Kivanc Atak

Kivanc Atak is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy. He holds a PhD from the European University Institute (2013) and master’s degree from Central European University, and a bachelor’s from Bogazici University. His research focuses on protest policing, state repression, and political change, particularly in Turkey. He currently contributes to the ERC project 'Mobilizing for Democracy' under Prof. Donatella della Porta.

• Education:
• Bachelor's: Political Science & International Relations, Bogazici University, Istanbul
• Master's: Political Science, Central European University, Budapest
• PhD: European University Institute, Florence (2013), dissertation on 'Police, Protest and Democracy in Turkey: From Gazi to Gezi'

Research interests include the interplay between policing practices and protest dynamics, democratization processes, and critical theories of state control. His recent work analyzes the June 2013 uprisings in Turkey, published in La Revue Internationale et Stratégique.