Department of Political Science and International Relations

Hello, I am Dr. Mehmet Cihan TOKER. I am the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences and a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations. The Department of Political Science and International Relations is one of the 8 main departments of our faculty. Basically, our field focuses on understanding how values are shared in the social sphere and how our resources are shared and how policies are made in the international arena. Our department is built on two main foundations that complement each other. One is political science and the other is international relations. While learning how resources should be distributed and shared in the social sense, the students of our department also gain the knowledge on how the system works, how common areas are produced and how basic policy orientations can be analyzed historically and periodically. In our program, in addition to courses such as political structure and life in Turkey in the field of political science, we also offer courses such as introduction to economics and world political economy. When discussing the topic of international relations, we can speak of general courses such as international organizations and international policymaking, where we can understand about the system as a whole by beginning with its theories. Our students may be able to specialize in their interest with the aid of these courses. Both the public and private sectors can use our graduates to fill open positions. They can work as middle and senior managers in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior, and other ministries, as well as in their affiliated governorships, district governorships, and provincial directorates. In the private sector, they can work for a variety of non-governmental organizations, international development agencies, and European Union institutions. I would like to say this to our students who will choose the Department of Political Science and International Relations. This is a department that will shape not only your professional life but also your social environment, which will continue throughout your life. I recommend that candidates be aware of this when selecting this department. We wish success to our students who will take the university exam. We would be happy to see you at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Esenyurt University.