Ph.D. in Sociology with a grant of the German Oriental Society (DMG), social and economic change in Turkey, political reforms and political movements in Turkey, modern history of Cyprus
M.A. in Social Sciences and Literature, University of Bremen, German
Post-doctoral research at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Senior researcher at the Institute of the DMG, Istanbul
Native German, native command of Turkish, fluent English, basic Persian
Resident in Turkey since 1996
Post-doctoral research, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Senior researcher at the Institute of the DMG, Istanbul
Director of the Institute of the DMG, Istanbul branch, 1998-2001
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 2004-2005
Social and political studies for the leading German Think Tank SWP, Berlin
Economic studies for the Bertelsmann Foundation in cooperation with the University of Munich; for Murmann-Verlag, Hamburg, a major German publishing house on economics, and for the Wochenbericht der Bank J. Bär, Zurich (Weekly Report of J. Bär Bank)
Media study for Burda-International, Munich
Author of three books on international migration, Turkish politics and social movements: Co-editor of three books on Turkish civil society, media, and the trans-state space between Germany and Turkey
Author of several books on Turkey, including:
Die Türkei: Politik – Geschichte – Kultur, 2004 (co-author with Christopher Kubaseck
Café Istanbul. Alltag, Religion und Politik in der modernen Türkei
(Café Istanbul. Everyday Life, Religion and Politics in modern Turkey)
Neue pro-islamische Partein in der Türkei, 2002
(New pro-Islamic Parties in Turkey)
Poltischer Islam in der Türkei, 1997
(Political Islam in Turkey)
Türkischer Islam und Europa, 1999 (co-author with J. Waardenburg)
(Turkish Islam and Europe)
Scholarly articles in New Perspectives on Turkey (Istanbul), Südosteuropa-Mitteilungen (Munich), Edition Suhrkamp (Frankfurt), Zed-Books (London), Edition Körber (Hamburg), Entwicklung + Zusammenarbeit (Frankfurt), Les annales de l´autre islam (Paris), Der Bürger im Staat (Stuttgart), SGMOIK Bulletin (Zürich), Lit-Verlag (Münster), Nomos-Verlag (Baden-Baden), Revue Française Géopolitique (Lyon), BTS (Beirut), EuroAgenda (Berlin)
Freelance writer and journalist, based in Istanbul (2002-2003), including articles for leading German-language publications such as Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Berliner Zeitung
Reports for German radio stations on Turkish politics and culture
Managed internationally staffed institutions, coordinated international research projects, conferences and round tables, developed and implemented opinion research
Christopher Kubaseck, Turkey Expert
M.A. in Turkish Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Resident in Turkey since 1996
Native German, native fluency in Turkish, fluent English, basic French, Russian and Arabic
Organised lobbying activities of the European Turkish Union, a confederation of over 20 Turkish associations in Germany, to promote the commencement Turkey’s accession negotiations to the EU among German politicians and publishing of a newsletter on political and economic developments in Turkey, 2004.
Administrative & organizational activities for an EU-financed research project on Turkish civil society, 1998-2000
Studies on the cultural concept of the Turkish city, city planning and political participation in Eskişehir, Turkey, 1996-1998
Chief Editor, Die Neue Türkei, the German Journal for Tourism in Turkey, published in Antalya, 2002-2003
Author of several books on Turkey, including:
Die Türkei: Politik – Geschichte – Kultur, 2004 (co-author with Günter Seufert)
(Turkey: Poltics – History – Culture)
Türkei (co-author with Christoph K. Neumann and Frank Tophoven)
Westküste Türkei (co- author with Isolde Motzer)
(Turkey’s West Coast)
Falter, Der praktische Reiseführer, Istanbul
(The Practical Travel Guide to Istanbul)
Co-editor (with Günter Seufert), Deutsche Wissenschaftler im türkischen Exil: Die Wissenschaftsmigration in die Türkei 1933-1945, 2008
Numerous articles on Turkey and Germany for leading German and Turkish newspapers and news magazines, including Der Spiegel and Focus
Numerous contributions to Internet news sites
Editor and producer of magazines
Presenter of several radio features for German public radio
Co-author of serials for Turkish television and of documentary films on Turkey and the Balkans