Prof. ZANA AYŞE ÇITAK AYTÜRK

Academic Titles

2023 - Continues Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations
2011 - Continues Associate Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations
2013 - 2023 Associate Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations
2005 - 2013 Assistant Professor

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations
2004 - 2005 Lecturer PhD

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations

Managerial Experience

2021 - Continues Faculty Management Board Member

Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences
2021 - 2023 Deputy Head of Department

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations
2015 - 2020 doktora koordinatörü

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations
2018 - 2018 Ethics Committee Member

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations
2009 - 2011 Deputy Head of Department

Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations

Non Academic Experience

2021 - Continues Yayın Kurulu üyesi

European Journal of Turkish Studies, Yayın Kurulu üyesi
2005 - Continues Foreign associate member

Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes-Centre National de Recherche Scientifique/Groupe Sociologies,Religions, Laicités (GSRL), Foreign associate member
2011 - 2011 Visiting Fellow

University of Notre Dame / Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies, Visiting Fellow

Supervised Theses

The international and the Indonesian nationalist movement

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

D.GÜL(Student), Postgraduate, 2021
Women's movement in Iran: a comparative study of the reformist era and the green movement

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

D.Burcu(Student), Postgraduate, 2020
The Role of cultural heritage in international politics: an analysis of the negative heritage sites in UNESCO world heritage

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

G.Zehra(Student), Postgraduate, 2020
The catholic church and nationalism in Spain and in Catalonia during Franco period

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

P.DOYGUN(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
Hearing and remembering the voices of women in the Turkish nation building process: Kadinlar Dünyası and Türk Kadın Yolu

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

D.Uçak(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
Hearing and remembering the voices of women in Turkish nation building process: Kadınlar dünyası and Türk kadın yolu

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

D.UÇAK(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
The Catholic church and nationalism in Spain and in Catalonia during Francoist era

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

P.Doygun(Student), Postgraduate, 2018
An ethnic group embedded in multiple identities: The case of Iraqi Turkmens in Turkey

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

T.YILDIZ(Student), Postgraduate, 2016
A comparative analysis of the far right parties in Europe: National Front in France, Freedom Party of Austria and Danish People's Party

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

A.ER(Student), Postgraduate, 2014
A Comparative analysis of the far right parties in Europe: national front in France, freedom party of Austria and Danish people’s party /

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

A.Er(Student), Postgraduate, 2014
Nationalism and territoriality: The conception of homeland in the communities of Turkish origin in Bulgaria and the Netherlands

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

A.ŞENSES(Student), Doctorate, 2014
Conscientious objection in Turkey: A case of emancipatory-critical security thinking and practice

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

E.EROL(Student), Doctorate, 2013
Reasons and consequences of (non)cooperation discourses in Turkey’s Iraq policy: a narrative explanation for episodes of pacts and wars a

ALTUNIŞIK M. (Co-Advisor), ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Co-Advisor)

M.Akif(Student), Doctorate, 2013
The Role of religion in international relations : the case of the relations between Turkey and organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

B.Öztürk(Student), Postgraduate, 2013
The Emergence of Albanian national identity and three figures : Şemsettin Sami, İsmail Kemal, Fan S. Noli

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

E.Ziu(Student), Postgraduate, 2012
Religion in international relations and interfaith dialogue

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

O.Sezenler(Student), Postgraduate, 2010
Religion and nation-building in the Turkish republic: a comparison of the high school textbooks of 1930-1950 and 1950-1960

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

B.Arı(Student), Postgraduate, 2010
A constructivist criticism of neo-realist conception of “state” in international relations: Turkey’s five motions on military involvement in Iraq (2003–2007)

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

A.Apar(Student), Postgraduate, 2009
The European Union as a normative power and the European neighbourhood policy: cases of Morocco and Egypt

ÇITAK AYTÜRK Z. A. (Advisor)

M.Tınas(Student), Postgraduate, 2009

Academic and Administrative Experience

2023 - Continues Professor

2011 - Continues Associate Professor

2013 - 2023 Associate Professor

2005 - 2013 Assistant Professor

2004 - 2005 Lecturer PhD

2021 - Continues Faculty Management Board Member

2021 - 2023 Deputy Head of Department

2015 - 2020 doktora koordinatörü

2018 - 2018 Ethics Committee Member

2009 - 2011 Deputy Head of Department

2021 - Continues Yayın Kurulu üyesi

2005 - Continues Foreign associate member

2011 - 2011 Visiting Fellow