Research Awards

  • Rabia Karakaya Polat

Tubitak, Marie Sklodowska–Curie Program Individual Scholarships Above Threshold Award (2017)

  • Özlem Kayhan Pusane

TÜBİTAK Award for Encouraging Participation in European Union Framework Programs (2010)

 

Research Projects

  • Project manager: Rabia Karakaya Polat
  • Project title: Syrian Refugees in Türkiye - Understanding Local Government Responses
  • Supporting organisation: British Academy
  • Type: Newton Advanced Fellowship
  • Budget: £61,745
  • Duration: 2018-2020

 

  • Project manager: Özlem Kayhan Pusane
  • Project title: Change Process in Foreign Policy: The Example of Turkey's Northern Iraq Policy
  • Supporting organization: TÜBİTAK
  • Type: National Young Investigator Career Development Program (3501)
  • Budget: 46,242.44
  • Duration: 2014-2016

 

  • Project manager: Prize Celep
  • Project title: Comparative Analysis of Intra-Party Democracy in the Political Parties of Turkey
  • Supporting organization: Işık University
  • Budget: 17,200 TL
  • Duration: 2013-2015

 

  • Project manager: Özlem Kayhan Pusane
  • Project title: When Battlefield Success Leads to Effective Counterinsurgency: Searching for a Cross-Regional Theory
  • Supporting organization: European Union 7th Framework project
  • Type: Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant,
  • Budget: €100,000
  • Duration: 2010-2014

 

  • Project manager: Seda Demiralp
  • Project title: Overview of Islamic Economic Actors: A Comparative Analysis Between Participation Banks and Deposit Banks
  • Supporting organization: TÜBİTAK
  • Type: Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program (1001)
  • Budget: 40,000 TL
  • Duration: 2011-2012

 

  • Project manager: Salih Bıçakcı
  • Project title: Political Cartoon as a Tool of Change and Modernization in Azerbaijan and Turkey
  • Supporting organization: TÜBİTAK
  • Type: Rapid Support Program
  • Budget: 16,500 TL
  • Duration: 2007-2008

Projects supported by Işık University Scientific Research Support Fund (BAP)

  • Salih Bıçakcı
    National Information Security and Cyber ​​Threats, 2009-2010
  • Ödül Celep and Rabia Karakaya Polat
    'Ideological Positioning of Political Parties in the 2007 General Elections', 2007-2009
  • Salih Bıçakcı and Rabia Karakaya Polat
    Political Cartoon as a Tool of Change and Modernization in Azerbaijan and Turkey, 2006-2008