Ãœmit Cizre (born 1946) is a Turkish academic, and a leading expert on civilian-military relations in
Turkey
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. She is a professor of
political science
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and
international relations
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at
Istanbul Åžehir University
Istanbul Şehir University () was a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2008 by the ''Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı'' (''BiSaV'' or ''BSV'', ). The university started its education in the academic year of 2 ...
. She is the editor of ''Almanac Turkey 2005 – Security Sector and Its Democratic Oversight'' (2006), which gained public attention in Turkey.
Career
After graduating from London University in 1968 she gained a masters from
Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University (commonly referred to as METU; in Turkish language, Turkish, ''Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi'', ODTÜ) is a prestigious public university, public Institute of technology, technical university located in Ankara, ...
in 1982 and a doctorate from
Ankara University
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in 1987. She was at the
Bilkent University
Bilkent University () is a private non-profit research university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by İhsan Doğramacı, the first president of the Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, with th ...
in Ankara, later becoming director
of the Center for Modern Turkish Studies at
Istanbul Åžehir University
Istanbul Şehir University () was a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It was established in 2008 by the ''Bilim ve Sanat Vakfı'' (''BiSaV'' or ''BSV'', ). The university started its education in the academic year of 2 ...
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She has been a
Fulbright Scholar
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and visiting professor at
Princeton University
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, and a public policy scholar at the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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(2009).
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) or Wilson Center is a Washington, D.C.–based think tank
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TESEV
The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (, TESEV), based in Istanbul, is Turkey's leading think tank. The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) is an independent non-governmental think-tank, analyzing social, political ...
İletişim Yayınları
İletişim Yayınları ( English: ''Contact Publications'') is an independent publishing company based in Istanbul, Turkey. It has published authors including Orhan Pamuk
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