Curriculum vitae
2011
AHMET SALIH BIÇAKCI
Direct line: +90 (212) 533 65 32 Ext. 1646
Mobile: +90 536 384 06 83
Education:
1996-2004 Ph.D. - Tel Aviv University
School of History-Department of Middle Eastern and African History
Advisor: Dr. Moshe Gammer.
Dissertation title: “From Usûl-i Qadim to Usûl-i Jadid: Cultural Dimensions of
Uzbek Modernization (1865-1924)
1996-1994 MA- from Marmara University
Turkic and Turkish Studies Institute
Advisor: Prof. Nadir Devlet.
Thesis title: “The Identity Preservation of Uzbek Immigrants in Turkey.
1990-1994 BA -from Marmara University
Education Faculty Department of History and Geography.
Experience:
2012- Assoc. Prof.
Kadir Has University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences
Department of International Relations
2005-2012. Assoc. Prof.
Işık University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences,
Department of International Relations
Courses:
Introduction to International Relations
Theory of International Relations
International Organizations
Diplomatic History
Middle East in International Politics
International Organizations
Politics and Government in the Middle East
Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
Contemporary Middle East Conflicts
The Clash of Sacred and Sanctity: A case study on Jerusalem (Al-Quds)
1999-2000 Lecturer
Marmara University, Faculty of Economics,
Department of Political Science and International Relations
1998-1999 Visiting Researcher
French Research Institute in Central Asia (IFEAC) in Tashkent
Projects:
1997 Classification of library and Personal Notes of Uzbek Immigrant
Prof Tahir Çagatay under supervision of Prof. Timur Kocaoglu,
Koç University with funding of The Foundation of Ayaz Tahir Turkistan Idil
Ural Istanbul
1999 Tercuman Newspaper –Ismail Gaspirali Content Indexing project under
supervision of Prof Timur Kocaoglu Koç University with funding of The Foundation of Ayaz Tahir Turkistan Idil
Ural, Istanbul
1999 Islamic Reform and Revival among Muslim Intellectuals in Turkey, Volga-Ural
and Central Asia, Project of Rockefeller Foundation.
2000 Two Conflict Four Countries Project of EU MEDA group under cooperation of
Prof. Nükhet Sirman-Bogaziçi University Dept of Sociology, Prof. Büşra Ersanlı
–Marmara University Dept. of Political Science and International Relations
2001-2003 Sexuality and Gender in the Ottoman Empire project under supervision of Dr.
Dror Zeevi
2002 Content Indexing of Archive of Chief Rabbinate in Istanbul under supervision
of Dr. Yaron Harel with funding of Ben Zvi Institute, Jerusalem
2008 Project Manager, “Political cartoons in the context of political change and
modernization in Azerbaijan and Turkey”, TUBITAK
2009 Project Manager, “National Information Security and Cyber Threats”, Isık
University Research Fund.
Publications:
International Academic Journals:
Bıçakcı, Salih, “Hive’den Yankılanan MacGahan Seyahatnamesi,” Toplumsal
Tarih, 36, Aralık (1996).
Bıçakcı, Salih, “Book Review: Türkmenistan’da Toplum ve Kültür,” edited by
Büra Ersanlı ve Orazpolat Ekaev, Virgül, 19, Mayıs (1999).
Bıçakcı, Salih, “Un Bref Apperçu Sur Les Relations Entre L’Empire Ottoman et
L’Emirat de Boukhara,” La Turkie en Asia Centrale-La Conversion au Realism
(1991-2000), Istanbul (2001).
Bıçakcı, Salih, "Buharan Madrassahs: Usul-I Qadim", Reform Movements and
Revolutions in Turkistan: 1900-1924, edited by Timur Kocaolu, Haarlem,
(2001).
Bıçakcı, Salih, “Slogans and Nationalism: The Uzbekistan Case,” Proceeding of
the 10th Anniversary of the Turkic Republics Conference, Haarlem (2002).
Aras, Bülent & Bıçakcı, Salih, "Europe, Turkey and the Middle East: Is
Harmonization Possible", East European Quarterly, 40 (3), 367-381, (2006).
Bıçakcı, Salih, “The Parliamentary Legislative Elections 25 January 2006,”
Journal of Southern Europe and The Balkans, 9 (1), 65-78 (2007).
Bıçakcı, Salih, “Dancing at the Edge of Culture,” International Studies Review,
10 (1), 93-96 (2008).
International Academic Conferences:
Bıçakcı, Salih, "From Dersaadet to Bukhara-I Sherif: Brotherhood versus
Rivalry" Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA) 36th Annual Meeting,
Washington D.C., 2002.
Bıçakcı, Salih, “The Role of the UN and NATO in the Stabilization of
Afghanistan”, 2nd International Conference on Security: Challenges to Peace
Operations in the 21st Century, Izmir, 2006.
Bicakci, Salih, " Turkey’s New Role: Being a European in the Middle East "
International Studies Association's 48th Annual Convention, Politics, Policy
and Responsible Scholarship, Chicago, 2007.
Bicakci, Salih, "The Regional Power in Imagined Regions: Iran in the Middle
East Politics" International Studies Association's 49th Annual Convention,
Bridging Multiple Divides, San Francisco, 2008.
Bicakci, Salih, "Medinetü’s-Selam’dan Yeni Bagdat’a: Yeni Düzende Öteki
Olmak ve Güvenlik Kültürü" International Symposium on Baghdad in Islamic
Civilisation, Istanbul, 2008.
National Academic Journals:
Bıçakcı, Salih, “Homeland and Nation on the Stage: A Review of Watan
Concept in Abdalrauf Fıtrat and Namık Kemal,” Journal of Central Asian &
Caucasian Studies, Vol.1 n. 2, 149-161 (2006).
Bıçakcı, Salih, “Andijon’da Nima Bo’ldi? Özbekistan’da Terör, Güvenlik ve
Demokrasi,” Journal of Central Asian & Caucasian Studies, 3 (6), 1-22
(2008).
National Academic Conferences:
Bıçakcı, Salih. “Sloganlar ve Milliyetçilik: Özbekistan Örnegi,”
Bagımsızlıklarının 10. Yılında Türk Cumhuriyetleri Konferansı, Istanbul, 2001.
Bıçakcı, Salih, “Turkish Foreign Policy toward Central Asia after 1991”,
Conference on the Future of Stability and Security in Eurasia, Michigan State
University ve Koç Universitesi, Istanbul, 2005.
Bıçakcı, Salih, “Vatansız Kimlik: Türkiye’ye Göç Eden Özbekler”, III. Kültür
Arastırmaları Sempozyumu, kimlik ve kültür, Koç Universitesi, Istanbul, 2005.
Awards & Scholarships:
2003 Scholarship from Tel Aviv University School of History
2003 Scholarship from University of Ben Gurion, Chaim Herzog Center and
Department of Middle Eastern History
2002 Hebrew University in Jerusalem, The Harry S. Truman Research Institute for
the Advancement of Peace, Talented Doctoral Student Scholarship
2002 Tel Aviv University Department of Middle Eastern and African Studies Doctoral
Students scholarship
2000 University of Bergen Humanities Computing Scholarship in Norway
1998 State of Israel Ministry of Foreign Affair scholarship for graduate studies
Languages:
Turkish Native
English Full
Uzbek in Arabic, Latin and Cyrillic scripts Fluent
Modern Uyghur Fluent
Hebrew Partial
Russian Partial
Persian Partial
German Passive
Arabic Passive
Ottoman Turkish Reading Ability Full in Nash Riq’a, Ta’liq
