Ayse Betul Celik's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

To get connected with scholars, activists and researchers

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

Ayşe Betül Çelik received her Ph.D. in political science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2002 and is an Assistant Professor at Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey. She teaches political science and conflict resolution. She is an expert on inter-ethnic conflict resolution and dialogue. Her research areas include ethnicity, forced migration, and post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation. She has several articles and an edited book on Turkey’s Kurdish Question, forced Kurdish migration and role of NGOs in the conflict.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Turkey, Middle East

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

Turkey

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Assistant Professor at Sabanci University Turkey

What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)

http://www.beyondintractability.com

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, Democratization, Civil Society

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Advocacy, Intervention

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Reconciliation, Inter-cultural conflict and dialogue.

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

“Future Uncertain: Using Scenarios to Understand Turkey’s Geopolitical Environment and Its Impact on the Kurdish Question,” Ethnopolitics, November 2007 (vol. 6, no. 4)

“Necessary but not Sufficient: The Role of EU in Resolving Turkey’s Kurdish Question and Turkish-Greek Conflicst” European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol. 11, Issue 2, Summer 2006, 203-222.

“Transnationalization of Human Rights and Its Impact on Internally Displaced Kurds,” Human Rights Quarterly, August 2005, Vol. 27 (3), 969-996. (Reprinted in Crepeau et al. Forced Migration and Global Processes. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2006)

“I Miss My Village!: Forced Kurdish Migrants in Istanbul and Their Representation in Associations”, New Perspectives on Turkey, Vol. 32, Spring 2005.

“Kurds and Nationalism”, New Perspectives on Turkey, Spring 1998, Vol. 18: 147-154.