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Aykan Erdemir
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Occupation
Other
Contact
Secondary Phone: (202) 403-2905
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
P.O. Box 33249
Washington DC 20033
United States
Discipline
Anthropology
Sub Areas
Islamic Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Turkish Studies
Foreign Relations
Security Studies
Terrorism
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Europe
Turkey
All Middle East
Specialties
Alevis
Religious Freedom
Radical Islam
Languages
German (intermediate)
Persian (elementary)
Turkish (native)
English (fluent)
Education
PhD | 2004 | Anthropology & Middle Eastern Studies | Harvard University
MA | 1998 | Middle Eastern Studies | Harvard University
BA | 1996 | International Relations | Bilkent University
Abstracts
Sacred Museums of the Secular State: The Competitive Sharing of the Haci Bektash Museum The Limits of Incorporation: The Failure of Turkey’s “Alevi Opening” Surviving State-Sanctioned Sectarianism: Coping Strategies of Displaced Alevis