- Ersin Kalaycıoğlu
Mahmut Ersin Kalaycıoğlu is a Turkish political scientist,Professor of Political Sciences at
Sabanci University and former President ofIşık University ,Istanbul (2004-2007). He is also a nephew of the well-known Turkish constitution professor,Tarık Zafer Tunaya .Prof. Ersin Kalaycıoğlu received his
undergraduate degree fromIstanbul University , Faculty of Economics in 1973 (major Economics, minors Political Science and Statistics). He continued his education at theUniversity of Iowa , Department of Political Science, and received his M.A. in 1975, and his Ph. D. in 1977. Dr. Kalaycıoğlu started his academic career atIstanbul University , Faculty of Economics from Fall 1977 through Spring 1982, and at the Faculty of Political Science of the same university between Fall 1982 and Spring 1984. Dr. Kalaycıoğlu was employed as a full time faculty member atBoğaziçi University from Fall 1984 to Spring 2002.As an academic, Prof. Kalaycıoğlu specializes in the study of political representation and participation. Prof. Kalaycıoğlu has contributed a chapter on Turkey in Mark Kasselman, Joel Krieger and William A. Joseph (eds.) "Introduction to
Comparative Politics ", 3rd ed., (Boston,Houghton-Mifflin : 2005).Prof. Kalaycıoğlu is currently a full-time Professor of Political Science at Sabanci University. Present courses offered by him include: Introduction to Turkish Politics and Comparative Party Systems and Interest Groups.
Prof. Kalaycıoğlu is a Board Member of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, and also a member of Turkish Political Science Association, Turkish Social Science Association, International Studies Association, International Political Science Association, and Middle Eastern Studies Association of North America (MESA).
External links
* [http://www.isikun.edu.tr/en/idari/rektorluk/rektor.php Administrative biography at Işık University]
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