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Karabekir Akkoyunlu
SOAS, University of London
Occupation
Lecturer
Contact
SOAS University of London
Dept of Politics and International Studies Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom
ABOUT
Karabekir Akkoyunlu is Lecturer in Politics of the Middle East at the Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS University of London. His forthcoming monograph is titled 'Guardianship and Democracy in Iran and Turkey: Tutelary Consolidation, Popular Contestation' (Edinburgh University Press, 2023)
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Turkish Studies
Iranian Studies
Comparative
Democratization
Geographic Areas of Interest
Turkey
Iran
Ottoman Empire
Specialties
History, Politics And Society Of Turkey
Politics And Society Of Modern Iran
Tutelary Democracies
Languages
Turkish (native)
English (fluent)
Persian (intermediate)
French (intermediate)
Indonesian (elementary)
Portuguese (intermediate)
Education
PhD | 2014 | Government | London School of Economics
MA Cantab. | 2007 | International Relations | University of Cambridge
BA | 2005 | History | Brown University
Abstracts
Beyond "Competitive" Authoritarianism? Electoral Integrity and State Capture in post-Kemalist Turkey The Perils of Presidentialism in Tutelary Democracies: Popular Challenges to Regime Guardians in Iran and Turkey