ÜMİT KURT 11/08/1984-Gaziantep Tel: (90)5363531436 E-Mail: umit109@yahoo.com umit105@gmail.com Education *PhD Candidate (2007-still continued): Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, GPA: 3.44 *Master s Degree (2006-2007): Sabancı University (with full scholarship) European Studies, GPA: 3.88 *Undergraduate Degree (2001-2006): Middle East Technical University, Political Science and Public Administrations GPA: 3.03 * September 2005- February 2006: Erasmus Student at the University of Keele, UK, at the department of International Relations. *High School (1998-2001): Gaziantep College Foundations Private High Schools (with full scholarships and finished as the first degree) Working Experience 09/2008-10/2010 Research assistant of Prof. Dr. Bülent Aras in a TÜBİTAK project regarding Reconceptualization of the notion of Security in Turkey. 09/2007-09/2008 Boğaziçi University Political Science and International Relations Research Assistantship 09/2006-02/2007 Sabancı University, Art and Social Sciences Assistant of Prof. Dr. Bahri Yılmaz and Doç. Dr. H. Bülent Kahraman. 06/2004-10/2004 TURKEY İŞ BANK/DALAMAN AGENCY- Internship 1
Languages English (advanced in speaking, reading, understanding and writing) German (Beginner in speaking, reading, understanding and writing) Academic Interest Areas Civil-Military Relations in Turkey within the process of European Integration Military and Politics in Turkey Intellectual Sociology of Turkey Turkish Modern Political History and Westernization Movements in Turkish politics Turkey-EU Relations History of Modern Political Thought Awards Award from Association for Liberal Thinking-Liberal Düşünce Derneği- essay competition on Özgürlüğün Değeri ve Önemi as the best essay which is called Düşünsel Bir Eylem Olarak Özgürlük: Özgürlük Bir Aydınlanmadır. This essay was also published in journal of Cogito. Full- scholarship from Gaziantep College High School between 1998 and 2001. Full-scholarship from Üniversite Dersanesi between 1998 and 2001. Full-scholarship from Vehbi Koç Foundation between 2001 and 2006. Dean s Honor List: 2002-2003 (Fall), High Honor in 2004 and 2005-2006 (Spring) at METU, High Honor in 2006-2007 (Fall and Spring) at Sabancı University, 2007-2008 (Spring) at Boğaziçi University. Finished first class student from Gaziantep College high school in Turkish and Math branches. Attended TÜBİTAK Math Olympiads in 1999-2000. Accepted as an Erasmus Student by Keele University in U.K, between 22/09/2005 and 20/01/2006. Full Scholarship from Sabancı University for Master s Degree in European Studies. Accepted as a participant for the Model European Union event, organized by European Parliament, AEGEE-Strasbourg between 04.03.2007-10.03.2007. 2
Accepted as a participant with scholarship to the Jean Monnet International Summer Seminar Integrating Europe in a Changing World, in Rome, from the 2 to July 13, 2007. Accepted for MA programme of International Security and Terrorism with tuition waiver scholarship by University of Nottingham, UK. Accepted for MA programme of Middle Eastern Studies in Durham University, UK. Accepted as an active participant with DAAD scholarship to the FUBİS Summer Seminars, organized by Freie Universitat Berlin. Accepted as an active participant with full-scholarship by the University of Trier for the EU Constitutional Treaty Seminar. Accepted as a participant and translator (EN-TR, TR-EN) with full-scholarship by the University of Prag for the Summer School about the European Union. Awarded TÜBİTAK funding-scholarship for joining the Warsaw East European Conference, Fourth Annual Session. Published Articles Forthcoming: National Security, Securitization and Think Tanks: An Evaluation on Turkey, together with Prof. Dr. Bülent Aras and Associated Prof. Şule Toktaş TÜBİTAK project and it will be published by TÜBİTAK. Forthcoming: THE TURKISH MILITARY S AUTONOMY, THE JDP RULE AND THE EU REFORM PROCESS IN THE 2000s: AN ASSESSMENT ON THE TURKISH VERSION OF DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES (DECAF) together with Associated Prof. Şule Toktaş, will be published on Turkish Studies, Vol. 11, No: 3, September 2010. Forthcoming: Historical Outlook to the EU from the Functionalist Perspective: Europe of Monnet, Schumann and Mitrany. Europeanization in Civil-Military Relations: Implications for Democratic Control of Turkey s Armed Forces, together with. Associated Prof. Şule Toktaş, SETA (Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research) Policy Brief, October 2008, No: 26. Turkey into the EU is Necessary for European Security would strengthen the Prospects of Turkey s Integration, European Journal of Economic and Political Studies (EJEPS) 1(1), 68-90, June 2008. 3
An Analytical Outlook to the Nexus between State and Society in Turkey: Transformative Capacity of the Tension Civilacademy: Journal of Social Sciences, 5(3) 2007 Winter, 1-15. *I have written many articles on several issues, which were published in Radikal, Zaman, Yeni Şafak and Taraf daily newspapers, Monthly journals of Virgül, Cogito and Milliyet Sanat journals. Conferences Europeanization in Civil-Military Relations: Implications for Democratic Control of Turkey s Armed Forces, CEU Fifth Graduate Conference, organized by Central European University, June 19-21, 2009, Budapest-Hungary. Freedom and Enlightenment in Kant, Türkiye Siyasi İlimler Derneği Sixth Conference, held in Bilgi University, November 1, 2008, Istanbul. Turkey into the EU is Necessary for European Security would strengthen the Prospects of Turkey s Integration, ECPR Second Graduate Conference, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 25-27 August 2008. Turkey into the EU is Necessary for European Security would strengthen the Prospects of Turkey s Integration Eight Euro Mediterranean Meeting, University of Florence- Robert Schuman Center, March 12-15 Mart, Florence. Historical Outlook to the EU from the Functionalist Perspective: Europe of Monnet, Schumann and Mitrany, ECPR Second Graduate Conference, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, August 25-27, 2008. The Pope XVI Benedict Dreams A New Europe, ECPR Second Graduate Conference, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, August 25-27, 2008. Political Modernization in Turkey, Social Structure and Secularism: A Theoretical and Conceptual Attempt, Fifth Annual East European Conference, University of Warsaw, July 14-18, 2008, Warsaw. Joining workshops and visiting to Institutions of European Union in Brussels on April 2006. Security Sector Reform and Democratic Control of Armed Forces in Turkey, International Conference on Security in Bilkent University, July 9-12, 2006, Ankara/Turkey Interests Reading Russian and Turkish Literatures. 4
Listening Classic, Ethnic and Jazz Music. European Movies. Reading and listening poem. Affiliations A member of The Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turk (Türk Eğitim Gönüllüleri Vakfı) A member of Ankara Jazz Association. A member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Nota Bene in Sabancı University. References Available Upon Request 5