International Relations

Hello, I am Professor Ensar Nişancı. I am the Head of The Department of International Relations at Namik Kemal University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. I could say that our department is extremely popular and that we have a competent academy staff. Our professors have experience working in turkey's leading universities and they all have very advanced foreign language skills and publications related to the field. Another very important advantage of our department is that it always updates itself. In line with the globalizing world, we update the course content accordingly. Our students usually come from Istanbul and the surrounding cities. We also have foreign students. We aim to better our qualities every year. We have an updated course portfolio in accordance with the main philosophy of our department and its founding purpose. We provide basic departmental courses and common courses provided by all departments. Secondly, I need to point out that we have a course repertoire that focuses on field studies. For example, the European Union is one of our focuses, the Balkans is one of our other focuses, our third focus is the Middle East, and our fourth focus is on the globalization processes, dynamics. We offer courses related to these subjects as elective courses. Our department has all the facilities as a part of our faculty. Classroom and library facilities are extremely well developed. Our internships are carried out on the basis of volunteerism and at this point I would like to point out that we have an academic staff that provides all kinds of support to our students. We do not implement a departmental philosophy that focuses only on the public sector, but we have also established an infrastructure for providing qualifications to our students in a wide range of fields, taking into account global dynamics. In this regard, we provide an important benefits in providing relations with various non-governmental organizations, strategic centers, diplomatic institutions and organizations.
We also provide international benefits for our students. Such as in the form of the Erasmus program. One of our most important features is that we are very active as a department, especially in terms of international academic activities. Every year, we organize conferences, congresses, seminars at various levels and ensure that our students are actively participating in these congresses. I have to say that there are great advantages concerning the employment of our students after they graduate. They can find work not only in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but also at strategic centers, media, financial institutions, companies. One of the main reasons why our students are sought after in these sectors is that our education system provides the students with the skills to improve their analytical abilities. First of all, students need to research the departments well when making their decision. Our department offers a great future and I have to point out that in the globalized world, we are now moving towards a point where the international field will be much more important than the national sphere. Therefore, today, students in all other fields actually need to learn more about international relations. In this respect, I must say that the future of international relations will be brighter than today. The location of our university is also an important feature, which is very close to Istanbul, which is the largest city not only in Turkey but also in Europe, but also not to close to its hectic atmosphere. I would like to specifically state that our city has all the infrastructure necessary for a student to live in our city, and that our city has dormitories, cafeterias and all other facilities that you can think of. Dear students, we will be very happy to see you all in the Department of International Relations of The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Namik Kemal University. I wish you all the best.