Birol Yesilada

Email: yesilada@pdx.edu
Website: web.pdx.edu/~yesilada
Telephone: 503.725.3257
Office: 650H URBN

Birol Yesilada (Ph.D. 1984, University of Michigan) is Professor of Political Science and International Studies, holds an endowed chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, and is Director of the Center for Turkish Studies. He teaches courses on the European Union, international political economy, decision-making, and Turkish politics. Previously, he was Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Professor Yesilada is the principal investigator for the World Values Survey project in Cyprus and has served as Co-editor-in-Chief of International Studies Perspectives and Associate Editor of The Middle East Studies Bulletin. His books include: Islamization of Turkey Under AKP Rule (co-edited with Barry Rubin), Comparative Political Parties and Party Elites: Essays in Honor of Samuel J. Eldersveld, and The Emerging European Union (with David M. Wood). He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on European integration, international political economy, political development in Turkey, rise of political Islam, the Cyprus problem, and foreign policymaking. His most recent research projects include World Values Survey, power transition theory, rise of Islamism in Turkey, and the EU-Turkey relations. Professor Yesilada has been a consultant to various policy think tanks and agencies of the U.S. Government.