• International Relations, Ph.D. Candidate
[January 2006 - Present]
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dr. Meliha Altunışık
Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations, Ankara, Turkey
• International Relations, Master
[September 2003 – December 2006]
Thesis Subject: “Uneasy Coexistence: Islamism vs. Republicanism Debate in the Islamic Republic of Iran”
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dr. Meliha Altunışık
Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations, Ankara, Turkey
• International Relations, Bs.
[October 1998 - June 2003]
Honor student (CGPA 3.07/4.00)
Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations, Ankara, Turkey

Middle Eastern politics, Iranian politics, Iranian foreign policy, nationalism, identity

CV_Pinar_Arikan_b73e9a04111b7be8e0370fcea0171ddb.doc

Research Assistant, Middle East Technical University Department of International Relations