Dr. Mehmet Özkan
Executive Director
Maarif Foundation USA
New York, USA
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Welcome! I am Executive Director of Maarif Foundation USA and Assoc. Professor of International Relations. Previously I have taught at universities in Colombia, Turkey, Bosnia & Herzegovina in Turkish, English and Spanish.
I have extensive experience in academia, think-tanks and government where I worked as founding Regional Director for Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) in Colombia (2015-2018) and Director of International Center for Terrorism and Transnational Crime (UTSAM) in Turkey (2014-2015). I held fellowships positions at SETA Foundation in Ankara; Institute for Defense and Security Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi, India; Center for Global Policy in Washington DC, USA and Cairo University in Egypt.
After studying in Turkey, South Africa, Sweden, India and Egypt, I completed my PhD at Sevilla University, Spain and my academic interest focuses on politics of Global South, religion and politics, Middle East, Horn of Africa, Latin American politics, radicalization, civil-military relations, foreign policy of emerging powers, development, and more specifically Turkish foreign and domestic policy.
CONTACT INFO:
E-mail: metkan82 (at) hotmail.com
Twitter: @_MehmetOzkan
Post:
Maarif Foundation USA
236 Hoover Avenue
Bloomfield, NJ 07003 USA
Research interests: Advancing early work on Horn of Africa, Middle Eastern politics and transnational developmental NGOs, my current research is more eclectic and comparative. I remain focused on South-South development, but also work on Latin American politics, civil military relations, and religion and politics. Future work explores the transformation of Turkish domestic and foreign policy and new forms of systemic resistance to existing international order across global regions.
Professional interests: I occasionally analyze breaking developments in world politics for popular outlets like Foreign Policy, Middle East Eye, Star-Açık Görüş, AA Analiz, Kriter as well as contribute with commentaries to, among many others, CNN en Español, NTN24, TRT World, Russia Today, TRT Haber, HaberTürk, France24, CNN Turk, NTV, and Al-Jazeera Arabic.
Updated 4.25.21