Mensur Akgün

Mensur Akgün is a Turkish scholar, political analyst, columnist in Turkish daily Referans and civil society activist. Together with his colleague Sylvia Tiryaki he founded the Global Political Trends Center, an Istanbul based research institution,^[1] which is operating under the auspices of Istanbul Kültür University. He has also been the Director of the Foreign Policy Program at the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation^[2] and the editor of an analytical magazine published by the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association and of the News Perspectives Quarterly. Mensur Akgün teaches courses on international relations and Turkish foreign policy at the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences of Istanbul Kültür University.

He finished his bachelor studies at the Middle Eastern Technical University in Turkey and got his Master degree from the University of Oslo in Norway. After finishing his doctoral studies at the Bosphorus University in Turkey, Mensur Akgün started publishing widely in national and international journals and newspapers. In addition to that, he has published a couple of own monographs and co-authored books. He has traveled extensively and participated in various international conferences as a speaker representing both academia and civil society.

His geographic areas on interest include the Middle East, Cyprus, Turkey and Armenia.

Publications

• Finding Common Grounds - Rediscovering the Common Narrative of Turkey and Europe, Bratislava: RC SFPA, 2009. (Edited book)
• A Promise to Keep: Time to End the International Isolation of the Turkish Cypriots, TESEV Publications, June 2008. (Edited book)
• Quo Vadis Cyprus?, TESEV Publications, April 2005. (Edited book)
• Turkey: What Axis Shift in Le Monde Diplomatique, July 9, 2010.
• Ending the Isolation of Turkish Cypriots in Insight Turkey. Istanbul: SETA Foundation, Vol. 12, No. 1/2010, February 2010.
• Turks Are Now Puzzling over the EU's Back-Handed Compliment in Europe's World, No. 14, Spring 2010.
• The Annan Plan: A Missed Opportunity. World Security Network, 14 May 2004.
• Turkey in the Middle East, Turkey Investor: Journal of International Finance, (November–December, 1998).
• Turkey and Russia: Burdened by history and myopia, Privatview, no.3 (Winter 1997).

References

1. ^ (30 May 2010) Experts: Sanctions vote won’t strain Turkish-US relations, Today's Zaman, Retrieved October 29, 2010
2. ^ (16 July 2007) Experts advise balanced policy after Russian blow to CFE, Today's Zaman, Retrieved October 29, 2010 ("Associate Professor Mensur Akgün, director of the foreign policy program at the İstanbul based-Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)")

External links

• Mensur Akgün - official website

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