Çağlar Kurç, Ph.D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6191-1834
Dissertation: A Critical Approach to Turkey’s Defense Procurement Behavior:1923-2013,
Advisor: Prof. Huseyin Bagci
Subfields: Security Studies, International Political Economy
Dissertation: Security Market and Private Military/Security Companies: Values, Beliefs, and Perceptions
Advisor: Prof. Michael Clarke
Graduated with High Honors, completed 6th, received merit-based scholarships (2003, 2004, and 2005)
Peer-Reviewed
“Taking Production Relations Seriously: The Role of the Defense Firms in International Armaments Organizations” (2018) European Security, 27:4, 469-489 (DOI:10.1080/09662839.2018.1520699) (with Sibel Oktay) (SSCI)
“The Puzzle: Multi-Vector Foreign Policy and Defense Industrialization in Central Asia” (2018) Comparative Strategy. 37:4, 316-330 (DOI:10.1080/01495933.2018.1497352)
“Defense Industries in the 21st Century: A Comparative Analysis – The Second E-Workshop” (2018) Comparative Strategy, 37:4, 255-259. (DOI:10.1080/01495933.2018.1497318) (with Richard A. Bitzinger)
“Defence Industries in the 21 Century: A Comparative Analysis” (2017) Defence Studies Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 219-27 (with Stephanie G. Neuman)
“Conclusion: The Need for Continuous In-Depth and Comparative Study” (2017) Defence Studies Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 317-25 (with Stephanie G. Neuman)
“Between Defense Autarky and Dependency: The Dynamics of Turkish Defense Industrialization” (2017) Defence Studies Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 260-81
“Turkey’s Strategic Choice: Buy or Make Weapons?” (2017) Defence Studies Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 38-62 (with Hüseyin Bağcı)
Books and Book Chapters
“From Zero Problems to Zero Friends? The Past, Present, and Future of Turkey’s Role in Regional Security Cooperation” (2018) eds. Michael Wahid Hanna and Thanassis Cambanis, Order from Ashes: New Foundations for Security in the Middle East, New York: The Century Foundation Press, pp. 143-79 (with Selim Can Sazak)
“Halliburton” (2013), ed. G. Kurt Piehler, Encyclopedia of Military Science, London: Sage Reference, pp. 617-8
“Operations, Air” (2013), ed. G. Kurt Piehler, Encyclopedia of Military Science, London: Sage Reference, pp. 1018-20
“Saudi Arabia” (2013), ed. G. Kurt Piehler, Encyclopedia of Military Science, London: Sage Reference, pp. 1249-52
Non-Peer Reviewed
“COVID-19 Sonrasında Savunma Sanayi” (2020) [Defense Industry in Post-Covid-19 Era] Gelecek Araştırmaları Enstitüsü (26 April)
https://www.gelecek.org.tr/post/covid-19-sonrasında-savunma-sanayi
“Türkiye Neden S-400 Aldı?” {Why did Turkey Buy S-400?] (2019) Daktilo1984 (26 July)
https://daktilo1984.com/2019/07/18/turkiye-neden-s-400-aldi/
“Where Can the US and Turkey Go From Here?” (2019) Defense One (18 July) (with Selim Sazak)
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2019/07/where-do-us-and-turkey-go-here/158519/
“Turkey’s Slow-Cooking Crisis With Its Allies Is Coming to a Boil” (2018) Defense One (22 June) (with Selim Sazak) https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/06/turkey-crisis-allies/149203/
“Turkey’s Potemkin Defense Industry” (2017) Defense One (15 August) (with Selim Sazak) http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2017/08/turkeys-potemkin-defense-industry/140235/?oref=d-river
“Only Problems: How Turkey Can Become an Honest Mediator in the Middle East, Again” (2016) International Reports of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 03, pp. 34-44 (with Hüseyin Bağcı)
"Can Turkey Become an Honest Mediator in the Middle East, Again?“ (2016) Valdai Discussion Club (24.04) (with Hüseyin Bağcı)
"Turkey's Role in Mediterranean Security" (2014) The European - Security and Defense Union, Vol. 18, No:1 pp. 26-7 (with Hüseyin Bağcı)
“The Need for Strong International Regulation for Private Military and Security Companies” (2009) EurasiaCritic (November), pp. 50-4
“Israeli-Turkish Defense Cooperation: Building Bridges with Bullets” (2009) EurasiaCritic (June), pp. 52-6 (with Özer Çetinkaya)
“Genocide, Justice and Peace in Darfur” (2009) EurasiaCritic (April), pp. 72-5
“Technology Does not Win Wars” (2009) EurasiaCritic (March), pp. 50-7
“Yeni Asimetrik Silahlar: Irak’taki Çatışmalar ve Doğaçlama Patlayıcı Aygıtlar” (2006) Cumhuriyet Strateji (25 September)
“ABD’nin Karşı Direniş Operasyonları” (2006) Cumhuriyet Strateji (23 October)
Works in Progress
“Precarious Soldier: An Investigation of Employment Relations in the Turkish Armed Forces” (with Gönenç Uysal)
“Stifling Military Innovation: Military Change in Turkish Armed Forces”
“Political Connectedness and Business Performance in Turkish Defense Industries” (with Berk Esen)
Forthcoming
“The Shift of Axis or Business as Usual? Turkey’s S-400 Procurement Decision and Defense Industry” eds. Pinar Bedirhanoglu, Turkey’s New Neoliberal State in the Making - Transformations in Legality, Economy, and Coercion
Defence Industries in the 21st Century: A Comparative Analysis (2020) New York: Routledge (eds. with Richard A. Bitzinger and Stephanie G. Neuman) https://www.routledge.com/Defence-Industries-in-the-21st-Century-A-Comparative-Analysis/Kurc-Bitzinger-Neuman/p/book/9780367444532
Arab News: Turkey postpones S-400 missile activation date, 22 April 2020
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1663066
Arab News: Ankara makes offer to Washington to resolve Russian S-400 dispute, 16 April 2020
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1659991/world
Habertürk: Arda Mevlütoğlu: Esad'ın elindeki askeri sistemler eski, 08 March 2020
https://www.haberturk.com/arda-mevlutoglu-esad-in-elindeki-askeri-sistemler-eski-2607037
Medyascope TV: This Week in Turkey (145): with Çağlar Kurç on the sanctions against Turkey in the US defense bill, 20 December 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKpgBh8GlF4&t=969s
Arab News: Will European arms ban impact Turkey’s Syria operation? 14.10.2019
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1568501/middle-east
Euronews Turkce: Türkiye F-35 ile S-400 arasında doğru tercihi mi yaptı? [Did Turkey make the right decision between F-35 and S-400?], 24.07.2019
https://tr.euronews.com/2019/07/24/turkiye-f-35-ile-s-400-arasinda-dogru-tercihi-mi-yapti
Ahval News: F-35 suspension reveals fake defence reports in Turkish media, 23.07.2019
Euronews Turkce: S-400 ve F-35 açmazında ABD, Rusya ve Türkiye'nin önünde hangi seçenekler var? [Which options lie in front of USA, Russia and Turkey for S-400 and F-35 dilemma?], 11.06.2019
Ahval News: U.S. sanctions could leave Turkish aircraft grounded and hinder indigenous projects, experts say, 01.06.2019
Medyascope TV: Askeri, Stratejik ve Ekonomik Açıdan S-400 Sorunu [S-400 Problem from Military, Strategic and Economic Perspectives], 21.03.2019
Arab News: Ankara and US Congress at a decisive crossroads over missile capabilities, 20.12.2018
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1423246/middle-east
Arab News: Turkey avoids US flak with Patriot missile bid, 17.07.2018
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1340711/middle-east
Nikkei Asian Review: Turkey steps up arms sales to South and Southeast Asia, 12.01.2018, https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Turkey-steps-up-arms-sales-to-South-and-Southeast-Asia
Medyascope TV: Dünyada silah satışlarının artışı üzerine Çağlar Kurç ile söyleşi [An Interview with Caglar Kurc on the Increasing Military Expenditure in the World], 14.12.2017, http://medyascope.tv/2017/12/14/dunyada-silah-satislarinin-artisi-uzerine-caglar-kurc-ile-soylesi/
Next24 News: Türkei bildet in 9 Jahren 7.000 Polizisten aus 30 Ländern aus [Turkey trains 7,000 police officers from 30 countries in 9 years], 01.02.2017, https://nex24.news/2017/02/tuerkei-bildet-in-9-jahren-7-000-polizisten-aus-30-laendern-aus/
ISSS-IS Annual Conference 2019, October 18-19, 2019, Korbel School, Denver, CO, USA
“The Uneven and Combined Development of Defense Industries: Cases of Turkey and Egypt”
15th ERGOMAS Biennial Conference, June 17-21, 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
“Why the Turkish Armed Forces Fail to Innovate?”
77th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 4-7 April 2019, Chicago, IL
“Political Connectedness and Business Performance in Turkish Defense Industries” (with Berk Esen)
60th International Studies Association Annual Convention, 27-30 March 2019, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“Political Connectedness and Business Performance in Turkish Defense Industries” (with Berk Esen)
“Military Innovation During the Long Peace” Workshop, 3-4 December 2018, University of St. Andrews.
“Military Innovation in Turkey: The Politics of Military Change and Desire to Follow Global Trends”
22nd Annual Association for the Study of Nationalities World Convention, 04-06 May 2017, Harriman Institute, Columbia University.
““Domestic and National:” The Symbolic Politics of Turkey’s Defense-Industrial Indigenization under the AKP Government (2002-2015)” (with Selim C. Sazak)
75th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 6-9 April 2017, Chicago, IL
“Precarious Soldier: An Investigation of Employment Relations in the Turkish Armed Forces" (with
Gönenç Uysal)
58th International Studies Association Annual Convention, 22-25 February 2017, Baltimore, Maryland.
Panel: Arms Making and Arms Trading in a Changing Defense Industrial Landscape (Convener)
Paper: “The Search for Defense Autarky in the Networked Defense Industries”
74th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 7-10 April 2016, Chicago, IL
“The Role of International Defense Organizations in Globalized Arms Production” (with Sibel Oktay).
74th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, 7-10 April 2016, Chicago, IL
“Uneven and Combined Development of Defense Industries”.
Hitting the Target? How New Capabilities Are Shaping Contemporary International Intervention, 12-13 June 2012, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
“How Military Technology Became a Tool for Justification for Military Interventions”.
16th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security, 21-22 June 2012. American University in Cairo, Cairo ,Egypt
“The Role of Culture and Politics in Arms Procurement”
Birinci Doktora Öğrencileri Çalıştayı [First Graduate Students Workshop], 23-25 May 2012, Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi. Ankara, Turkey.
“Silah Tedarikinin Siyaseti: Türkiye Örneği” [The Politics of Arms Procurement: Case of Turkey]
6th Global Conference on War, Virtual War and Human Security, 1-3 May 2009, Budapest, Hungary.
“Incorporating Private Military/Security Companies in Peace Operations”.
TOBB ETU, Department of Political Science and International Relations, 14.03.2018
Bilkent University, International Relations and European Union Policies Society, 21.02.2018
Bilkent University, Department of International Relations, 15.12.2017
Çankaya University, International Strategy and Research Society, 13.12.2017
Columbia University, Saltzman Seminar—Columbia Seminar on Defense & Security (CSDS), 17.10.2015 MIT, International Science and Technology Initiatives, 14.06.2013
MIT, The Working Group on the Strategic Use of Force (SFWG), 19.03.2013
Fulbright Visiting Research Scholarship - 2011
Türk Eğitim Vakfı - British Chevening Post-Graduate Scholarship - 2006
İ.D. Bilkent University / Department of International Relations
ADJUNCT LECTURER, Introduction to World Politics (B.A. level, Spring 2018; Summer 2018; Spring 2019; Fall 2019)
Security and Strategy (B.A. level, Fall 2018; Spring 2019; Summer 2019, Spring 2020)
International Security (B.A. level, Spring 2020)
Başkent University / Institute of European Union and International Relations
ADJUNCT LECTURER, Political Economy of European Union (Graduate level, Spring 2019)
Çankaya University / Department of Political Sci. and International Relations
ADJUNCT LECTURER, International Security (B.A. level, Fall 2017)
Middle East Technical University / Department of Political Science and Public Administration
TEACHING ASSISTANT, The Administration of Turkish Foreign Policy I & II (B.A. level, Fall 2013, Spring 2014)
International Studies Association (2016 - Present)
European International Studies Association (2016 - 2017)
Midwest Political Science Association (2015 - Present)
Software
Gephi Graph Visualization and Manipulation Software (Advanced), Wolfram Mathematica 10 (Intermediate), NVivo for MAC (Intermediate), Python (Beginner), R (Beginner)
Language
Turkish (Native), English (Advanced), French (Basic), Russian (Basic)
Richard A. Bitzinger
Visiting Senior Fellow with the Military Transformations Program at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Berk Esen
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, Turkey
Pinar Bedirhanoglu
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Turkey