ULUSLARARASI ILISKILER, VOLUME 16, NUMBER 64, 2019

Mustafa AYDIN* and Cihan DİZDAROĞLU**

ABSTRACT

In parallel with the worldwide studies focusing on the International Relations (IR) discipline, there have been works looking into the transformation of the IR discipline in Turkey and its contribution to the global knowledge production. In order to provide sound data for these studies, International Relations Council of Turkey (IRCT) conducted two surveys among the Turkish IR academics in 2007 and 2009, and have been cooperating with the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations at the College of William and Mary since then on the Teaching, Research and International Policy (TRIP) project. The TRIP surveys that aim to understand the epistemological and ontological limits, autonomous character of the IR discipline as well as the theoretical, metodological and pedagocial approaches in which IR scholars used in their teaching and research activities, also help to comprehend the place of the Turkish IR scholars within the global IR discipline. This paper presents Turkey-related findings of the lastest survey, which was simultaneously conducted in 35 different countries between February and July 2018.

Keywords: International Relations, Academic Choices, Scientific Research, Method, Education

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* Prof. Dr., Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University

** Dr., MSCA Fellow, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University & Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Kadir Has University. Dr. Dizdaroğlu’s research project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 796053. Click here to download the article in Turkish (PDF). 

International Relations in Turkey: An Evaluation on the Findings of TRIP 2018 yazısı ilk önce Global Academy üzerinde ortaya çıktı.

ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER, VOLUME 12, NUMBER 48, 2016

Mustafa AYDIN*, Fulya HİSARLIOĞLU**, Korhan YAZGAN***

ABSTRACT

Despite the increasing interest in the studies inquiring the limits, autonomous character of and the interactions between the International Relations (IR) discipline and other academic fields, the scope and scale of empirical research on these issues are relatively small. In order to contribute to the discussion on the limits and peculiarities of the IR discipline and to shed light on the development, current status and major characteristics of the IR studies in Turkey, its place in the global IR discipline and the views of IR scholars on major issues on the global, regional and national agenda, two surveys were conducted by the International Relations Council of Turkey (IRCT) in 2007 and 2009. Later on, the IRTC collaborated with the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations at the College of William and Mary to conduct further surveys in 2011 and 2014. This paper presents findings of the last survey on Turkey, based on the worldwide research simultaneously conducted in 31 different countries in September 2014.

Keywords: International Relations, Academia, Academic Choices, Scientific Research, Method, Education, Political Preferences, Survey.

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*Prof. Dr., Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University, Istanbul.

**Assist, Prof. Dr., Department of International Relations, Doğuş University, Istanbul.

***Dr., Istanbul.

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An Analysis of International Relations Academics in Turkey and their approaches to the field: TRIP 2014 Faculty Survey Results yazısı ilk önce Global Academy üzerinde ortaya çıktı.

ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER, VOLUME 9, NUMBER 36, WINTER 2013

Mustafa AYDIN and Korhan YAZGAN*

ABSTRACT Following the surveys which were conducted in 2007 and 2009 by the International Relations Council of Turkey, Teaching, Research and International Politics Survey 2011 was implemented in 2011 in cooperation with the Teaching, Research and International Politics – TRIP Survey which has been carried out by the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations at the College of William and Mary in the United States since 2004. The survey aims to explain and understand the development, current status and major characteristics of the International Relations (IR) studies in Turkey, its place in the global IR discipline and the views of IR scholars on major issues on the global, regional and national agenda. This report aims to present the results of the survey comparatively at the global and national scale. The findings were organized in such a way to also test the argument that there is a functional core/periphery division in the world of IR, according to which the Western core countries undertake theoretical knowledge production and other countries provide local expertise and data.

Keywords: International Relations, International Relations in Turkey, Academic Preferences, Scientific Research, Methodology, Education, Political Preferences, Survey.

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* Prof. Dr., Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University, İstanbul. **PhD Candidate, Departement of Political Science, Exeter University, UK.

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Survey International Relations Faculty in Turkey: Teaching, Research and International Politics -2011 yazısı ilk önce Global Academy üzerinde ortaya çıktı.

Mustafa Aydın, Korhan Yazgan*
Prof. Dr., Kadir Has Üniversitesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler
Bölümü
* Doktora Adayı, Exeter Üniversitesi, Siyaset Bilimi
Bölümü

ABSTRACT

One of the major weaknesses of the studies on the development of International Relations (IR)
curricula in Turkey is the lack of systematic data on the characteristics, history, development and
current status of the IR academia. In order to reveal research practices of academicians, and how
international relations is taught and how IR scholars perceive the discipline, an online survey
was conducted among the faculty members of the IR Departments in Turkey in June-July 2009.
Scholars were asked to answer 55 questions about the IR curriculum, courses, research subjects,
and major theoretical approaches, political attitudes, funds, language and types of publication,
academic journals, universities, the involvement of academy in policy-making process and nonacademic intellectual activities. Th e results of the survey indicates that IR studies in Turkey seems to be foreign policy oriented, focus on Turkey and the big power policies and the discipline
is under the infl uence of Realism.

Keywords: International Relations, International Relations in Turkey, Academic Preferences,
Scientific Research, Methodology, Education, Political Preferences, Survey.

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Survey of International Relations Faculty in Turkey:<br>Research, Teaching and Views on the Discipline – 2009 yazısı ilk önce Global Academy üzerinde ortaya çıktı.

Mustafa AYDIN*

ABSTRACT 

A questionnaire was circulated among the faculty members of the International Relations (IR) Departments of universities in Turkey between April-June 2007 to examine whether the developments that have taken place in the wider world since the end of the Cold War had been effect on how the Turkish academics seethe discipline and how much they were reflected in their teaching. The questionnaire had 87 questions about participants’ personal experiences, their academic preferences, political attitudes and teaching, their foresights regarding the future of the discipline. The main aim of the questionnaire was to evaluate the attitudes of academics working in Turkey in the field of International Relations about the main issues on the national, regional and global agendas and their participation in the political processes, as well as their ideas about the future of the discipline in Turkey. 

Keywords: International Relations, International Relations in Turkey, Academic Trends, Scientific Research, Methodology, Education, Political Attitudes

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* Prof. Dr., TOBB University of Economics and Technology 

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A Questionnaire about Scientific Research and Teaching Practices, Views on the Discipline and Political Attitudes of International Relations’ Academicians in Turkey 2007 yazısı ilk önce Global Academy üzerinde ortaya çıktı.