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===The Washington Institute for Near East Policy ===
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Cagaptay is a senior fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). The Turkish Research Program, since its founding in 1995, has become an influential center for research and information on Turkey in Washington. The program conducts important research; hosts Policy Forum luncheons with guest speakers; releases numerous publications in the form of Policy Watches, Policy Notes, articles and opeds; and makes appearances in the media and Congressional hearings <ref> About Us/Turkish Research Program http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=59</ref>
Cagaptay is a senior fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). The Turkish Research Program, since its founding in 1995, has become an influential center for research and information on Turkey in Washington. The program conducts important research; hosts Policy Forum luncheons with guest speakers; releases numerous publications in the form of Policy Watches, Policy Notes, articles and opeds; and makes appearances in the media and Congressional hearings <ref> About Us/Turkish Research Program http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=59</ref>
. In addition, they have established special programs such as the Turgut Ozal Memorial lecture series, which honors the late Turkish president by helping raise awareness of Turkish policy issues in the Washington community. Previous Ozal speakers include [[Bernard Lewis]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], and [[Richard Holbrooke]], among others. Another special program of WINEP's Turkish Research Program is the Turkish Military Fellowship, which is the only exchange between the Turkish military and a Washington-based think tank in existence. The goal of the program is to increase awareness of Turkish security issues in Washington. <ref> About Us/Turkish Military Fellowshiphttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=82</ref>
. In addition, they have established special programs such as the Turgut Ozal Memorial lecture series, which honors the late Turkish president by helping raise awareness of Turkish policy issues in the Washington community <ref> About Us/Turgut Ozal Memorial Lecture http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=84</ref>
. Previous Ozal speakers include [[Bernard Lewis]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], and [[Richard Holbrooke]], among others. Another special program of WINEP's Turkish Research Program is the Turkish Military Fellowship, which is the only exchange between the Turkish military and a Washington-based think tank in existence. The goal of the program is to increase awareness of Turkish security issues in Washington. <ref> About Us/Turkish Military Fellowshiphttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=82</ref>


=== Teaching ===
=== Teaching ===

Revision as of 19:45, 7 June 2011

Soner Çağaptay is the director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.[1] He has a background in history, and is an expert on US-Turkish relations, Turkish politics, and Turkish nationalism.

Education

Cagaptay received a Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 2003. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on Turkish nationalism.

Besides English and Turkish, his research languages include French, German, Spanish, Bosnian, Hebrew, Azerbaijani, and Ottoman Turkish.[1]

Career

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Cagaptay is a senior fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP). The Turkish Research Program, since its founding in 1995, has become an influential center for research and information on Turkey in Washington. The program conducts important research; hosts Policy Forum luncheons with guest speakers; releases numerous publications in the form of Policy Watches, Policy Notes, articles and opeds; and makes appearances in the media and Congressional hearings [2] . In addition, they have established special programs such as the Turgut Ozal Memorial lecture series, which honors the late Turkish president by helping raise awareness of Turkish policy issues in the Washington community [3] . Previous Ozal speakers include Bernard Lewis, Paul Wolfowitz, and Richard Holbrooke, among others. Another special program of WINEP's Turkish Research Program is the Turkish Military Fellowship, which is the only exchange between the Turkish military and a Washington-based think tank in existence. The goal of the program is to increase awareness of Turkish security issues in Washington. [4]

Teaching

He has taught courses on the Middle East, Mediterranean, and Eastern Europe at Princeton University and Yale University. His spring 2003 course on modern Turkish history was the first offered by Yale in three decades.[1] From 2006 to 2007, he was Ertegun Professor at the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton. Currently, he is a visiting professor at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.[5]

He also currently serves as chair of the Turkey Advanced Area Studies Program at the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute.[6]

Honors

Among his honors are the Smith-Richardson, Mellon, Rice, and Leylan fellowships, as well as the Ertegun chair at Princeton.[7]

In the Media

Cagaptay is the author of many op-ed pieces, which have appeared in publications such as: The Wall Street Journal, Jane's Defense Weekly, Foreign Policy, Newsweek, Newsweek Türkiye, The Washington Times, Jerusalem Post, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, and many others.[8] He also is a regular columnist for Hürriyet Daily News and Economic Review, the oldest English version of Turkish news in print.[9] In addition, he has appeared on Fox News, C-SPAN, CNN, NPR, Voice of America, al-Jazeera, BBC, CNN Turk, and al-Hurra.[10]

Books

References

  1. ^ a b c Expert biography http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC10.php?CID=3
  2. ^ About Us/Turkish Research Program http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=59
  3. ^ About Us/Turgut Ozal Memorial Lecture http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=84
  4. ^ About Us/Turkish Military Fellowshiphttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=82
  5. ^ Georgetown University Directory http://contact.georgetown.edu/index.cfm?Action=View&NetID=sc374
  6. ^ Biography/Soner Çağaptay'ın Özgeçmişi http://www.cagaptay.com/about/
  7. ^ UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE (HELSINKI COMMISSION) HOLDS HEARING: THE 2007 TURKISH ELECTIONS http://www.csce.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContentRecords.ViewTranscript&ContentRecord_id=393&ContentType=H,B&ContentRecordType=B&CFID=1563668&CFTOKEN=16279496
  8. ^ Articles by Soner Cagaptay http://www.cagaptay.com/articles/
  9. ^ Hürriyet Daily News - Soner Cagaptay http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/i.php?as_q=&as_epq=&as_oq=&start_date=&end_date=&orderby=&author=soner-cagaptay&byline=&c=&as_eq=&num=&searchbutton=+SEARCH+
  10. ^ TURKISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - Keynote Speaker: Soner Cagaptay, biography http://www.tepav.org.tr/eng/admin/dosyabul/upload/baskanlik_secimleri_program.pdf

Articles

Video and Audio

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