Bayram SİNKAYA

Title:	Research Assistant
Date & Place of Birth:	20/08/1978, Samsun
Address:	Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations, 06531, Ankara / TURKEY
Phone:	+90-312-2102085
Fax:	+90-312-2107983
E-mail:	bsinkaya@metu.edu.tr

EMPLOYMENT RECORD & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Iran; foreign and security policy of Iran, its relations with Turkey, Middle East, Political Islam and Turkish Political Life.

• Turkish (Native)
• English (fluent)
• Persian  (fluent)
  

 M.Sc. THESIS:
“Conflict and Cooperation in Turkey-Iran Relations, 1989-2001”, supervised by Prof.      Dr. Süha Bölükbaşı, Department of International Affairs, METU, January 2004.

• "Japonya Meydan Okuyor!" (Japan Challenges!), Olaylar ve Yorumlar, issue 33 (Autumn 1999).
• "İran'da Değisim Rüzgarları!" (Transformation Wave in Iran), Olaylar ve Yorumlar, issue 34 (Spring 2000).
• "Russo-Iranian Relations in the 1990s; A Tactical Partnership", Stratejik Araştırmalar Dosyası, no.8 (2001).
• "Türkiye - İran İliskilerinde Çatısma Noktaları ve Analizi" (Clashpoints in Turkey-Iran Relations and its Analysis), Stratejik Araştırmalar Dosyası, no.20 (2002).
• “İran Nükleerde Köşeye Sıkıştı” (Iran was Pressured on Nuclear), Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu Website, (October 2003), http://www.liberal-dt.org.tr/guncel/Diger/bs_nukler.htm.
• “İran’da Demokratikleşme Rüzgarları Mı?” (with Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Bağcı), Zaman, 25 January 2004.
• “İran’ın “Seçimi” ve Reformun Geleceği” (Iran’s “Election” and the Future of Reform), Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu Website, (March 2004), http://www.liberal-dt.org.tr/guncel/Diger/bs_Iran'in%20Secimi.htm .
• “Workshop on Iran and Regional Developments” (Conference Report), Central Eurasian Studies Review, vol.3, no.2 (Spring 2004).
• “Devrimden Günümüze İran Dış Politikası’nın Dönüşümü” (Transformation of Iranian Foreign Policy from the Revolution to Today), Mülkiyeliler Birliği Dergisi, vol. 247, no. 5-6 (April and May 2005).
• “Turkey-Iran Relations in the 1990s and the Role of Ideology”, Perceptions, vol. 10, no.1 (Spring 2005).
• “US-Iran Relations within the Framework of Democratization in Iran”, Turkish Policy  Quarterly, vol.4, no.2 (Summer 2005).
• “İran Cumhurbaşkanlığı Seçimleri: İç ve Dış Dinamikler” (The Presidential Elections in Iran: Internal and External Dimensions) (with Pınar Arıkan), Birikim, no.196 (August 2005).
• “Whither Turkey-Iran Relations?” (with Prof. Dr. H. Bağcı) (in Arabic), Araa Magazine (published by Gulf Research Center), no. 14 (November 2005).
• “Turkey-Iran Geopolitical Competition over Central Asia and the Caucasus”, Avrasya Etüdleri, no.27-28 (Autumn-Winter 2005).
• “Müdahale Sonrası Irak’ta Yönetimin Yeniden Tesisi” (Re-establishment of the Government in Iraq after the US Intervention), in M. Şahin & M. Taştekin (eds.) II. Körfez Savaşı, Ankara: Platin Yayınları, 2006, pp.
• "Ahmedinecad’ın İran’ı": Nasıl Bir Dış Politika?” (“Iran under Ahmadinejad”; Foreign Policy Perspectives), Birlikte, no.5-6 (June 2006), and Turkishweekly.net (http://www.turkishweekly.net/turkce/yorum.php?id=212).
• “Les relations entre Ankara et Téhéran à l’épreuve du nucléaire” (Turkey-Iran Relations in the face of nuclear crisis), Caucaz-Europe News, April 23, 2006 (available at: http://caucaz.com/home/breve_contenu.php?id=339&PHPSESSID=c966da10804d0caed570aa901c8f6579).
• “Büyük Ortadoğu Projesi ve Türkiye: AK Parti’nin Perspektifi” (The Greater Middle East Initiative and Turkey: AK Party’s Perspective), Akademik Orta Doğu, vol.1, no.1 (2006); reprinted in Zeynep Dağı, Doğu’dan Batı’ya Dış Politika: AK Partili Yıllar, Ankara: Orion Yayınevi, 2006, pp.97-114.

TRANSLATIONS

• Al-Qaedaism; the Threat to Islam, the Threat to World, by Richard Whelan, Ashfield Press, Dublin, 2005, (from English to Turkish El-Kaidecilik; İslam’a Tehdit, Dünya’ya Tehdit)(trans. With H. Bağci & P. Arikan), Ankara: Platin Yayınları, 2006.

 CONFERENCES & ADRESSES

• Dicussant at “Konuşa Konuşa” program about “Parliament Elections in Iran” at TRT Radio 1, February 26 2004.
• “Iran and the US Intervention in Iraq,” paper presented to The Middle East & Central Asia: Politics, Economics, and Society Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, September 9-11, 2004.
• “The Presidential Elections in Iran: Internal and External Dimensions” with Pınar Arıkan, paper presented to The Fourth METU Conference on International Relations: Neighborhood: Past, Present and Future, Ankara, Turkey, June 30 – July 2, 2005.
• Dicussant at “Konuşa Konuşa” program about “Recent Developments in Iran” at TRT Radio 1, August 23, 2005.
• “Humeyni Sonrası Türkiye-İran İlişkilerinde Çatışma ve İşbirliği” (Conflict and Cooperation in Turkey –Iran relations after Khomeini), paper presented to 4.Türkiye-İran İlişkileri Sempozyumu: Küreselleşmenin Türkiye-İran Toplumları Üzerindeki Etkileri ve Toplumların Karşılaşabileceği Problemler, Istanbul, Turkey, September 24, 2005.
• CNN-TURK TV, “Ajans 13”, interview on recent developments in Iran, December 21, 2005.
• “Security Outlook of Iran under Ahmadinejad,” paper presented to The Fifth METU Conference on International Relations: International Security: Old Issues and New Challenges, Ankara, Turkey, June 15-17, 2005.
• Dicussant at “Konuşa Konuşa” program about “Turkish PM Erdoğan’s visit to Tehran” at TRT Radio 1, December 6, 2006.

  PROJECTS

• January-September 2005, Project Researcher in (BAP-2005-04-04-04) “Analysis of the Presidential Elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran” directed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meliha B. Altunışık, METU.