Sedat Laçiner (born 1972 in

Kırıkkale Kırıkkale is the capital of the Kırıkkale Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. It is located 80 km east of Ankara which is the capital city of Turkey. According to the 2000 census, the population of the province is 280,83 ...

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) is a Turkish academic specialist on the

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and International Relations, with particular reference to Turkish foreign policy and rector of

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (informally ''ÇOMÜ'') is a Turkish public research university located in Çanakkale (Dardannelles) province (near Gallipoli) and its surrounding towns. It is a member of the Balkan Universities Network, the ...

(COMU).

Biography

Laçiner studied at Ankara University, as well as the

University of Sheffield , mottoeng = To discover the causes of things , established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions: – Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield , type = Pu ...

, where he was awarded an MA in International Politics (with distinction), and King's College London, where he gained his PhD. Since 2001, he has been teaching International Relations and International Security at the

and the National Police Academy Security Studies Institute, Ankara. Prof. Laçiner was appointed president of the Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University in 2011 and became the youngest rector in Turkey. He is editor of the "Journal of Administrative Studies" and the "Review of International Law and Politics", as well as being a regular contributor to TRT and other Turkish TV and radio broadcasts. He is also Chairman of the Journal of Turkish Weekly, a regular columnist of the Turkish daily national newspaper ''Star'' and the General Coordinator of the Ankara-based Turkish think tank

International Strategic Research Organization The International Strategic Research Organization (USAK, acronym from its Turkish name ''Uluslararası Stratejik Araştırma Kurumu'') is an independent think-tank established in 2004. It pursues interdisciplinary studies on national and internati ...

(ISRO) He is currently Professor of International Relations and adviser to Turkish Higher Education Council Presidency (YÖK). In 2011 he was appointed President to the

( ÇOMÜ) by Turkish President

Abdullah Gül Abdullah Gül (; ; born 29 October 1950) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th President of Turkey, in office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as bo ...

. He is the author/co-author or editor of numerous books and articles, including "Iraq Global War and Turkey", "The Iraq Crisis", "Turks and Armenians", "The World and Turkey", "European Union with Turkey, Turkey's Membership's Impact on the EU", "The Armenian Diaspora" and "Britain from a Different Perspective". He has written many articles that reject the Armenian genocide claims, which he has termed a "so called genocide". He was arrested in July 2016 after the attempted coup in Turkey, and he reports that the state's attorney has asked for life imprisonment.

Bibliography

*''Financing The PKK Terrorism and Drug Trafficking'', 2016 *''Turkish - Polish Relations: Past, Present and Future'', 2015 *''European Union with Turkey'' — 2005 *''Turkey And The World: a complete English bibliography of Turkey and Turks'' — 2001 *''From Kemalism to Ozalism the ideological evolution of Turkish foreign policy'' — 2001

References

External links

ISRO/USAK website

Journal of Turkish Weekly

Biography on UsakPedia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laciner, Sedat 1972 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Alumni of the University of Sheffield Turkish political scientists Turkish journalists Turkish columnists Turkish non-fiction writers Rectors of universities and colleges in Turkey Sedat Laçiner