Turkish Foreign Policy, Turkish Politics, History of the United States, US Foreign Policy, International Development
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4167-9318
Research Fields
Short CV
Gökser Gökçay is a historian of international relations. He completed his bachelor degree at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University. He graduated from the Department of International Relations at Ege University and completed his doctoral dissertation titled ‘Foreign Aid and Turkey from the End of the Second World War to the Johnson’s Letter” at the Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History in Dokuz Eylül University. He served as Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at Texas State University in the 2017/18 Academic Year and taught courses about Modern Turkey and Global Cold War. His main research interests are Turkey in the Cold War, Turkey–US Relations, History of International Development.
Education Status & Academic Titles
Academic Activities > Publications
(Other Scientific Publications) Toplam: 3İkinci Dünya Savaşı’nın Ardından Türkiye’de Amerikan Yardımları
Kebikeç İnsan Bilimleri İçin Kaynak Araştırmaları Dergisi (2015)
Zafer Toprak, Darwin’den Dersim’e Cumhuriyet ve Antropoloji
Çağdaş Türkiye Araştırmaları Dergisi (2012)
Academic Activities > Book - Book Chapter
- The Ties That Bind: Postwar US Foreign Policy Toward Turkey, 2018.
- Cumhuriyetin Eğitim Devrimcisi: Dr. Reşit Galip, 2015.
Academic Activities > Congress - Conference Participation
- Centre for Global Cooperation Research 4th Annual Conference, 2022.
- 16. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, 2019.
- British International History Group 31 st Annual Conference, 2019.
- The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Annual Meeting 2018, 2018.
- The Eight European Summer School on Cold War History, 2016.
- Cold War Economics: The Theory and Practice of Economic Development in Historical Perspective, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2015.
- The Fourth World Congress for Middle East Studies, 2014.
- The Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Transatlantic Studies Association, 2014.
- The Twenty First Annual Bluegrass Symposium, 2012.
- Körfezde Zaman, İzmir Araştırmaları Kongresi, 2009.
- The Nordic Summer School in Contemporary History, 2009.
- The Eight METU Conference in International Relations, 2009.
- “Towards a Global History of Development” Workshop at ETH, 2008.
Administrative Activities
- Öğrenci Danışmanlığı / Student Adviser, 81-90 Öğrenci Danışmanlığı, (2022 - Devam ediyor.)
- Bölüm Başkan Yardımcısı / Deputy Head of Department, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler (İngilizce) Bölüm Başkan Yardımcısı, (2021 - 2023)
- Komisyon Üyesi / Member of Commission, Strateji Geliştirme Koordinatörlüğü Komisyon Üyeliği, (2021 - Devam ediyor.)
- Komisyon Üyesi / Member of Commission, Kalite Komisyonu Üyeliği (Enstitü / Fakülte / MYO), (2021 - Devam ediyor.)
- Koordinatör Yardımcısı / Deputy Coordinator, Uzaktan Eğitim Koordinatörlüğü, (2020 - 2021)
- Komisyon Başkanlığı / Head of Commission, Dijital Eğitim Komisyonu Başkanlığı (Fakülte), (2020 - Devam ediyor.)
- Kurul Üyeliği / Board Member, Fakülte Kurulu Üyeliği, (2019 - 2021)
- Komisyon Üyesi / Member of Commission, Mezuniyet Komisyonu Üyeliği (Enstitü / Fakülte / MYO), (2019 - 2021)
- Öğrenci Kulübü Danışmanlığı / Head of Student Club, SİYASET BİLİMİ VE ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER KULÜBÜ, (2019 - 2022)
- Öğrenci Danışmanlığı / Student Adviser, 41-50 Öğrenci Danışmanlığı, (2018 - 2022)
Awards
- LBJ Foundation Moody Research Grant, (LBJ Foundation), 2020.
- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Travel Grant, (Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation), 2019.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library Travel Grant, (Eisenhower Foundation), 2019.
- Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Texas State University, Lecturing, (J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board), 2017.
- Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Travel Grant, (Harry S. Truman Library Institute), 2016.
Scientific Memberships
- Member, Middle East Studies Association 2020
- Üye, Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği 2020
- Member, The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations 2019
- Member, British International Studies Association 2019
Education and Training Activities
- Sosyalist Düşüncenin Evrimi, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Bahar)
- Mezuniyet Projesi II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Bahar)
- Türk Siyasal Hayatı II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Bahar)
- Siyasi Tarih II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Bahar)
- Graduation Project II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Bahar)
- Turkish Politics II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Bahar)
- Political History II, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Bahar)
- Mezuniyet Projesi I, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Güz)
- Türk Siyasal Hayatı I, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Güz)
- Siyasi Tarih I, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Güz)
- Graduation Project I, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Güz)
- Turkish Politics I, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Güz)
- Political History I, (Undergraduate Degree / 2021-2022 Güz)
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- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Emerging Sources Citation Index