Dr. Ilter Turan is Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Department of International Relations of Istanbul Bilgi University and the past president of the International Political Science Association. Earlier, he has worked at Istanbul and Koç Universities and held visiting appointments at American and British universities including universities of California (Berkeley), Iowa, Arizona, Kentucky, Wisconsin (Madison) and Oxford (Nuffield and St. Anthony’s colleges). He has authored books and articles in English and Turkish on Turkish Politics and Turkish Foreign Policy. He has served as the President of Istanbul Bilgi University, the President of the Turkish Political Science Association and Vice President and Program Chair of the International Political Science Association. He is a foreign policy columnist for the economics daily Ekonomi and weekly TR Monitor. He serves on several corporate and foundation boards. Dr. Turan received his BA in Political Science at Oberlin College (1962) MA from Columbia University (1964) and PhD from Istanbul University (1966). Born in Istanbul in 1941, Dr. Turan is married and they have one daughter.