Research Institute for Social Sciences

Mustafa Demir is a PhD candidate in the School of Politics and International Relations at Keele University. He had his Bachelor’s degree in International Relations at Uludag University in Bursa/Turkey. During his Bachelor’s degree he had been in Germany as an exchange student. He studied on EU enlargement process, Turkey’s membership to EU and Cyprus Issue at Siegen University in Germany for a semester in Fall 2006.

His research interests are: the Middle East and current developments, Turkey’s foreign and security policies, Kurdish question and perception of Kurds and Kurdistan in the Middle East and world politics. He is currently working on Turkey’s relations with Kurdistan Region of Iraq as his doctoral thesis.

Selected Publications:

• DEMIR, M., 2012. Evolution in discourse: Turkey and the KRG. Turkish Review, 2(5), pp. 92-97.

• DEMIR, M. 2012. The MHP’S contribution to the Kurdish issue: Has the MHP changed?Todays’ Zaman, June 28.

• DEMIR, M. (2011) Countdown to 2011 General Elections Begins: Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Weekly Zaman Britain, June 4.
  
  
• DEMIR,M. (2013), Energy Security, Turkey, and the PKK or Obama, Erdogan, and Ocalan, GlobalFaultlines,  March 26.

Selected Conference Papers:

• DEMIR, M. (2012). Turkish State and Securitisation of Kurdish Identity, Emerging Security Unit Seminar Series, Social Sciences Research Centre , Keele University, November 2012.

• DEMIR, M. (2012). An Analysis of Turkey’s Foreign Policy regarding Kurdistan Region of Iraq; 2003-2011, Social Sciences PGR Symposium, Keele University, March 2012.