Behlül Özkan

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Behlül Özkan (@behlulozkan) received his PhD from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in 2009. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Marmara University, Istanbul. Özkan is the author of From the Abode of Islam to the Turkish Vatan: Making of a National Homeland in Turkey (Yale University Press, 2012). He has contributed op-eds to New York Times, Huffington Post, Birgün, Open Democracy. Özkan is a board member of European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). In recent years, his academic studies have been focused on political Islam in Turkey and Europe.

Articles by this author:

Russian troops check their equipment in their Armoured Personnel carrier (APC) stationed in front of the 12th-13th century Orthodox Dadivank Monastery, outside the town of Kalbajar on November 15, 2020, after the monastery was put under their protection during the military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

After Russia’s Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire, Could Turkey Step Up Next for a Lasting Peace?

Nov. 16, 2020 Kemal Kirişci and Behlül Özkan