Marmara Political Science Congress 2025 

“Interaction, Critique, and Innovation” 

27–28 November 2025

Marmara University Faculty of Political Sciences

DAY 1 (27 NOVEMBER 2025, THURSDAY)

08:00–09:00 Registration

09:00–10:30 Opening Speeches

Hall: Faculty of Political Science Conference Hall

• Opening Speech: Prof. Dr. Nail Yılmaz (Dean) 
• Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Faruk Sönmezoğlu

10:30–11:00 Coffee Break

11:00–12:30 | SESSION I

Young Researchers Panel I: Identity, Culture, and Society 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL A 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Res. Asst. Dr. Başak Bülbül AKIN

• Female Representations in 'Agha' TV Series: An Analysis in the Context of Gender Roles and Feminist Theory (2002–2021) 
  • • Elçin Talay (Yıldız Teknik University) 
    • Co-author(s): Res. Asst. Elif Bali Kurtarır, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fulya Memişoğlu
• The Place of Human Nature in Contemporary Politics in the Context of Light and Dark Triad Personality Types 
  • • Merve Döne Yıldırım (Afyon Kocatepe University) 
    • Co-author(s): Asst. Prof. Dr. Kerim Çınar (Afyon Kocatepe University)
• Offering a Psychopolitical Context to the Political: A Psychopolitical Anatomy of the Crisis of the Political and the Transformation of the Political Subject 
  • Ahmet Özdemir (Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University)

Academic Panel I: Security Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and the Cyber Domain 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL B 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Arzu AL

 

• Digitalization and Disinformation from a Global Security Perspective 
  • • Dr. Demet Güntay Uçar (National Defence University)
• Artificial Intelligence and National Security: Opportunities, Threats, and Strategic Orientations 
  • • Dr. Orhan Göktepe (Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University)
• Artificial Intelligence as a Public Policy: A Comparative Analysis through the Examples of the USA, EU, and China 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Fethi Ufuk Özışık (Marmara University)

Academic Panel II: European Union Policies and Integration 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL C 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Gonca Oğuz GÖK

 

• The Evolution of the Sovereignty Paradigm in the European Union 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Sibel Zengin (Istanbul Gelişim University)
• The Normative Power of the European Union and Illiberal Multilateralism: Three Strategic Models from Membership to Environment 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Yasemin Necmiye Tutar (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University)
• Multivariate Analysis of Sustainability Policies in European Union Member and Candidate Countries: A Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Environmental, Economic, and Social Dimensions 
  • • Lecturer Ayda Sezgin (Gebze Technical University)
• Turkey’s Civilizationalism and the EU: A Matter of "Difference" Against Eurocentrism in Terms of Global Injustice 
  • Prof. Dr. Aslı Ege (Marmara University)
• The EU's Black Sea and Caucasus Perspective in the Context of Security and Energy Policies
  • Dr. Günnur Tuba Türksavaş (Anadolu University)

Academic Panel III: Turkish Foreign Policy and Regional Dynamics 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL D 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Emre ERŞEN

 

• Analysis of the Justice and Development Party Era Turkish Foreign Policy from a Transnational Perspective 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Merve Özdemirkıran Embel (Marmara University)
• Foreign Policy and Securitization: The Trajectory of Turkey – Syria Relations 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Okan Gülbak (Istanbul Commerce University)
• The Right to Self-Determination and Turkish Foreign Policy Assoc. 
  • • Prof. Dr. Ersin Embel (Altınbaş University)
• Navy/Gunboat Diplomacy: An Effective Tool of Turkish Foreign and Security Policy in the New Millennium 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Mesut Özel (Istanbul Kent University)
• Deterrence Strategy in Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case of the Qatar Diplomatic Crisis (2017-2021) 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Yunus Çolak (Istanbul Medeniyet University)
• Diplomacy, Development, and Internationalization: Dynamics Shaping Scholarship Programs Abroad 
  • Prof. Dr. Selver B. Şahin (Boğaziçi University)

Thematic Panel I: Collective and Cooperative Initiatives in Response to the Politicisation and Political Work of Local Authorities: Analysis of Three Case Studies on New Public Agricultural and Food Policies in Turkey 

Panel Language: English 

Hall: HALL E 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Ali ARI

• Critical Thinking on Urban Agricultural Politics of Metropolitan Municipality 
  • • Dr. Huri Kiraz Özdoğan (Beykent University)
• The Paradox of Public Action on Food and Agriculture in Istanbul: Visibility of Consumer Cooperatives and Their Institutional Marginalisation 
  • • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Olivier Gajac (Sciences Po Bordeaux) 
      • Co-author(s): Dr. Kiraz Özdoğan, İlkay Öz (Istanbul University)
• The Dairy Sector and Public Policies in Thrace Under Neoliberal Restructuring 
  • İlkay Öz (Istanbul University) 
  • Co-author(s): Dr. Kiraz Özdoğan, Asst. Prof. Dr. Olivier Gajac (Sciences Po Bordeaux)

Thematic Panel II: The Evolution of the Deterrence Concept: The Relationship Between Nuclear and Conventional Technologies and War 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL F 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 11:00–12:30

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Tarık Oğuzlu

 

• Change in the States System, Deterrence, and Technology Relationship: A Comparison of Conventional and Nuclear Military Power Distributions 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Baybars Öğün (Ahi Evran University)
• From Red Line to Algorithm: The Discursive Adventure of the Concept of Deterrence 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Fulya Hisarlıoğlu (Kadir Has University)
• Economic Interdependence and Deterrence 
  • Prof. Dr. Tolga Demiryol (Altınbaş University)

12:30–14:00 Lunch Break

14:00–15:30 | SESSION II

Young Researchers Panel II: International Security and Foreign Policy Analyses 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL A 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Res. Asst. Dr. Muhammed ALKIŞ

 

• Strategies of Being "Small": Finland's Shelter-Seeking Behavior in the International System 
  • • Res. Asst. Doğan Demirkıran (Üsküdar University)
• The Use of Law as a Security Policy Tool: Deportation of Foreigners 
  • • Res. Asst. Fuat Evsen (Marmara University)
• The Disruptive Power Dimension of Strategic Corruption: China's Silent Intervention Mechanisms 
  • Res. Asst. Yiğit Cem Eskicioğlu Co-author(s): Asst. Prof. Dr. Soner Tauscher
• Turkey's Security Perception Between 2002-2022 Within the Framework of National Security Council Press Releases 
  • Mehmet Sebgattulah Gülrenk (Marmara University)

Academic Panel IV: The Palestine Question: Representation, Solution, and Law 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL B 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Zuhal Mert Uzuner (Marmara University)

• Re-evaluating the State of Palestine and the Two-State Solution in Light of Current Political Context and Debates 
  • Dr. Abdurrahman Gümüş (Yıldız Teknik University)
• Settlerism and Gaza: Security and Settler Ideology Perspective 
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ferit Belder (Marmara University)
• Ethnic Cleansing or Anomaly of Existence? The Representation of Palestine and Palestinian Arabs in the Zionist Narrative 
  • Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yıldız (Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University)
• Digital Gaza Resistance: Representation and Silence, Dying Justifiably 
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nigar Tuğsuz (Istanbul Commerce University)
• The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Historical Dynamics, Current Reflections in International Relations, and Possible Future Scenarios 
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süleyman Özmen (Istanbul Rumeli University)
• Global Governance and Academic Responsibility for Gaza 
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Onur Ercan (Turkish-German University)

Academic Panel V: Public Administration Reform and New Approaches 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL C 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Burak Hamza ERYİĞİT

 

• A Search for a New Model for Turkey in the Age of New Public Management: "Girocracy" (Entrepreneurial Bureaucracy) and "Girocrat" (Entrepreneurial Bureaucrat) 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Akif Çarkçı (Düzce University)
• The Evolution of Activity Management in Public Internal Audit: A Comparative Analysis of Current and Draft Public Internal Audit Standards 
  • • Dr. Cem Çetin (Marmara University)
• Marketable Public Policies: Reconfiguring Social Behaviors with the Nudging Approach 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sezen Güngör (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University) 
    • Co-author(s): Dr. Kader Erol
• A Critical Look at Artificial Intelligence Governance in Public Administration in the Global South 
  • Res. Asst. Niyazi Karabulut (Necmettin Erbakan University)

Academic Panel VI: Governance and Reform in Local Governments 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL D 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Rüveyda KIZILBOĞA ÖZARSLAN

 

• The Transformation of Relations Between Central and Local Governments in Turkey: Conflict Dynamics and Cooperation Opportunities 
  • • Prof. Dr. Sefa Çetin (Antalya Bilim University)
• Institutional and Social Structures in Participatory Governance: The Case of Spain Asst. 
  • • Prof. Dr. Onur Yerlikaya Şaşmaz (Fırat University)
• The Social Aspect of Local Governments, Social Municipalism: An Evaluation of Metropolitan Municipalities 
  • • Dr. Mesut Emre Balcı (Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University)
• An Examination of Municipal Norm Staff Principles and Standards in the Context of Administrative Tutelage Auditing: The Case of Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality 
  • Fikret Gültekin (Marmara University) 
  • Co-author(s): Prof. Dr. İmam Bakır Kanlı

Thematic Panel III: Assessments of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL E 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Aslıhan AKGÜL

• Rethinking the Promised Land Doctrine After the Al-Aqsa Flood 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdulgani Bozkurt (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University)
• Defending UNRWA – The Resilience of the United Nations and Humanitarian Norms 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüsrev Tabak (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University)
• The Exceptional Violence of the State of Exception: The Political Meaning of Israel's Tools of Violence Against Gaza 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Mert (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University)
• The Politics of Exclusion in the International Normative Order: The Case of 'Palestine as the Other' 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Muharrem Doğan (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University)
• An Assessment of US Governments' Approaches to Palestine Through National Security Strategy Documents (2000 – 2024) 
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Turgay Demir (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University)

Thematic Panel IV: International Organizations in Changing Global Governance 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL F 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hakan Mehmetcik (Marmara University)

 

• The Promise of Expansion of International Organizations (IOs): Rethinking Security Organizations with a Multidimensional Approach 
  • • Prof. Dr. Emel Parlar Dal (Marmara University)
• Turkey's Rising Middle Power Role in Regional and Global Governance: A Comparative Analysis in the Context of the UN and EU 
  • • Prof. Dr. Gonca Oğuz Gök (Marmara University) Co-author(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. N. Nevra Esentürk (Yalova University)
• Understanding the Social Networks of Informal International Intergovernmental Organizations (IIOs): The Case of BRICS 
  • • Gülsiye Akın (Marmara University) 
    • Co-author(s): Prof. Dr. Emel Parlar Dal (Marmara University)
• Are EU-Led Security Ad-Hoc Coalitions (AHCs) Effective? Examining the Symbiotic Relationship Between International Organizations and AHCs in Security Multilateralism 
  • Nobuhide Mert Matsumoto (Marmara University)

15:30–16:00 Coffee Break

16:00–17:30 | SESSION III

Young Researchers Panel III: Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Societal Impacts 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL A 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Betül Hande GÜRSOY HAKSEVENLER

 

• The Effects of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Algorithms on the Nation-State and Interstate Relations: Disinformation and Manipulation 
  • • Erkin Karaca (Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University) 
    • Co-author(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Altuğ Günar (Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University)
• AI-Supported Public Policy Making in Combating Dating Violence: A Theoretical Framework for a Municipal Application Model 
  • • Hayriye İlhan (Kapadokya University) 
    • Co-author(s): Mustafa Gökberk Ertan
• AI Bureaucrats and Political Rights: A Critical Realist Political Theory on the Blue Leviathan 
  • Çağdaş Başar Bahar (Istanbul University) 
  • Co-author(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sevim Budak (Istanbul University)

Academic Panel VII: Theoretical and Conceptual Debates in International Relations 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL B 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Murat KURŞUN

• The Ontological Crisis of Hegemony: Identity and Security in the Context of the Ukraine-Russia War 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Adem Ali İren (Süleyman Demirel University)
• Being Cast Out from Nine Villages: A Foucaultian Parrhesia Reading of Hikmet Kıvılcımlı's "Exploiting Legality" Strategy 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Barış Aydın (Akdeniz University)
• De-colonizing International Relations Education: A Radical Look Through IR Theory Textbooks 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Selman Emre Gürbüz (İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University)
• The Struggle to Protect the Cultural in a Homogenizing World: A Critique of Globalization from a Political Perspective 
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Hazan Güler Sarı (Kırıkkale University)
• Neoclassical Realism and Foreign Policy Roles Approach in the Analysis of Russia's Ukraine Policy: The Role of Putin's Discourses 
  • Res. Asst. Dr. Doğuş Sönmez (Kadir Has University)

Academic Panel VIII: Climate Change, Energy, and Environmental Security 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL C 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Semra Cerit Mazlum (Marmara University)

• Climate Change, Maritime Security, and Plural Policing 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayfer Genç Yılmaz (Istanbul Commerce University)
• Global Right-Wing Populism and Climate Politics: Climate Populism in Four Typologies 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Görkem Altınörs (Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University)
• Smart Security Technologies in Smart Cities 
  • Prof. Dr. Rüveyda Kızılboğa Özaslan (Marmara University) 
  • Co-author(s): Dr. Burak Kaplan (Presidency of Communications)

Academic Panel IX: China, Regional Powers, and Geopolitical Competition 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL D 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Ali ARI (Marmara University)

 

• China's Middle East Policy: The "Active Neutrality" Strategy and Its Limits in the Context of the 2025 Israel-Iran Conflict 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tolga Bilener (Galatasaray University)
• Competition for Peace: Turkey's Diplomatic Position in the Field of Multi-Actor Mediation 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Cavit Emre Aytekin (Kafkas University)

Thematic Panel V: Migration Governance in the Context of Turkey: Multi-Level Approaches and New Challenges 

Panel Language: Turkish

Hall: HALL E 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Suna Gülfer IHLAMUR ÖNER

• Two Different Approaches in Migration Governance: The European Union's Realist Interest Policies and Turkey's Pragmatic-Humanitarian Perspective 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Hakan Sezgin Erkan (Istanbul Nişantaşı University)
• Migration Governance of Municipalities in Turkey: Local Capacity, Policy Areas, and Institutional Limits 
  • • Kevser Mert
• Syrian-Originated Forced Migration and Turkey's Regional Security Strategies 
  • Dr. Selahattin Emre Karslı (Independent Researcher)

Academic Panel X: State, Power & Global Order 

Panel Language: English 

Hall: HALL F 

Date-Time: 27 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kemal BAYRAM

 

• Agency and Structure During Hegemonic Transition: The Limits/Boundaries of Human Capability in International Relations From a Thermodynamical Perspective 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Şükrü Yazğan (Marmara University)
• Recurring Cycles of Power Dynamics 
  • • Res. Asst. Ege Furkan Toker (Kent University)
• Global Governance in Outer Space: The Evolution of Space Activities From State to Non-State Actors and Its Consequences 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Itır Toksöz (Doğuş University)

End of Day 1 

DAY 2 (28 NOVEMBER 2025, FRIDAY)

09:00–10:30 SESSION IV

Young Researchers Panel IV: Digitalization and Global Relations 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL A 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 09:00–10:30 

Panel Chair: Res. Asst. Melih KÖLÜK

 

• Space Policy and the Question of Autonomy in the Context of Rising Multipolarity 
  • • Res. Asst. Gizem Ezgi Güler (Altınbaş University)
• An Examination of Space Mining from the Perspective of International Relations Theories 
  • • Res. Asst. Mustafa Denizlioğlu (Kastamonu University)
• Theoretical Contributions from Chinese Culture to the Global International Relations Literature: Epistemological Pluralism and the Search for Alternatives 
  • • Res. Asst. Bahar Temir (Başkent University)
• Determinants of the Digital Divide: A Panel Data Analysis on EU Countries 
  • • Simge Öztürk (Istanbul University) 
    • Co-author(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kahveci (Istanbul University)
• Prominent Roles of Turkish Local Governments in the Context of City Diplomacy 
  • Kemal Kaya (Pendik Municipality)

Academic Panel XI: International Law, Norms, and Human Rights 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL B 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 09:00–10:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Erhan Doğan (Marmara University)

 

• Can the International Community Respond to the Gravest Crimes Committed Against It? 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dikran M. Zenginkuzucu (Istanbul Esenyurt University)
• A Critical Examination of the Genocide Gap in International Relations Theories 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Melek Aylin Özoflu (Istanbul University)
  • Artificial Intelligence Algorithms Within the Scope of the Prohibition of Discrimination 
    • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nurten Ince Akman (Marmara University)
• Reflexivity as a Method: Discussions Through Qualitative Research Conducted with Filipina Women Migrants 
  • • Dr. Zeynep Arslan Taç (Marmara University) 
    • Co-author(s): Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kemal Bayram (Marmara University)
• The Free Gaza Movement and Humanitarian Aid Organizations from Mavi Marmara to the Present 
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Küçük (Istanbul Gelişim University) 
  • Co-author(s): Tuğçe Kafdağlı Koru, (Istanbul Aydın University)

Academic Panel XII: Defense Industry, Security, and Regional Policies 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL C 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 09:00–10:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Alaeddin YALÇINKAYA

 

• Actors, Geopolitical Dynamics, and Economic Processes in the Establishment of the Turkish Defense Industry, 1961-11989 
  • • Prof. Dr. Özlem Kayhan Pusane (Işık University) 
    • Co-author(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erol Ülker (Işık University)
• South Africa's Transformation in the International System 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdurrahim Sıradağ (Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University)
• From Plan to Practice, From Practice to Academia: African Studies by Turkish Authors 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Volkan İpek (Yeditepe University) Co-author(s): Melih Görgün
• Rowing Backwards in the Boat: The Cyprus Contradiction of Turkish Foreign Policy 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halis Ayhan (Kırıkkale University)
• Security Dilemma and Foreign Policy Changes 
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe İrem Aycan Özer (Marmara University)
• The Changing Geopolitical Order in the South Caucasus After 2020: Azerbaijan-Georgia Relations 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Nazrin Alizada (Hatay Mustafa Kemal University)

Academic Panel XIII: Democratic Theory, Crises, and Comparative Politics 

Panel Language: Turkish

Hall: HALL D 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 09:00–10:30 

Panel Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meral Balcı

 

• Comparative Political Theory as the Right to Tell Stories in the Context of Epistemic Violence and Epistemic Justice 
  • • Dr. Aykut Karahan (Istanbul Teacher Academies)
• "Clique or Class Dictatorship" as a Reason for Political Party Closure in Turkey from the Perspective of Militant Democracy 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Pınar Dikmen (Marmara University)
• Institutional Re-establishment in the Cycle of Groundlessness: Democratic Commons Through the Productivity of the Negative 
  • • Prof. Dr. Salih Akkanat (Gümüşhane University)

Academic Panel XIV: State, Neoliberalism, and Political Economy 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL E 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 09:00–10:30 

Panel Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bilal Ali KOTİL

 

• The Role of International Institutions and Domestic Capital Factions in the Transformation of the Neoliberal State in Turkey 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Yunus Aydoğdu (Bingöl University) 
    • Co-author(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erkan Doğan (Kocaeli University)
• Turkey's Semi-Periphery Position and Neoliberal Restructuring 
  • • Res. Asst. Beyza Yılmaz Sönmez (Karabük University)
  • A Critical Analysis of the New Economic Security Paradigm: Global Supply Chains and Regional Transformation 
    • Asst. Prof. Dr. Gökhan Katıtaş (Marmara University)
• Democratic Politics and Economic Policy 
  • Dr. Şerafettin Okan Yayla (Altınbaş University)

10:30–11:00 Coffee Break

11:00–12:30 | SESSION V

Young Researchers Panel V: Migration, Conflict, and Humanitarian Aid 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL A 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Res. Asst. İrem DERYA

 

• International Migration in the Context of the Russia-Ukraine War 
  • • Kaan Enuştekin (Marmara University)
• Reconstruction of Gender Identities in Conflict and Wars: The Case of the Syrian Civil War 
  • • Res. Asst. Safura Koçoğlu Eyiler (Üsküdar University)
• War, Humanitarian Aid, and Persuasion: The American Red Cross's Methods of Mobilizing Public Opinion in War 
  • • Res. Asst. Dilara Şensivas (Istanbul University)
• From Discourse to Practice: Impact Evaluation of Public Policies Supporting Women's Entrepreneurship in Turkey 
  • • Deniz Altuntaş (Istanbul University)

Academic Panel XV: Populism, Polarization, and Political Behavior 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL B 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Dr. Ögr. Üyesi Elif TOPAL DEMİROĞLU

• Affective Polarization and Political participation Practices: The Case of Turkey 
  • • Dr. Seda Irmak (Koç University)
• Rethinking Nativism and Populist Securitization: A Comparative Analysis of the Freedom and Victory Party 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Veli Özdemir (Işık University)
• The End of Nature, The End of Democracy?: An Interconnected Fate 
  • • Ecem Gacener (İzmir University of Economics)
• On the Verge of a Constitutional Moment and Normative Test: Deliberative Democracy in the Face of Ecological Emergency 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yavuz Selim Alkan (Akdeniz University)
• Conspiracy Theories, Disaster Displacement, and Political Participation: The Role of Social Media Platforms 
  • Dr. Hüseyin Batuhan Şar (Yeditepe University) 
  • Co-author(s): Prof. Dr. Cengiz Erişen (Yeditepe University), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sinan Alper (Yaşar University)

Academic Panel XVI: Turkey, EU & Geopolitics 

Panel Language: English 

Hall: HALL C 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Res. Asst. Haşim ÖZPOLAT

• The EU Green Deal’s Geopolitical Implications: A Normative Challenge for Candidate Countries-The Case of Turkey 
  • • Dr. Nurbanu Bulgur (Sakarya University)
• Türkiye's Supranational Orientation in the Light of Euroscepticism and Euroalternativism 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Şeyma Ekiz (Boğaziçi University) 
    • Co-author(s): Mehmet Ali Samur (Boğaziçi University) 
• Economic Voting Patterns in Turkish Politics: A Critical Examination of Parliamentary and Local Elections (1950–2024) 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Yaşar Pınar Özmen (Yozgat Bozok University)
    • Co-author(s): Dr. Özlem Yiğit (Turkey’s Statistics Institution)
• Rebel Diplomacy and Target States’ Responses to State Sponsors of Rebel Groups
  • • Latife Kınay-Kılıç (University)

 

Academic Panel XVII: Cultural Policies, the City, and International Relations 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL D 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aliye Nur KELEŞOĞLU

 

• An Evaluation of International Organizations in Terms of Political Culture: A Comparison of the 2008 Beijing and 2024 Paris Olympic Openings 
  • • Dr. Ahmet Gedik (İstinye University) 
    • Co-author(s): Asst. Prof. Dr. Can Donduran (İstinye University)
• Is Cultural Power Possible in the 21st Century? 
  • • Dr. Hüseyin Etil
• A Study on the Black Sea Ship (Karadeniz Vapuru) and the Red Star (Krasnaya Zvezda) 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Elif Çağlı Kaynak (Istanbul Kent University)
• Parliamentary Seats for Citizens Abroad for Turkey: A Comparative and Data-Based Electoral Constituency Model 
  • Res. Asst. Seyfullah Yürük (Eskişehir Osmangazi University)

Academic Panel XVIII: Social Transformation, Identity, and Memory 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL E 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 11:00–12:30 

Panel Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Aydın AKPINAR

 

• Cultural Modernization in Turkey in the 21st Century: Transformation of Lifestyles, Values, and Identities 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Emine Erden Kaya (Amasya University)
• The Polish Paradox in the Context of Ruptures and Continuities 
  • • Dr. Oğuz Öztosun (Yeditepe University)
• Weaving Memory Through Journalism: The Representation of Cultural Trauma in Alevi Magazines 
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nail Elhan (Hitit University)

12:30–14:00 Lunch Break

14:00–15:30 | SESSION VI

Young Researchers Panel VI: Conflict, Governance & Social Issues 

Panel Language: English 

Hall: HALL A 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Şükrü YAZĞAN

 

• Violence Against Civilians in Syrian Civil War 
  • • İbrahim Akkan (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University)
• Access to Health Services for Syrian Migrants in Türkiye During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Structural Analysis in the Context of Migration 
  • • Res. Asst. Fatmanur Parlak (Marmara University) 
    • Co-author(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mozharul Islam (İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University), Nur Meryem Özbek (İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University)
• Socio-Cultural Transformation Under the Islamist Government: An Experimental Research on Theology Students 
  • • Taşkın Toprak İpek (İstanbul Bilgi University) 
    • Co-author(s): Ayşem Selen Mantoğlu (Dokuz Eylül University)
• Daoist Nature and God’s Creatures 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Stephen Siu Kay On (Ibn Haldun University)
• The Impact of Municipal Law on Villagers: Political Efficacy, Satisfaction, and Turnout 
  • Res. Asst. Senanur Köksal (Marmara University)

Academic Panel XIX: Technology, Governance, and Digital Security 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL B Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Elif Çağlı Kaynak (Istanbul Kent University)

• Sovereignty and InstitutionalStruggle in Digital Security: A Neoclassical Realist Examination of the US TikTok Case 
  • • Dr. Emre İnan (National Defence University)
• From Modern Epistemology to the Google Age: A Socio-Political Critique of Lyotard's "The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge" 
  • • Dr. Kemal Bozkaya (Istanbul University)
• The Spatial Transformation of Cultural Heritage: Ideological Representations in Istanbul's Historical Areas 
  • Res. Asst. İdil Ece Çınarlı (İstanbul Rumeli University)

Academic Panel XX: Security, Migration & Technology 

Panel Language: English 

Hall: HALL C 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Volkan İpek

 

• The Impact of Anti-Immigrant Parties on the Mainstream Parties: Evaluating the CHP–ZP Protocol in the 2023 Elections 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Duygu Ersoy (Ankara Social Sciences University)
• From Innovation to Threat: A Systematic Review of AI Securitization in NATO and Academic Discourse 2010-2025 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Eda Bekci Arı (Osmaniye Korkut Ata University)
• Strategic Espionage in Context: The KGB Involvement in the Richard Sorge Affair 
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hakan Çora ( Onbeş Kasım Cyprus University) 
  • Co-author(s): Prof. Dr. Elnur Hasan Mikail, Dr. Ali Nazmi Çora

Academic Panel XXI: International Security, Strategy, and Private Military Companies 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL D 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur ÇETİNOĞLU

 

• The Privatization, Marketization, and Regulation of Security: An Analysis of Private Security Companies Party to the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. M. Turan Çağlar (Altınbaş University)
• From Smart Defense to Smart Security: NATO's Strategic Evolution in the 21st Century 
  • • Prof. Dr. Nergiz Özkural Köroğlu (Üsküdar University) 
    • Co-author(s): Asst. Prof. Dr. Selin Karana (Üsküdar University)
• Decentralization and Political Fragmentation Risk in Weak States: The Case of Syria
  • •  Dr. Hasan Fidan (Istanbul Esenyurt University)
• Regional Soft Balancing Strategy Instead of a Global Governance Model 
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Alkanalka (Rumeli University)

 

Academic Panel XXII: War, Geopolitics, and Public Opinion 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL E 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 14:00–15:30 

Panel Chair: Res.Asst. Elif KONDAKÇI

• The Perceptual Change of the Concept of War by International Public Opinion in the 21st Century: The Case of the Russia-Ukraine War 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Berna Aksoy Özcan (Istanbul Nişantaşı University)
• The Concept of 'Prisoners of Geography' in a Geopolitical Framework: An Analysis of the Russia-Ukraine War 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elif Hatun Kılıçbeyli (Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University)
• Diversity in Global Governance or Global Autocracy? A Comparison of US and Chinese Discourses at the UN Economic and Social Council within the Scope of Sustainable Development Goals 
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Kadri Kaan Renda (Hacetepe University) 
  • Co-author(s): Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Onur Özçelik (Eskişehir Osmangazi University), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüsrev Tabak (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University), Res. Asst. Dr. Gürhan Ünal (Ondokuz Mayıs University)

 

15:30–16:00 Coffee Break

16:00–17:30 | SESSION VII

Academic Panel XXIII: Urbanization, Climate, and Local Policies 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL A 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Prof. Dr. Aynur ATMACA CAN

 

• Multi-Level Climate Governance and Local Capacity: An Analysis of Istanbul District Municipalities 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Betül Hande Gürsoy Haksevenler (Marmara University) 
    • Co-author(s): Burak Kaan Alpaslan
• Implementation of Municipal Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans: A Qualitative Research on Bandırma Municipality SEİEP (SECAP) 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Ersoy Kutluk (Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University)
• Municipalization, Failure to Municipalize, and Reversion to Village: Inequalities and Contradictions 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Umut Üzmez (Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University)
• Social and Environmental Assessment of Smart City Strategies: An Examination from the Perspective of Vulnerable Groups 
  • • Res. Asst. Dr. Gözde Kestellioğlu (Erciyes University)
• Museums as a Tool for Developing City Diplomacy, Urban Visibility, City Identity, and City Culture; The Case of Bayburt Baksı and Kenan Yavuz Museums 
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Esmeray Alacadağlı (Bayburt University)

Academic Panel XXIV: Migration Policies and Security 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL B 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Küçük (Istanbul Gelişim University)

 

• The Digital Nomad Visa Application in the Context of Turkey's Regular Migration Policies 
  • • Dr. Gökhan Adıgüzel (Presidency of Migration Management)
• A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Migrant Integration in Europe 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Rüya Karcı (Kırıkkale University) 
    • Co-author(s): Asst. Prof. Dr. Emel İlter (Fırat University)
• Return Tendencies of Syrians Living in Turkey After the Ba'ath Regime: The Case of Mardin 
  • • Dr. Recep Yiğit (Presidency of Migration Management) 
    • Co-author(s): Asst. Prof. Erkan Doğan(Kocaeli University)
• Transformation in Security Policies in the Context of European Union Integration: The Case of Croatia 
  • Dr. Onur Gürel (Independent Researcher)

 

Academic Panel XXV: Digitalization, Crisis, and Social Structures 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL C 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Alihan GÖK

 

• Digital Inequality in Political Participation: Whose Voice is Heard 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Osman Sümer (Yalova University)
• Inequality and Democracy in the Age of Polycrisis: A Historical Wave-Shock Comparison 
  • • Dr. İsmet Yiğit (Independent Researcher)
• Religious Commons: An Institutionalist Innovation Proposal for Civil Society Theory 
  • Dr. Ahmet Şefik Hatipoğlu (Istanbul Medeniyet University)

Young Researchers Panel VII: International System, Organizations, and Economy 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL D 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Res. Asst. Dr. Beyza SARIKOÇ YILDIRIM

 

• The Impact of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) on Regional Trade 
  • • Res. Asst. Ayten Sıla Büyüker (Marmara University)
• From the Origins of Capitalism to International Security: An Examination from the Perspective of Uneven and Combined Development 
  • • Nagehan Reyhan Doğan (Istanbul University)
• New Actors, Transformed Roles: Rethinking the Effectiveness of Regional Organizations in Conflict Resolution with fsQCA 
  • • Galip Yüksel (Istanbul University)

• The Contribution of Informal International Organizations to Trade and Diplomacy: The Case of MIKTA 
  • • Museyib Hayat (Marmara University) 
    • Co-author(s): Res. Asst. Melih Kölük (Marmara University), Dr. Nilay Tüzgen (Marmara University)
• Crisis and Transformation: Europe's Changing Climate Security Perception After the Ukraine War 
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seven Erdoğan (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University)

Academic Panel XXVI: Historical Processes, Diplomacy, and Political Thought 

Panel Language: Turkish 

Hall: HALL E 

Date-Time: 28 November 2025, 16:00–17:30 

Panel Chair: Asst. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Bostan

• Hospitality in Classical Ottoman Diplomacy: A Theoretical Analysis 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Bostan (Marmara University)
• The Change of Political Terminology in Turkish Thought: The Example of the Concept of 'Cumhur' (The People/Republic) 
  • • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nergiz Aydoğdu (Kırklareli University)
• Anti-Communism in the Early Republican Period 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Şenol Gündoğdu (Afyon Kocatepe University)
• From "Imperial" Nationalism to "Central" Nationalism: The Formation of the Nation-State from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic 
  • • Asst. Prof. Dr. Şükrü Mutlu Karakoç (Istanbul Medeniyet University)
• Tanzimat Reforms within the Framework of Michael Mann's Infrastructural Power Concept: An Examination of Efforts to Increase State Capacity in the Ottoman Empire 
  • Res. Asst. Dr. Melik Karagöz (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University)

End of Congress Program