Ilker Kalin

Ilker Kalin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research (CFPPR) at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. As of March 2025, he also holds a visiting scholar position at the Stockholm Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) in Sweden. He earned his PhD in Political Science from Wayne State University in 2018.

• Current affiliations: Bilkent University (CFPPR), SUITS
• Education: PhD in Political Science (2018), Wayne State University

His research focuses on political violence, nonviolent action, conflict processes, and civil-military relations, with a recent emphasis on LGBTQ+ polarization and collective dissent in Turkey. He employs mixed-methods approaches, combining quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews.

His recent work explores intersections between authoritarian repression, activist coordination, and security dynamics in nonviolent resistance. Key publications include studies on military training impacts and academic freedom erosion.

• 2022-2023 ICNC Online Teaching Fellowship

Kalin serves as managing editor of All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace, contributing to academic discourse on peace research and conflict resolution.