General Information

 

The Republic of Turkey, located on the Anatolian Peninsula between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, which has a great geopolitical importance in the world political history and today's international relations, is a state that has direct relations with not only regional but also global actors due to its geographical location and political power. In Anatolia, which is the home of ancient cultures, Turkey carries its political culture, which it has developed by combining the history of Turkishness with geographical history, into the future along with its sociological, geopolitical and strategic importance.

For this reason, Anatolian geography has existed in history with its geopolitical importance and has a deep socio-cultural memory. As a result of all these characteristics, it has very rich resources that can be researched in multidisciplinary fields covering both humanities and natural sciences.

In addition to being an important actor in today's international relations system, Turkey has both historical and anthropological importance due to the deep history of the geography in which it is located. The historical cultural accumulation in Anatolia, where many civilisations have existed at different stages of thousands of years of history, and the blending of this cultural accumulation and its extension to the present day, undoubtedly contain rich resources for geographical, ethnographic and sociological research.

For Turkey, which is an effective power within the framework of 'regionalism' approaches that are becoming increasingly important in the global system, it is important to increase academic studies on neighbouring countries in its own region and on global power competition, both politically, economically and socio-culturally.

 

The Strategic Studies Application and Research Centre has been established with the aim of conducting academic studies in the fields of Political Science and International Relations, Sociology, History, Psychology, Political Psychology, Philosophy and Communication, developing original projects and contributing to academic cooperation with universities, strategic research centres and institutes in Turkey and abroad.

With the activities of the Strategic Research Centre, it is planned to conduct academic studies in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary fields within the humanities, develop original projects and contribute to academic cooperation with universities, strategic research centres and institutes in Turkey and abroad.

Although there are 14 specific fields of study within the Strategic Studies Application and Research Centre (ÜSSAM), 10 of these fields have an internship programme for students studying social sciences at Üsküdar University. Interns are expected to conduct research and develop projects for the region and countries covered by the working desk to which they are assigned, in accordance with their field of study.

During the 90-day internship period, the students have many responsibilities, such as actively participating in academic activities within ÜSSAM, following the agenda, preparing news analyses and in-depth analyses, writing articles, and participating in ÜSSAM projects. A total of 65 interns are currently working in our 1st Internship Period Programme, which started on 01.04.2024.