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Gonca Biltekin

Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research
Bilkent University, G Building Room 157
Ankara, Turkey

Phone: +(90)312 290 29 85

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Education

  • Bilkent University, Ankara TURKEY
  • Ph.D., International Relations (2014) With Distinction
  • M.A., International Relations (2007)
  • B.A., International Relations (2004) High Honours (GPA 3.86)

 

Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Biltekin, Gonca and Ersel Aydınlı, “Time to Quantify Turkey’s Foreign Affairs: Setting Quality Standards for a Maturing International Relations Discipline” International Studies Perspectives (2016): 1-21 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekv009 First published online: 27 January 2016
  • Biltekin, Gonca “Özgün Kuram Oluşturma ve Batı-dışı Uluslararası İlişkiler Kuramları” (“Original Theory Building and Non-Western Theories of International Relations”) Uluslararası İlişkiler Teorileri, edited by Ramazan Gözen. İstanbul: İletişim, 2015 (2nd edition).
  • Biltekin, Gonca and Volkan İpek, “Turkey’s Foreign Policy Implementation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Post-international Approach” New Perspectives on Turkey 49, (Fall, 2013): 121-156.
  • Biltekin, Gonca and Musa Tüzüner, “A Pilot Study of Quantifying Turkey’s Foreign Affairs: Data Generation, Challenges and Preliminary Analysis” All-Azimuth: Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace 2, no 2, (2013) : 47- 70.

 

Working Papers

  • Biltekin, Gonca and Ersel Aydınlı, “Widening the World of IR: A Typology of Homegrown Theorizing” (under review)
  • Biltekin, Gonca, “Proactivism and Activism in Turkey’s Foreign Affairs: A Proposal for Clarification and Operationalization of Concepts”
  • Biltekin, Gonca,  “Domestic Conflict and Foreign Affairs: An Event Data Study of Turkey (1991-2013)“
  • Biltekin, Gonca, ”Turkey’s Axis Shift: An Evidence Based Analysis”

 

Research Experience

  • Lead Researcher, Turkish International Relations (TIR) Dataset, 2015. available at http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/P6CPAF, Harvard Dataverse, V1: Research design, supervision of coders, data collection, coding and analysis
  • Lead Researcher, Turkish Foreign Affairs Event Dataset (TFAED), Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, Ankara Turkey, 2010-…: Data collection, improvement of actor coding scheme, coding and analysis
  • Research Assistant to Dr. Ersel Aydınlı, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2006-2012
  • Research Assistant to Final Reporters of the Programme on Promoting Good Governance in the Security Sector of Turkey, by Center for European Security Studies (CESS) and Bilkent University, 2011
  • Research Fellow, Dept. of International Relations, Katip Çelebi University, İzmir Turkey, 2013

 

Teaching Experience

  • Introduction to World Politics (Undergraduate Level), 2015-2016 Spring/Summer. Lecturer, Bilkent University, Ankara
  • Turkish Foreign Policy II (Senior Undergraduate Level), 2012-2013 Summer. Lecturer, Bilkent University, Ankara
  • Turkey’s International Relations (Graduate level) 2010-2012. Teaching Assistant, Bilkent University, Ankara

 

Other Professional Experience

  • Managing Editor, All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace, 2015-…
  • Foreign Relations Official, General Directorate of State Water Works, 2006-2007
  • Assistant Intern, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ankara, 2003

 

Conference/Workshop Organization

  • 2nd All Azimuth Workshop on Homegrown Theorizing, Ankara, 23-24 September, 2016, Associate Convener
  • PeaceTalk: Young Scholar Series, Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, October 2015, March 2016, May 2016, Chief Convener
  • FPPR Senior Scholar Series, Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, Associate Convener
  • International Congress on River Basin Management, Antalya, 22-24 March 2007, Convention Team Member
  • Preparatory events and meetings leading to Turkey’s hosting of 5th World Water Forum in 2009, Convention Team Member

 

Awards & Fellowships

  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, (2014-…)
  • TUBITAK Doctoral Scholarship (2008-2012) Recipient of highly selective scholarship by Turkish official research organization to fund doctoral research,  $30.000.
  • Bilkent University, Full Scholarship for Graduate Studies (2005-2007)  (Tuition Waiver + Monthly stipend + Accommodation)
  • Bilkent University, Full Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies (200-2004) (Tuition Waiver + Monthly stipend +Accommodation)
  • Top 0.1 % at the nation-wide Higher Education Selection and Placement Examination (OSYS) 2000

 

Participation in Academic Conferences, Workshops

  • European Consortium for Political Science Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Budapest 28 July-5 August 2016
  • Python Programming for Social Scientists: Web Data, Scraping and Other Useful Programming Tricks
  • Theoretically Informed Network Analysis for Social Scientists
  • European International Studies Association (EISA) 10th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, İzmir, Turkey, September 2016 (Cancelled)
  • Turkey’s Axis Shift: An Evidence Based Analysis”
  • International Studies Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2016
  • “Proactivism and Activism in Turkey’s Foreign Affairs: A Proposal for Clarification and Operationalization of Concepts”
  • “Domestic Conflict and Foreign Affairs: An Event Data Study of Turkey (1991-2013)
  • Event Data Workshop: Quantifying Security Studies and Foreign Policy Analysis in Turkey and the Greater Middle East İstanbul, Turkey, December 2011
  • “Quantification of Turkey’s Foreign Affairs Via Event Data: Proposing the Turkish Foreign Policy Behavior and Orientation Dataset (1990-2013)“        (with Ersel Aydınlı and Musa Tüzüner)
  • Center for European Security Studies, Interactive Seminars on Civil-Military Relations, Ankara, Turkey, 2010-2011
  • “Turkish National Security Council and Wars in Iraq: 1991-2003”
  • “Security sector reform: Turkish Gendarmerie“

 

Languages

  • English: Fluent
  • Turkish: Native
  • French: Intermediate
  • Arabic: Beginner

 

Technical Skills

  • Familiarity with R and Python
  • TABARI (Textual Analysis By Augmented Replacement Instructions)
  • USCINET Network Analysis
  • MS Office Applications