Selected Works of
Mehmet OZKAN
Director for Colombia and South America
Graduated from Istanbul University of Turkey, Faculty of Political Science, International Relations in 2002. He studied at University of Johannesburg, South Africa on African issues and holds a master in European Politics from Linkopings University, Sweden (2008) and a PhD from Sevilla University, Spain (2013) with a thesis on the role of religion/culture in shaping foreign policy mentality in Turkey, India and South Africa. He was a Visiting Student at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Medellin in Colombia in 2009; a Visiting Fellow at Institute for Defense and Security Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi, India in 2010; and Visiting Researcher at Cairo University in Egypt in 2011. He was also a lecturer at International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, in 2012.
Between 2012-2014, Dr. Ozkan worked as a Researcher at the premier Turkish think-tank SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research in Ankara, Turkey; and he was Director of The International Center for Terrorism and Transnational Crime (UTSAM) at Turkish Police Academy between 2014-2015. Currently, he is Director of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in Colombia and Latin America. He is also the author several books including, Foreign Policy After Tahrir Revolution: (Re-)Defining the Role of Egypt in the Middle East (2011): Turkey's Involvement in Somalia: A State-Building in Progress (2014).
Along with the participation in many international conferences as speaker, discussant and participant, he traveled extensively in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and North/South America. He has a good command of English, Spanish, Turkish along with an intermediate Arabic.
Contact:
Dr. Mehmet Ozkan
E-mail: metkan82@hotmail.com
Twitter: @_MehmetOzkan
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About Mehmet OZKAN
Graduated from Istanbul University of Turkey, Faculty of Political Science, International Relations in 2002. He studied at University of Johannesburg, South Africa on African issues and holds a master in European Politics from Linkopings University, Sweden (2008) and a PhD from Sevilla University, Spain (2013) with a thesis on the role of religion/culture in shaping foreign policy mentality in Turkey, India and South Africa. He was a Visiting Student at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana Medellin in Colombia in 2009; a Visiting Fellow at Institute for Defense and Security Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi, India in 2010; and Visiting Researcher at Cairo University in Egypt in 2011. He was also a lecturer at International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, in 2012.
Between 2012-2014, Dr. Ozkan worked as a Researcher at the premier Turkish think-tank SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research in Ankara, Turkey; and he was Director of The International Center for Terrorism and Transnational Crime (UTSAM) at Turkish Police Academy between 2014-2015. Currently, he is Director of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in Colombia and Latin America. He is also the author several books including, Foreign Policy After Tahrir Revolution: (Re-)Defining the Role of Egypt in the Middle East (2011): Turkey's Involvement in Somalia: A State-Building in Progress (2014).
Along with the participation in many international conferences as speaker, discussant and participant, he traveled extensively in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and North/South America. He has a good command of English, Spanish, Turkish along with an intermediate Arabic.
Contact:
Dr. Mehmet Ozkan
E-mail: metkan82@hotmail.com
Twitter: @_MehmetOzkan
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