Biography
Seyit Ali Avcu is a political scientist and a faculty member at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. He received his Ph.D. in International Relations and Comparative Politics from the University of Virginia and he thought in several universities in the USA, Turkey, and Kyrgyzstan. He served as a director of Central Asian Research Center (ORASAM) at Kyrgyzstan-Turkey Manas University where he directed several research projects on Central Asia. He is also a former Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) Kyrgyzstan country director. His research focuses on Central Asia, integration, Eurasian Economic Union, Belt and Road Initiative, political parties, ethnic conflict, nationalism, politics and religion, politics of economic reform, globalization, and energy politics. Dr. Avcu speaks Turkish (native) English, Russian, Arabic, Kyrgyz, and Kazakh.
Education Information
1997 - 2010
1997 - 2010Doctorate
The University of Virginia, Uluslararasi Iliskiler/Siyaset Bilimi, United States Of America
1995 - 1997
1995 - 1997Postgraduate
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Newark Campus, Political Science, United States Of America
1988 - 1993
1988 - 1993Undergraduate
Ankara University, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi Ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, Turkey
Dissertations
2010
2010Doctorate
ECONOMIC REFORMS AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF THE POLITICAL PARTY SYSTEM: THE TURKISH CASE, 1980-2002
The University of Virginia, Uluslararasi Iliskiler/Siyaset Bilimi
1997
1997Postgraduate
Religion as a Source of Legitimacy: Turkey and Saudi Arabia
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Newark Campus, Political Science
Research Areas
Social Sciences and Humanities
Academic Titles / Tasks
2018 - Continues
2018 - ContinuesAssociate Professor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi Ve Kamu Yönetimi
2011 - 2018
2011 - 2018Assistant Professor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi Ve Kamu Yönetimi
Managerial Experience
2012 - 2015
2012 - 2015Director of the Center
Kırgızistan-Türkiye Manas Üniversitesi
Articles Published in Other Journals
2019
2019Central Asia in India’s energy quest
Pradhan R., Zholdasbekova A., Avcu S. A., Lapenko M.
Central Asia and the Caucasus, vol.20, no.2, pp.58-68, 2019 (Scopus)
2016
2016Small States and Economic Integrations Eurasian Customs Union and Kyrgyzstan
AVCU S. A.
Relaciones Internationales, vol.25, no.51, pp.101-111, 2016 (ESCI)
2014
2014Hegemonic Stability Theory and Secessionist Movements in the Middle East During the 1990s
AVCU S. A.
Manas Journal of Social Studies, vol.3, no.10, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2014
2014Terrorism and Organized Crime Threats to National Security of Central Asia
AVCU S. A.
Reforma-International Economics Journal, vol.4, no.64, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2014
2014Political Consequences of Economic Reforms in the Middle East
AVCU S. A.
Reforma-International Economics Journal, vol.2, no.62, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2014
2014Avrasya Gümrük Birliği ve Kırgızistan Avantajları ve Dezavantajları
AVCU S. A.
Avrasya Etüdleri, vol.20, 2014 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2013
2013Fragmentation of Political Party System in Kyrgyzstan
AVCU S. A.
Central Asia and the Caucasus, vol.14, no.2, 2013 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2011
2011merikan Muhafazakâr Düşüncesinde Özel Mülkiyet
AVCU S. A.
Muhafazakar Düşünce, vol.7, no.27, 2011 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings
2018
2018Millet İnşasında Siyasi Baskı Mağdurları Müzelerinin Rolü: Kazakistan Aljir Anıtı ve Müzesi
AVCU S. A.
3. Türkistan KurultayıKafkasya ve Türkistan’da 1938 Sovyet Katliamı ve EtkileriGöç, Sürgün ve Kimlik, 3 - 05 October 2018
2018
2018Astana Peace Talks: Road to Peace in Syria?
AVCU S. A.
7th Eurasian Peace Science Meeting, İstanbul, Turkey, 20 - 21 January 2018
2017
2017Siyasal Kültür ve Bürokratik Kültürün Kalkinma Üzerine EtkisiThe Effects of Political and Bureaucratic Culture on Development
AVCU S. A.
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ONPOLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIALSTUDIES, 9 - 11 November 2017
2017
2017New Jeopolitical Reality in Central Asia: Chinese “One Belt One Road” Project
AVCU S. A.
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ONPOLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIALSTUDIES, 9 - 11 November 2017
2017
2017Small States and Economic Integrations: Eurasian Economic Union and Kyrgyzstan
AVCU S. A.
Modernization 3.0: Modernization of Kazakstan’xxs Identity, Astana, Kazakhstan, 20 October 2017
2017
2017Why a Democratic State Wants to Restrict Religious Freedom? The Case of Kyrgyzstan
AVCU S. A.
Joint ESCAS-CESS Conference, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 29 June - 02 July 2017
2017
2017Turkey and Avrasya Ekonomik Union
AVCU S. A.
3rd International Eurasian Sphere : Theory and Practice of Development, Saratov, Russia, 26 - 27 June 2017
2017
2017The relations between Turkey and Central Asian Countries
AVCU S. A.
Turkic World and International Relations: history, personality and prospects, Astana, Kazakhstan, 26 - 27 May 2017
2017
2017Chinese One Belt One Road Project and the Stability in Eeastern Mediterranean
AVCU S. A., ÇAYLAK A.
Mediterranean International On Social Science, Podgorica, Serbia And Montenegro, 19 - 22 May 2017, pp.33-34
2017
2017Securitization of Economic Integration Decisions: Armenia and the Eurasian Economic Union
AVCU S. A.
First AESC AnnualConvention, İstanbul, Turkey, 27 April 2017
2017
2017International System and Iran-Turkey Relations
AVCU S. A.
International Symposium on Continuity and Change in North Africa, Turkey Iran, 20 - 22 April 2017
2017
2017Ethnic Religious Conflicts and Gender in Kyrgyzstan
AVCU S. A.
EUPRA-AFK Joint Conferene, Schwerte, Germany, 16 - 18 March 2017
2017
2017Integration processes in Central Asia: succes and failure
AVCU S. A.
International Studies Association, 22 - 25 February 2017
2017
2017”How to Explain the Surge in Turkish Foreign Aid?”
AVCU S. A.
Internatıonal Studies Association, 22 - 25 February 2017
2017
2017Overlapping Integration Processes in Central Asia: Eurasian Economic Union and Silk Road Project
AVCU S. A.
International Conference on the Silk Road and Transport Diplomacy, Chabahar, Iran, 25 - 26 January 2017
2016
2016Radicalism and Integration Processes in Central Asia
AVCU S. A.
I. International Antalya Security Symposium, Antalya, Turkey, 2 - 04 December 2016
2016
2016Iran Turkey Relations after the Arab Spring
AVCU S. A.
The 3rd International Conference on International System, Regional Developments and Iran's Foreign Policy, 21 - 22 November 2016
2014
2014KIRGIZİSTAN DA PARLAMENTER SİSTEMİN YERLEŞTİRİLMESİ
AVCU S. A.
I. ULUSLARARASI TÜRK DEVLET YÖNETİMİ GELENEĞİ KONGRESİ, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 3 - 04 April 2014
2016
2016TURKISH FOREIGN AID TO CENTRAL ASIA
AVCU S. A.
Fifth CESS Regional Conference, Kazan, Russia, 2 - 04 June 2016
2016
2016GLOBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL ASIA
AVCU S. A.
International Congress on Economics, Finance and Energy, Almata, Kazakhstan, 16 - 18 May 2016
2016
2016Turkey as an Emerging Power and the role of the TurkishInternational Cooperation and Development Agency TIKA
AVCU S. A.
1st Eurasia-Latin AmericaInternational ConferenceStrategic Engagement andComparative Perspectives in Politics andEconomics, İstanbul, Turkey, 26 - 27 March 2016
2016
2016Overlapping Integration Processes in Central Asia Eurasian Economic Union and Silk Road Economic Belt
AVCU S. A.
IV. Avrasya Sosyal Bilimler Forumu, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 21 - 22 April 2016
2014
2014Small States and Economic Integrations Eurasian Customs Union and Kyrgyzstan
AVCU S. A.
III. Avrasya Sosyal Bilimler Forumu, Almata Kazakistan, 15 - 16 November 2014
Books & Book Chapters
2017
2017Türkiye’de Parti Sisteminin Parcalanmasi, 1991-2002
AVCU S. A.
in: Osmanlı’dan Günümüze Türkiye’nin Siyasal Hayatı, Çaylak, Adem Avcu, Seyit Ali, Editor, Savaş Yayınevi, Ankara, pp.627-645, 2017
2015
2015Economic Reforms and Party System Fragmentation in Turkey
AVCU S. A.
Germany: Omniscriptum Gmbh & Company Kg, 2015
Supported Projects
2017 - 2017
2017 - 2017