Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CFPPR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP Deadline: April 15th, 2026. For details👇 foreignpolicyandpeace.org/index.php/en/2…

📢New Publication! The latest article by Ersel Aydınlı, Elif Çavuşoğlu, @pelindengiz_, @onurtugrulbey, and Muhammet Furkan Küçükmeral, "The Global IR Revolution Must Start in the Graduate Classroom" is now available online. allazimuth.com/2026/03/18/the…

Haluk Özdemir's (@HalukOzdemir1) "From Bridge to Hinge: Rapprochement-Estrangement Pendulum of Turkish Foreign Policy" uncovers the logic underlying the seemingly inconsistent and erratic foreign policy behavior of countries like Turkey.

The new issue of All Azimuth has been published, featuring eight articles that explore the evolving dynamics of Turkish foreign policy and broader IR themes. allazimuth.com/issues/

Meliha Benli Altunışık's "Türkiye as a Cusp State: Conceptualization and Implementation" revisits the concept of the “Cusp State” with a specific focus on Türkiye, aiming to deepen both its theoretical and empirical relevance.

Erol Kurubaş's (@ErolKurubas) "The Logic of Foreign Policy: An Explanatory Model for Strategic Volatility in Turkish Foreign Policy Under the AKP Rule" uncovers the strategic volatility in Turkish Foreign Policy through the logic of foreign policy and the interactions among them.

📢Hiring one postdoctoral and two predoctoral researchers for the @ERC_Research Grant project #COUNSTER, each position for up to 3 years to start on May 2026. Postdoc link: stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IR202… (Deadline Feb 20) Predoc link: stars.bilkent.edu.tr/staffapp/IR202… (Deadline March 1)

CFPPR is inviting applications for its Spring 2026 Internship Program! Don't miss it! Deadline: 20 January '26 Follow our application guidelines: foreignpolicyandpeace.org/index.php/en/i…

Thrilled to share that I have been awarded an @ERC_Research Consolidator Grant for my project, COUNSTER! Many thanks to @BilkentUniv @BilkentIRDept @BilkentTTO @Tubitak @cfppr for their great help during the submission process. I am very excited for the journey ahead! #ERCCoG

Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’nden Doç. Dr. Efe Tokdemir, “Unique Offerings: Ideological Competition and Rebel Governance” başlıklı makalesiyle Amerikan Siyaset Bilimi Derneği (#APSA) tarafından En İyi Makale Ödülüne layık görüldü. w3.bilkent.edu.tr/www/efe-tokdem…

📢Publication Alert – A Research Article, "Conceptualizing Compartmentalization in International Relations: The Case Of Turkish Foreign Policy" by Şaban Kardaş and Bayram Sinkaya @bsinkaya is now online!👇 allazimuth.com/2025/11/26/con…

I have long regarded @all_azimuth as the leading outlet for Turkish IR, and I’m truly honored to join its Advisory Board. allazimuth.com/advisory-board/

Now out in @thirdworldq with @S_Verkhovets 👇

📢New Publication! The latest article by Burak Çakırca @burakakrca, "Perception and Continuity: Active Non-Alignment in Turkish Foreign Policy" is now available online. allazimuth.com/2025/11/19/per…

Today, we held our panel titled “Kurdish Choices at Foreign-Domestic Nexus”. It was a panel filled with engaging and productive discussions. Sincere thanks to our panelists and all participants for their valuable contributions.

@cfppr @ceragesra @nihataliozcan @zesarigil @efetokdemir 🐈‍⬛ başladık 🐈‍⬛

We cordially invite you to join our panel: "Kurdish Choices at Foreign - Domestic Nexus" Our panelists: Ersel Aydınlı, @ceragesra @nihataliozcan , @zesarigil, and @efetokdemir For participation from outside Bilkent University, please complete 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

📢We are pleased to announce that our faculty member, Efe Tokdemir won the Best Article Award of the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association. Congratulations! @efetokdemir @APSAtweets

My advisees Özge Karban and Deniz Özdemir have successfully defended their MA theses during the Summer 2025. Özge will pursue her PhD at @psupolisci , and Deniz will do @BingPoliSci Keep an eye on them in the upcoming years - two great scholars in the making Congratulations!

CFPPR is inviting applications for its Fall 2025 Internship Program! Don't miss it! Deadline: 10 September '25 Follow our application guidelines: tinyurl.com/y24c5jqd