Murat Akan

Murat Akan serves as Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics and Political Theory in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. His academic trajectory includes a PhD in Political Science from Columbia University (2005), followed by non-residential post-doctoral research at the University of Amsterdam (2009-2012) and in-residence research at the Max-Planck-Institute for Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen (2012-2013), plus a visiting scholar position at George Washington University (2017).

His educational background:

• PhD in Political Science, Columbia University, 2005

Dr. Akan's research centers on Comparative Politics and Political Theory, with concentrated expertise in Secularism across French and Turkish contexts as demonstrated by his Columbia University Press monograph. His work bridges International Relations through comparative analysis of religion-state dynamics, extending to specialized interests in French Politics and Turkish Politics.

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