CURRICULUM VITAE 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION

FULL NAME: Ayşe Ömür ATMACA DATE OF BIRTH: July 29, 1976 PLACE OF BIRTH: Konya / TURKEY SEX: Female MARITAL STATUS: Married OFFICE ADDRESS (MAILING ADDRESS): Hacettepe University Department of International Relations 06800 Beytepe/Ankara/ Turkey TEL: (90) 312-297-8111 E- MAIL: [email protected]

2. EDUCATION AND DEGREES EARNED

FEBRUARY 2003- MARCH 2011: Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations Ph. D. Degree Thesis Title: “Old Game in a New World: Turkey and the United States from Critical Perspectives” FEBRUARY 2000 – FEBRUARY 2003: Middle East Technical University, Department of International Relations 1

M.Sc. Degree Thesis Title: “Iran’s Relations with the United States and Western Europe between 1997-2001” SEPTEMBER 1993 – JULY 1998: Ankara University, Department of International Relations Bachelor of Science Degree

SEPTEMBER 1990 - JUNE 1993: Afyon High School Diploma

3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JULY 2013-DECEMBER 2013: Vice Chair, Hacettepe University, Department of International Relations

FEBRUARY 2013-NOVEMBER 2013: Academic Advisor, Hacettepe University International Relations Club

DECEMBER 2012-DECEMBER 2013: Assistant Manager, Hacettepe University Strategic Research Center

NOVEMBER 2012-: Lecturer, Hacettepe University, Department of International Relations JULY 2011- NOVEMBER 2012: Research Assistant, Çanakkale Onsekizmart University, Department of International Relations

AUGUST 2007-JANUARY 2008: Visiting Scholar at State University of New York in Binghamton, USA

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JULY 2007- Independent Project Assessor, Strengthening Civil Society in the Pre-Accession Process: NGO Grant Facility, TR Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of Treasury Central Finance and Contract Unit

JANUARY 2007-DECEMBER 2007: Project Assistant of the Project supported by the Middle East Technical University Research Fund PROJECT TITLE: “Turkey and the United States in the Middle East”

SEPTEMBER 2000 – JULY 2011: Research Assistant at Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University

JANUARY 2006: International Election Observer, Delegation of the Turkish Foreign Ministry- in the Parliamentary Election of Palestine

SEPTEMBER 2005-NOVEMBER2005: International Long Term Observer, OSCE- in the Parliamentary Elections of Republic of Azerbaijan

JANUARY 2005-DECEMBER 2005: Project Assistant of the Project supported by the Middle East Technical University Research Fund. PROJECT TITLE: “Reflections of Justice and Development Party’s Middle East Policy: TurkeyIsraeli Relations”

APRIL 2005: Independent Project Assessor, World Bank Development Marketplace 2005 Competition

JANUARY 2005: International Election Observer, Delegation of the Turkish Foreign Ministry- in the Presidential Election of Palestine

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DECEMBER 2003: International Election Observer, METU Election Studies Group- in the Parliamentary Elections of TRNC

FEBRUARY 2003-JUNE 2003: Teaching Assistant, World History Course in Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University

SEPTEMBER 2002: International Supervisor, OSCE- in the general elections of Kosovo

NOVEMBER 2001: International Supervisor, OSCE- in the general elections of Kosovo

4. COURSES GIVEN

Introduction to Political Science I-II; Turkish Political Structure I-II; New Perspectives on Contemporary IR Theory; Middle East Politics; Political Geography; Space, Power and Geopolitics; Arab-Israeli Conflict

5. AREAS OF INTEREST

Turkish-American Relations, Middle East Politics, Iranian Politics, Israeli Politics, Arab-Israeli Conflict, US Foreign Policy, Turkish Foreign Policy, Turkish Political Structure, Political Geography, Critical Geopolitics, Gender Studies in International Relations

6. CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

24 MAY 2013: METU Balkan Conference, The Centenary of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913): Contested Stances, with Murat Önsoy Paper Title: “The Shaping of the Young Turk Ideology in the Balkan Trauma and Its Reflection on the CUP Policy towards the Ottoman Middle East”

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21 APRIL 2013, International Relations Council of Turkey, The Fifth Congress on International Relations Studies and Education Paper Title: “Ahmet Davutoğlu’nun Jeopolitik Söylemi: Stratejik Derinlik Üzerine Alternatif Bir Okuma” (Jeopolitical Discourse of Ahmet Davutoğlu: An Alternative Reading on Strategic Depth) 13 MARCH 2013, Hacettepe University Strategic Research Center Conference Series, “İran'ın Nükleer Programı: Dünya'ya Yansımaları” (Iran’s Nuclear Program and Its Reflections to the World) Paper Title: “İran Siyasetini Anlamak” (Understanding Iranian Politics) 14 JUNE 2012: The 11th METU Conference on International Relations: The World in Crisis Paper Title: “Old Game in a New World: Turkey and the United States from Critical Perspective” 8 DECEMBER 2005: The 9th National Social Sciences Congress Paper Title: “AKP Döneminde Türkiye-İsrail İlişkileri” (Turkish-Israeli Relations in Justice and Development Party Era)

26 DECEMBER 2004: The Third METU Conference on International Relations: Europe in Changing World Paper Title: “An Assessment of the Election Observation Activities: the Example of the TRNC” 5 DECEMBER 2003: The 8th National Social Sciences Congress Paper Title: “İran’ın Batıya Açılan Yüzü: Hatemi Sonrası İran’ın Batı ile İlişkileri” (Iran’s face opened to the West: Iran’s relations with the West after Khatami) 23 JUNE 2003: The Second METU Conference on International Relations: Regional Perspectives Paper Title: “Europe and Iran after 1997 Elections: From Critical Dialogue to Constructive Engagement”

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7- PUBLICATIONS JANUARY 2014, “The Geopolitical Origins of Turkish-American Relations: Revisiting the Cold War Years”, All Azimuth, Vol. 3, No. 1. JUNE 2013, “Soğuk Savaş Sonrası Yeni Jeopolitik Dengeler: 1990’lı Yıllarda Türk Amerikan İlişkileri”, Siyasi Tarih Üzerine: Uluslararası-Ulusal Yönleriyle Bilimsel Çerçeve ve Uygulama, Prof. Dr. Haluk Ülman’a Armağan, Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Yayınları. MARCH 2013, “11 Eylül Jeopolitik Anlatısı İçerisinde Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri”, Akademik Ortadoğu, Vol. 7, No. 2. NOVEMBER 2012, “Ortadoğu’da Toprak Paylaşımlarının Tarihi”, ODTÜLÜ’ler Bülteni, No. 223. SEPTEMBER 2012, (with Müge Kınacıoğlu and Murat Önsoy) Editör, Conference Proceedings, From War to Eternal Peace in the 100th Anniversary of the Balkan Wars: Good Neighbourhood Relations in the Balkans, Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınları. JULY 2012: “Roots of Labor Zionism: Israel as the New Land of Socialist Ideas?”, Ortadoğu Etüdleri, Vol. 4, No. 2. JULY 2011, “Yeni Dünyada Eski Oyun: Eleştirel Perspektiften Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri”, Ortadoğu Etütleri, Vol. 3, No. 1. JULY 2009, “Kitap İncelemesi/Book Review: Ortadoğu’yu Anlamak. Ilan Pappe, NTV Publications, January 2009, Translation: Gül Atmaca”. Ortadoğu Etütleri, Vol.1, No.1. JANUARY 2007, Arap-İsrail Uyuşmazlığı, with Berna Süer, Ankara: METU Press.

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8. SCHOLARSHIPS

AUGUST 2007- JANUARY 2008 - TUBITAK Scholarship for Graduate Students (Visiting Scholar at Binghamton University, USA)

JULY 2002: A three-week academic trip to Iran with the fellowship of the Turkish state according to the Cultural Exchange Agreement between Iranian and Turkish Culture Ministries.

9. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

TURKISH: Native tongue ENGLISH: Fluent ARABIC: Intermediate PERSIAN: Elementary

10. MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES OCTOBER 2012: Member of the Organization Committee, Hacettepe University, International Congress on Neighbourhood, “From War to Eternal Peace on the 100th Anniversary of the Balkan Wars: Good Neighbourhood Relations in the Balkans”

JUNE 2007, Member of the Organization Committee, The 6th METU International Relations Conference on “Middle East in Global and Regional Perspectives."

JUNE 2006, Member of the Organization Committee, The 5th METU International Relations Conference on “International Security: Old Issues and Challenges." Member of the Mülkiyeliler Alumni Association Member of the Hacettepe University FEAS Women Platform Studying on Ottoman Language and Ottoman Archives 7