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Mehmet Ozkan

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Archive data: Person was Visiting Fellow at IDSA from 12 July-15 October 2010

Mehmet Ozkan is a PhD Candidate at Sevilla University, Spain, and his work focuses on the role of religion/culture in shaping foreign policy mentality in Turkey, India and South Africa. After graduating from International Relations at the Faculty of Political Science at Istanbul University, he studied in South Africa (University of Johannesburg) and Sweden (Linkoping University) where he obtained master’s degree. In 2009, he was a visiting student at UPB-Medellin in Colombia. His articles appeared in the Research Journal of International Affairs, Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Turkish Review of Middle East Studies, The Journal of Modern African Studies (forthcoming), Review of African Political Economy (forthcoming), Akademik Ortadoğu and Stratejik Öngörü. He also contributes with his commentaries to several journals, including A Different View, Perspektif, This is Africa/Financial Times as well as newspapers such as El Tiempo (Colombia) and Yeni Safak (Turkey). He was member of the editorial board of bi-annual academic journal, Politikon: IAPSS Journal of Political Science in 2008.

Visiting Fellow
E-mail: metkan82[at]hotmail[dot]com
Phone: +91 11 2671 7983

Publication

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Turkey, Islamic Politics and the ‘Turkish Model’

In more than three decades, ever since the Islamic-oriented National Order Party was formed in 1969, Turkish politics has been analysed by many in terms of two straitjacketed views: Islamists trying to capture power on the one hand, and on the other hand the secularists or the state elite, with the help of the military, struggling to keep the country’s political orientation towards the West to protect Turkey as a secular state. This image of Turkey has created some confusion among strategic analysts abroad in understanding Turkey and its policies.

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Turkey–Brazil Involvement in Iranian Nuclear Issue: What Is the Big Deal?

The Iranian nuclear stand-off is still a major issue in global politics. From international players like the European Union, the United States and the United Nations, to individual states, almost each country has its own stake in the issue. However, the recent deal brokered by Turkey and Brazil has not only changed the nature of the issue, but also the discussion itself. The deal has changed the nature because the one-sided dialogue between the international community and Iran is no longer relevant.

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