Kemal Kirişci

Kemal Kirişci is professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. He holds a Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration and is also the director of the Center for European Studies at the University. He has previously taught at universities in Great Britain, Switzerland, and the United States. Kirişci received his Ph.D. at City University in London in 1986. Kirişci is a self-described leftist-atheist. ["I don't vote for him, but I praise him [...] I'm a leftist atheist, he's a rightwing Islamist. Yet I still say he's the best prime minister for the country." Kemal Kirişci, quoted in Ian Traynor, 'EU membership', "The Guardian", 12 June 2006, Pg. 17.]

elected recent publications

Books

*(co-edited with B. Rubin) "Turkey In World Politics: An Emerging Multi-Regional Power" (Lynne Reinner, Boulder, 2001)
*(co-authored) "The Political Economy of Cooperation in the Middle East" (co-authored) (Routledge, London, 1998)

Book chapters

*"Turkish asylum policy and human rights: Adjusting to international norms and EU accession requirements" in Z. Kabasakal-Arat (ed.) "Human Rights Policies and Prospects in Turkey" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007)
*"National Identity, Asylum and Immigration: EU as a vehicle of 'post-national' transformation in Turkey" in Hans-Lukas Kieser (ed.) "Turkey: Nationalism, Post-Nationalism and the European Community" (I.B. Taurus, 2006)
*"The Hague Programme: Challenges of Turkish pre-accession in the area of asylum, migration and border control" in J. W. de Zwaan and F. A. Goudappel (eds.) "Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union" (Asser Press, The Hague, 2006)

Articles

*"Turkey: A country of transition from Emigration to Immigration" "Mediterranean Politics" Vol. 12, No. 1 (March 2007)
*(eds. together with R. Erzan) "Introduction" and "Conclusion" to the Special Issue of "Turkish Studies" on "Determinants of Immigration and Integration of Turkish Immigrants in the European Union" Vol. 7, No. 1 (March 2006)
*"A friendlier Schengen visa system as a tool of 'soft power': The experience of Turkey" "European Journal of Migration and Law" Vol. 7, No. 4, (2005)

References

External links

* [http://www.pols.boun.edu.tr/faculty.aspx?iid=12 Faculty page of Prof. Kirişci at Boğaziçi University] (includes full curriculum vitae)