. National Identity, Citizenship and Pluralism in Turkey: The Turban Question. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Banu Helvacıoğlu. August 1997.
  • KOYUNCU, Berrin. Fethullah Gülen's Views on Islam and Democracy. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Orhan Tekelioğlu. August 1997.
  • KURTARAN, İlhan Yörük. Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi): On the Verge of New Politics (?) Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Banu Helvacıoğlu. September 1997.
  • ÇÖRTOĞLU, Feza Sencer. Environmental Pressure Groups in Turkey. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. December 1997.
  • ÖZER, Buğra. Patrimonial Characteristics of Turkish Public Bureaucracy in the Özal Era. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Fuat Keyman. January 1998.
  • GÜNEY, Ali Rıza. The Westernization Paradigms of the Committee of Union and Progress and Atatürk: Rupture or Continuity. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. February 1998.
  • KÖSEOĞLU, Hatice Ferah. Bülent Ecevit as a Political Leader. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ümit Cizre Sakallıoğlu. June 1998.
  • GÜRLEYEN, Işık. The Ideology and Textbooks: "Turkish Republic History of Renovation and Atatürkism" Textbooks (1980-1990). Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Banu Helvacıoğlu. August 1998.
  • ÖZMENEK, Elif. Statelessness and Refugees as a Global Problem; Turkish Refugee Policies. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. August 1998.
  • SEVGİLİER, Ülkem Özge. Propoganda and Persuasion by Television During the 1980 Coup D'etat in Turkey. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Orhan Tekelioğlu. August 1998.
  • KÖK, Ö. Hakan. The Turkish State's Economic Dilemmas in the 1970's: the Road to the 1980 Military Intervention. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Meltem Müftüler-Baç. September 1998.
  • OKTAY, Ahmet Metin. The Left of Center Politics in Turkey: The Republican People's Party 1965-1980. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. September 1998.
  • PEKER, Aslı Özgür. Situating the Question National Identity: The Turkish Case in a Global Context. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Fuat Keyman. September 1998.
  • BALL, Ben. -Sol- Searching: Dilemmas of the Turkish Left. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. June 1999.
  • GÖKER, Emrah. Reconstructing the Political: A Study on Contemporary Alevi Politics from a Generative Structuralist Perspective. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Tahire Erman. July 1999.
  • ALEMDAROĞLU, Ayça. Rethinking the Welfare Party: Analysis of the 1991 Election Campaign. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Orhan Tekelioğlu. August 1999.
  • ARSLAN, Emre. The Role and Influence of -Nationalist Action Party- in Turkish Political Life. Supervisor: Dr. Aslı Çırakman. September 1999.
  • EVCAN, Sinan. The Transformation of Western European Social Democracy and Its Reflections on Turkish Center-Left. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya. September 1999.
  • TOK, Neslihan. A Critical Approach to Gecekondu Studies in Turkey with a Reference to the Modernization Theory. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Tahire Erman. September 1999.
  • ÜÇKARDEŞLER, Emre. From Old to New: A Third Way or the End of Alternative Politics? The Case of the British Labour Party. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Lauren Mclaren. September 1999.
  • GÜRER, Güniz. Turkey's Rejection by the European Union Due to Human Rights Violations and Democracy. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Meltem Müftüler Baç. January 2000.
  • KAMACI, İpek. The Cultural Policies of the Turkish Republic During the Establishment of Nation State (1923-1938). Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Orhan Tekelioğlu. February 2000.
  • ALTUNOK, Gülbanu. Managementality Management as a Political Mentality. Supervisor: Dr. Aslı Çırakman. September 2000.
  • AYDIN, Filiz Tutku. A Case in Diaspora Nationalism: Crimean Tatars in Turkey. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. September 2000.
  • BİRLER, R. Ömür. Analyzing the Early Republican Ideology with Specific Reference to the Turkish Literature: 1930-1945. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. E. Fuat Keyman. September 2000.
  • EKEN, Bülent. Freedom and Solidarity Party (Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi) from the Past to the Future: A Short History. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. September 2000.
  • KARATEKELİOĞLU, Petek. The Impact of the European Union on the Modern Nation-State. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Meltem Müftüler-Baç. September 2000.
  • ÖZMEN, Ayşe Gülru. Enver Pasha and the Political Currents in the Late Ottoman Period. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya. September 2000.
  • SYDYKOV, Aslan. The Ferghana Valley as a Factor of Instability. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jeremy Salt. September 2000.
  • ŞAHİN, Yelda. Reading Carl Schmitt: A Theory of the State. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Fuat Keyman. September 2000.
  • TOPAL, Aylin. The New Right and Özalism: A Comparative Perspective. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 2000.
  • DEĞİRMENCİ, Koray. Trade Unions and Economic Restructuring with a Focus on the Turkish Case. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Tahire Erman. January 2001.
  • GEZGÖR, Burcu. Spill Over Effect of Environmental Consciousness: The Bergama Environmental Movement in Turkey. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya. January 2001.
  • GÖZÜKÜÇÜK, Yusuf. Rethinking the Turkish Center-Right in 1990s: Erosion or Replacement? The Case of the Nationalist Action Party- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. January 2001.
  • TATLI, Ahu. Islamist Women in the Post-1980s Modern Turkey: Ambivalent Resistance. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Tahire Erman. January 2001.
  • SARGIN, Ayşe. Against It's Modernist Grounds: Rethinking Clientelism. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Hootan Shambayati. February 2001.
  • ÇALIKOĞLU, Şule. A Study of Infant Mortality in Turkey in Relation to Health Policy. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Meltem Müftüler. July 2001.
  • ALTINTAŞ, İlkem. The European Convention on Human Rights and Its Impact on the Legal Systems of the Participating States. Supervisor: Dr. Scott Spehr. September 2001.
  • ARDIÇ, Elif. Empowerment of the Executive: Impact of Decrees Having Forece of Law on Turkish Politics. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya. September 2001.
  • DOĞAN, Hale. Rethinking the DLP: Analysis of the 1999 Election Campaign. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. September 2001.
  • DOLANAY, Züleyha Sezen. Presentation of Urban Violence in the Turkish Media After the 1990s. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Tahire Erman. September 2001.
  • GÜR, Asaf Çınar. The Problem of Northern Ireland as a Case Study of First World Nationalism. Supervisor: Dr. Aylin Güney. September 2001.
  • OCAKLI, Sait. Westernization, Modernization and Turkish-Arab Relations During Democrat Party Era. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jeremy Salt. September 2001.
  • TOKHTARBAYEV, Ozat. Kazakhstan: Transition to Democracy? Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. September 2001.
  • WEIDEMANN, Vera. Turkey and the European Union: Other Complementary Options? Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 2001.
  • YILDIZ, Necip. Rousseau's General will in the Light of Isaiah Berlin. Supervisor: Dr. Simon Wigley. September 2001.
  • YAMAN, Mine. Civil, Society and Democratic Consolidation: The Case of TUSIAD. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jeremy Salt. June 2002.
  • ÇAMYAR, İsa. Deterritorialization and the Modern State: The Case of European Integration. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Aslı Çırakman. July 2002.
  • ELBASANİ, Arolda. The Impact of Constitutions on Democratization: Cases of Hungary and Bulgaria. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Hootan Shambayati. July 2002.
  • ARDIÇ, M. Nergiz. Household Survival Strategies of the Urban Poor in Turkey. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Tahire Erman. August 2002.
  • DOĞAN, Setenay Nil. The Others' in the Discourse of Kemalist Women: Sublime Womanhood Creates the Sublime Nation. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dilek Cindoğlu. August 2002.
  • TAĞMA, Halit Mustafa. The Impact of Globalization on the National Security: The Turkish Case. Supervisor: Dr. Aylin Güney. August 2002.
  • BAYSU, Gülseli. Looking at Women's Poverty in Poor Households. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Tahire Erman. September 2002.
  • DİBEK, Esma Ceyda. Bülent Ecevit: Continuity and Change in his Political Views. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 2002.
  • İMİŞİKER - ÇAĞLAYAN, Zeynep. The Changing Nature of Islamism in Turkey: A Comparison of Erbakan and Erdoğan. Supervisor:Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 2002.
  • JOHNSTON, Rachel. Bipolar Disorder -The West and the Rest-. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Banu Helvacıoğlu. September 2002.
  • KAYAOĞLU, Barın. The European Union and Turkey in the Realm of the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. September 2002.
  • KOLAT, Gül. Turkish Conservatism from a Comparative Perspective. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. September 2002.
  • LAÇİN, Ercan. The Minority Issue in the Context of Turkey-EU Relations. Supervisor: Dr. Aylin Güney. September 2002.
  • SHKRELI, Etrit. A Historical Comparison of the Albanian and Turkish Citizenship in the 20th Century. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. September 2002.
  • TUNCEL, Turgut Kerem. Social and Spatial Transformations in Contemporary Metropolises with a Focus on the Disadvantaged. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Tahire Erman. September 2002.
  • ÇEVİK, Neslihan Kevser. A Foucaultian Reading of Genetic Science: Archaeologizing the Science of the Gene. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Simon Wigley. August 2003.
  • ANGILI, Burhan Mert. The Case of Youth Party in the Context of Post-80 Turkish Politics. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Orhan Tekelioğlu. September 2003.
  • AYDİL, İsmail. Public Use of Reason in a Comparative Perspective: John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Aslı Çırakman. September 2003.
  • COŞKUN, Meliha. Village Associations as Migrants' Formal Organizations: An Empirical Study in Mamak Ankara. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Tahire Erman. September 2003.
  • ÇELENK, Ayşe Aslıhan. Military and Democracy in Turkey and Algeria: The Success or Failure of the EU's Mediterranean Policy. Supervisor: Dr. Aylin Güney. September 2003.
  • YÜKSEL, Metin. Diversifying Feminism in Turkey in the 1990s. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Tahire Erman. September 2003.
  • BUYRUK, Özge Bora. Costs and Benefits to Turkey in its Relations with the United States: The Cold War and After. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Jeremy Salt. December 2003.
  • DEMİRAY, Mehmet. Understanding the Alevi Revival: A Transnational Perspective. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. February 2004.
  • ÇAĞIŞ, Elif. The Construction of the Republican Discourse through Interventions in Public Space. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Alev Çınar. June 2004.
  • EROL, Subhi Sinan. The Effects of the European Union Accession Process on the Turkish Law Enforcement System. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. July 2004.
  • İNANÇ, Zeynep. Evil in Nietzsche and its Reflections in the Speeches of George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden after September 11. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Banu Helvacıoğlu. July 2004.
  • ÇELİK, Özge. Interdependent Relationship between Action and Power in Hannah Arendt's Political Thought. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Aslı Çırakman. August 2004.
  • KAZAK, Evrim Özgül. Attitudes of the University Youth towards Authority: A Comparative Study in Major Universities of Ankara and Istanbul. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya. September 2004.
  • ZENCİRCİ, F. Gizem. Republic Days in the Post 1997 Period Turkey: Commemorative Activities as Embodied and Contested Interventions to the Imaginary Terrain of the Nation. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dilek Cindoğlu. September 2004.
  • TAŞ, Hakkı. The Impact of Strong State Tradition on the Early Republican Reforms of Secularization in Turkey (1923-1938). Supervisor: Prof. Ergun Özbudun. May 2005.
  • KALKAN, Kerem Ozan. A Study on Political Economy of Peripheral and Advanced Capitalism: A Simultaneous Transformation with Different Results in the Post-1980 United States, United Kingdom and Turkey. Supervisor: Prof. Ümit Cizre. June 2005.
  • SÖZÜBİR, Ufuk. Conceptualizing the Definition of Terrorism in Light of the Developments in the Fields of Academics, History and Legislation. Supervisor: Prof. Ergun Özbudun. September 2005.
  • İŞAŞİR, Emir. Prevention of Illegal Migration. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Tahire Erman. December 2006.

PhD Dissertations

  • ÇAHA, Ömer. The Role of Women in the Formation of Civil Society in Post-1980 Turkey. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dilek Cindoğlu. June 1993.
  • ÖZMAN, A. Aylin. The State and Bar Associations in Turkey: A Study in Interest-Group Politics. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. June 1995.
  • İREM, Celal Nazım. Kemalist Modernism and the Genesis of Turkish Traditionalist Conservatism. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ümit Cizre Sakallıoğlu. June 1996.
  • COŞAR, Simten. The State and Intellectual in Turkey: Between Liberal Ethos and the Myth of Democracy. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Metin Heper. June 1997.
  • YILDIZ, Ahmet. Search for an Ethno-Secular Delimitation of Turkish National Identity in the Kemalist Era. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ayşe Kadıoğlu. May 1998.
  • AVCI (GÜNEY), Aylin. Regionalism as a Failure of National Integration: A Case Study of Italy. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Meltem Müftüler-Baç. December 1998.
  • BAŞKAN, Filiz. The Nature of the Relationship Between Religious Communities and Civil Society in Turkey: The case of the Fethullah Gülen Community. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Fuat Keyman. December 1998.
  • ÇINAR, Menderes. The Republican Character of Islamism in Turkey from the Perspective of "The Political". Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ümit Cizre Sakallıoğlu. December 1998.
  • DEMİREL, Tanel. Political Party Elites and the Breakdown of Democracy: The Turkish Case, 1973-1980. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. December 1998.
  • SANCAR, Malike Selçuk. Social Democracy in Turkey in a Comparative Setting. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Burak Arıkan. December 1998.
  • KAHRAMAN, Hasan Bülent. The Making and the Crisis of Turkish Social Democracy. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Fuat Keyman. February 1999.
  • ÖZTİMUR, Neşe. Professional Veiled Women: The Everyday Life Strategies of Professional Islamic Women in 1990s Bursa. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dilek Cindoğlu. December 1999.
  • ÇOLAK, Yılmaz. Civilizing Process from Above: Culture and State in Turkey, 1923-1945. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. July 2000.
  • SOYARIK, Nalan. The Citizen of the State and the State of the Citizen: An Analysis of the Citizenization Process in Turkey. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. September 2000.
  • DURAN, Burhanettin. Transformation of Islamist Political Thought in Turkey from the Empire to the Early Republic (1908-1960): Necip Fazıl Kısakürek's Political Ideas. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ümit Cizre. January 2001.
  • BARKÇİN, Savaş Ş. Three Faces of the Legitimacy Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Identity, Rationality and Universality. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Fuat Keyman. June 2001.
  • YILMAZ, Mehmet. The State Elites and Secularism with Special Reference to the Military: The Case of the 1980 Military Intervention. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. February 2002.
  • ÇEMREK, Murat. Formation and Representation of Interests in Turkish Political Economy: The Case of MÜSİAD (Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association). Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Hootan Shambayati. June 2002.
  • COŞKUN, Selim. Total Quality Management (TQM) in the Turkish Public Sector: The Views of Public Employees on Practices, Impacts and Problems for the Implementation of TQM in two Public Organizations. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. November 2002.
  • GENEL, Sema. NGO's as the Link between State and Society? Women's Community Centers in Southeastern Turkey. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. December 2002.
  • YILMAZ, Cevdet. Planning for Complex Modernity: The Turkish Case. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Emin Fuat Keyman. January 2003.
  • KOÇAN, Gürcan. Dialogism and Democracy. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Simon Wigley. April 2003.
  • KAYGUSUZ, Özlem. Foreign Policy and the Construction of Modern Turkish Citizenship during the National Struggle Period. Assoc. Prof. Ümit Cizre. May 2003.
  • USUL, Ali Resul. International Dimension of Democratization? The Influence of the European Union on the Consolidation of Democracy in Turkey 1987-2002. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. May 2003.
  • AYDIN, Ertan. The Peculiarities of the Turkish Revolutionary Ideology in the 1930s: The Ülkü Version of Kemalism, 1933-1936. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ümit Cizre. September 2003.
  • KOYUNCU, Berrin. Globalization and Its Impact on Turkish Business Associations: TÜSİAD and MÜSİAD in a Comparative Perspective. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Fuat Keyman. September 2003.
  • KALİBER, Alper.Rearticulation of Turkish Foreign Policy, Its Impact on National /State Identity and State Society Relations in Turkey: The Cyprus Case. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Orhan Tekelioğlu. December 2003.
  • SONER, B. Ali. Minority Rights Regime in Turkey and the European Regional Organizations. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Banu Helvacıoğlu and Assoc. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. February 2004.
  • HAZAMA, Yasushi. Electoral Volatility in Turkey. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Ömer Faruk Gençkaya. March 2004.
  • TOKTAŞ, Şule. Citizenship, Minorities and Immigrants: A Comparison of Turkey's Jewish Minority and Turkish-Jewish Immigrants in Israel. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Ahmet İçduygu. June 2004.
  • GÖZDAŞOĞLU KÜÇÜKALİOĞLU, Elif. Imagi-nation of Gendered Nationalism: The Representation of Women as Gendered National Subjects in Ottoman-Turkish Novels (1908-1938). Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Banu Helvacıoğlu. November 2005.
  • TORUS, Emre. An Analysis on the Contribution of Civil Society to Democratic Consolidation in Turkey. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun. May 2007.
  • DEMİRTAŞ, Neslihan. Critical Moments of Social Spatialization in the Neighboorhood: An Alternative Reading of the Mainstream Gecekondu History. Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Banu Helvacıoğlu. June 2007.

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