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Begüm Burak

Begüm Burak is an independent political scientist whose research, teaching, and writing focus on democracy, media, human rights, online freedoms, artificial intelligence, Turkish politics, and critical discourse analysis. She earned her PhD in Political Science and International Relations from Fatih University, her MA in Public Administration from Istanbul University, and her BA in Political Science and International Relations from Marmara University.

 

Before receiving the MESA Global Academy Fellowship, Begüm served as a Turkey country expert for V-Dem Institute, a Sweden-based democracy research organization. She also served as a researcher for the “Religion and State Project” initiated by Bar Ilan University. She currently serves as an editorial board member for the Scopus-indexed Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching and as a board of advisors member at Learning Life (a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit). She also writes research reports and op-eds for the Virginia-based Human Rights Research Center. 

 

Her publications include the book chapter "Turkish Higher Education in Crisis: An Analysis of Challenges and Future Prospects" in the Palgrave Handbook of Crisis Leadership in Higher Education (2024), the book The Image of the Undesired Citizens in Turkey: A Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of the Hürriyet and Zaman Newspapers (2022), based on her PhD dissertation, the e-book Selected Writings on Türkiye (2024), and numerous articles in peer-reviewed academic journals, opinion outlets, and research centers including Alternatives-Turkish Journal of International Relations, E-International Relations, and the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.

ARTICLES BY Begüm Burak

  • Scholars in Context: Begüm Burak

    Scholars in Context: Begüm Burak

    The main focus of my current research revolves around the intersection of authoritarianism, human rights, and freedom of expression, particularly in Turkey. Specifically, I am investigating how legal frameworks, such as Turkey’s infamous Article 299—which crimi..