{"id":75,"date":"2011-11-13T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T11:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nauva.dyndns.org\/iktisat\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-08-10T06:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T06:32:28","slug":"meet-the-dean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=75","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ozgur_ozdamar_vesikalik2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4182 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ozgur_ozdamar_vesikalik2-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ozgur_ozdamar_vesikalik2-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ozgur_ozdamar_vesikalik2.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a>Prof. \u0130brahim \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zdamar<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,0\"><strong data-path-to-node=\"7,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">\u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zdamar<\/strong> is Professor of International Relations,\u00a0the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences (FEASS), and\u00a0the\u00a0Dean of the Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences (ESBE) at Bilkent University. He joined the Bilkent faculty in 2009 and served as Chair of the Department of International Relations from 2020 to 2025.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,1\">Dr. \u00d6zdamar\u2019s research focuses on foreign policy analysis, leadership profiling, domestic sources of foreign policy, political forecasting, and international relations theory. He has served as Principal Investigator on numerous high-profile research projects, including multiple T\u00dcB\u0130TAK 1001 grants\u2014Turkey&#8217;s flagship national research funding program\u2014focusing on public opinion, role theory, and elite decision-making in Turkish foreign policy. His scholarship has appeared in premier international journals, including <em data-path-to-node=\"7,1\" data-index-in-node=\"519\">European Journal of International Relations<\/em>, <em data-path-to-node=\"7,1\" data-index-in-node=\"564\">International Affairs<\/em>, <em data-path-to-node=\"7,1\" data-index-in-node=\"587\">Political Research Quarterly<\/em>, <em data-path-to-node=\"7,1\" data-index-in-node=\"617\">International Studies Review<\/em>, and <em data-path-to-node=\"7,1\" data-index-in-node=\"651\">Foreign Policy Analysis<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,2\">In addition to his academic work, Dr. \u00d6zdamar has extensive policy consulting experience, having advised government agencies, private sector entities, and international organizations. He is also a regular commentator in national and international media on global politics and foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,3\">He currently serves as Director of Research at Bilkent\u2019s Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Studies. His co-authored book, <em data-path-to-node=\"7,3\" data-index-in-node=\"124\">Leaders in the Middle East and North Africa: How Ideology Shapes Foreign Policy<\/em> (Cambridge University Press, 2023), received the Distinguished Book Award from the Foreign Policy Analysis section of the International Studies Association (ISA). Dr. \u00d6zdamar was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at Johns Hopkins University SAIS (2019\u20132020) and a Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute\u2019s Robert Schuman Center in Florence (2025\u20132026).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. \u0130brahim \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zdamar \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zdamar is Professor of International Relations,\u00a0the Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences (FEASS), and\u00a0the\u00a0Dean of the Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences (ESBE) at Bilkent University. He joined the Bilkent &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/?page_id=75\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":70,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"onecolumn-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":143,"href":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4187,"href":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/4187"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feass.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}