Dear students! Welcome to our department,
Istanbul University Faculty of Economics Department of Political Science and International Relations has a deep-rooted academic infrastructure that on-going education and training activities at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels in the light of an accumulation of knowledge of nearly 70 years. Being a partner of this accumulation with us means not only participating in a qualified academic education process, beyond that, but also being a member of big family.
Our department is also based on the interdisciplinary academic tradition of the Faculty of Economics, which celebrates its 80th anniversary. Therefore, lectures in the fields of Economics, Finance, Numerical Methods and Business are also included in our curriculum. Our students can take the core curriculum in different disciplines of social sciences from an elite academic staff, and they can have a multi-dimensional analytical perspective that prioritizes analytical and critical thinking, addressing a broad historical plan apart from global, current scientific issues.
The Department of Political Science and International Relations is structured under two different departments as Political Science and International Relations. In the Department of Political Science lectures on political theory, political thought, comparative politics and Turkish political life, while in the Department of International Relations it is aimed that our students gain a multidimensional perspective on phenomenons and problems through courses on International Relations theory, global politics, political economy and regional studies.
In our department, there is an English preparatory year application and in order to graduate, our students are obligatory to take at least 30% of their total courses from the lectures given in this language. In addition, language courses in two different languages, German and French, are included in our curriculum. At the same time, we offer our students the opportunity to receive academic education abroad via Erasmus and Mevlana exchange programs.
Dear youth,
We have a rich experience as Turkey's oldest state university. To our experience, we add our increasing national and international activity and distinguished graduate profile that expanding and gaining international character over time both in the public and private sectors and academy. Apart from academic education, as the Department of Political Science and International Relations with the social and cultural opportunities we offer you in our campus located in the most historical district of Istanbul, we continue to be one of the prestigious departments in Turkey with you.
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Öztürk
Chair
Istanbul University Faculty of Economics Department of Political Science and International Relations provides undergraduate, graduate and doctorate level education.
In the following economic theory, economic history, public finance and law-based education program of the Faculty of Economics for the first two years, the academic program of the last two years cover five sub-areas: international relations, comparative politics, political theory, political history and politics of Turkey. Our main goal is to gain an intellectual depth by teaching students to ask questions, think critically, gain a world view that is open to multiple and alternative perspectives and work as a team. For this purpose, our department provides a training and research formation based on multidimensional, critical, theoretical and methodological pluralism, open to differences and based on interdisciplinary knowledge.
In addition to the introductory courses in different fields such as Political Science, International Relations and Political and Social History, the students are much more advanced courses with such as economic politics, democratization, gender and identity policies, political regimes, political theory, comparative politics, European Union, Middle East, Central Asia, history of Ottoman Turkey and Turkish political life is aimed to do extensive research on different subjects.
Students are able to take many elective courses offered by an expert staff, who are becoming increasingly rich and well-known each year, with guest lecturers contributing, and can concentrate on areas of interest in the third year of the undergraduate program.
Graduates of the department find wide career opportunities in the public and private sectors at home and abroad. Various organizations of the United Nations and the European Union, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other public institutions and organizations can find career opportunities in universities, media, political parties, non-governmental organizations and private companies.
Each one has been found in scientific research activities at prestigious universities in Turkey and abroad and Turkey following the latest information and developments in their respective areas in the world, the training staff consist of education as scientific research into the importance of giving faculty members, Turkey and the world is in constant contact with scholars and institutions .
As part of programs such as Erasmus and Mevlana, our students have the opportunity to study for several semesters in different countries and to have academic experience abroad, through student exchange programs conducted with universities abroad. Our department also provides our students with opportunities to do masters and doctorates in different universities at home and abroad thanks to their importance and relations with other national and international interactions. Each year a growing number of students accepted into our graduate program in many prestigious public and private universities in Turkey tablet while the US and are gaining scholarships for postgraduate study in European universities. Our department started education in English with the 2015-2016 academic year. For the transition to the department where 30% of the courses will be in English, students will receive preparatory education for 1 year before undergraduate education.
2019 YKS Data
The Last Person's Score With 0.12 Coefficient 350,75776
Success Order of Last Person Placed with 0,12 Coefficient 94,796
General Quota 100
Top Student Quota 3
The Department of Political Science and International Relations is a part of the Istanbul University Faculty of Economics, founded in 1936. The foundations of our department, in line with the interdisciplinary nature of Istanbul University Faculty of Economics which is Turkey's pioneer and one of the oldest institutions, were laid in 1948 with the chair created under the name "Discipline of Political Sciences". It was restructured as the Department of International Relations with the regulation made in 1982. Our department, which was closed in 1999, was reopened in 2004 and was renamed as Political Science and International Relations Department.
Professor Dr. Esat Çam (1929-2003) is the founding president of our department. Professor Dr. Toktamış Ateş (1944-2013) was the head of the department between 1996 and 2011. Professor Dr. Nevin Ateş (1958-2015) served as the head of department between 2011 and 2015. Prof. Dr. Haluk Alkan, who started working as head of department in 2015, handed over his duty to Prof. Dr. Ahmet Öztürk as of 10.01.2020.
OUR MISSION
The Department of Political Science and International Relations aims to educate students helpful to nature, world community and Turkey, who can bridge between past and future with their wide knowledge and creative, critical and reformist methods to bring about more sustainable and ethical path to humanity, and can put forward new interpretations, theories and approaches to the field of Political Science and International Relations. One of our mission as a department is to conduct researches that question social and political matters utilising multiple languages with an international viewpoint. It is our objective to raise individuals who follow world and Turkish politics closely to critically analyse and offer solutions to the global and national problems. Department graduates find career opportunities in the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other state institutions; United Nations, European Union and other international organizations; in international and local civil society organizations, in multinational organizations, in media and in universities.
OUR VISION
The vision of the Department of Political Science and International Relations is to train individuals who are qualified in the national and international arena, shape the future and responsive to local and global issues. Our department is compatible with the globalizing world thanks to its different academic disciplines togetherness. In this direction, our department approaches contemporary world problems in both theoretical and practical areas of the discipline. In addition, our department has adopted the principle of making a difference in the field with its well-established history and qualified academic personnel. Establishing a mutual relationship between students and academic personnel throughout the education and training process is also a part of this principle. From this aspects, our department offers university life that includes a vision of thinking together, productive and confidential to our students. When considered from all this point of view, our department directly contributes to the social sciences covering the political, social and economic fields.
This page includes some of our faculty members who worked in our department.
| Faculty Member | Started | Left
|
| Prof. Dr. Önder ARI | 1957 | 1998 |
Prof. Dr. James Nigel MURRAY
| 1964
| 1971 |
Prof. Dr.İlter TURAN
| 1964 | 1981
|
Prof. Dr. Myron LUNİNE
| 1965
| 1967 |
Prof. Dr. Toktamış ATEŞ
| 1967
| 2011
|
Prof. Dr. Richard PFAFF
| 1967
| 1968 |
Prof. Dr. Acar ÖRNEK
| 1973
| 2003
|
Prof. Dr. Bener KARAKARTAL
| 1975
| 2003
|
Prof. Dr. Ömer Faruk SÖNMEZOĞLU
| 1976
| 1997 |
Prof. Dr. Murat ÖZYÜKSEL
| 1992
| 2003
|
Doç. Dr. F. Şirin TEKELİ
| 1971
| 1981
|
Doç. Dr. Nur VERGİN
| 1974
| 1982
|
Doç. Dr. Cemil OKTAY
| 1976
| 1982
|
Doç. Dr. Ülkü DEMİRDÖĞEN
| 1976
| 1996
|
| Doç. Dr. Kemal MELEK | 1985 | 1989 |
| Doç. Dr. Deniz Ülke ARIBOĞAN | 1987 | 2000
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