Sule Toktas

Biography

Sule Toktas is a professor of political science at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey where she also serves as the department chairperson. She received her Ph.D. degree from Bilkent University (dissertation entitled “Citizenship, Minorities and Immigrants: A Comparison of Turkey's Jewish Minority and Turkish-Jewish Immigrants in Israel”) and master's degree from the Middle East Technical University (thesis entitled “Gender Awareness of Working Women in Turkey: Academics and Teachers Graduated from the Girls’ Institutes 1960-1970”). She was a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Research on Gender and Women; and a Jean Monnet post-doctoral fellow at the European University Institute. Prof. ToktaÅŸ’s research interests include women’s studies, migration studies, ethnicity, minority and human rights issues. She conducted research projects which were funded by TUBITAK (the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), UN Population Fund and Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT), Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and University Scientific Projects programmes. Her publications appeared in more than 40 academic journals some of which are the Muslim World, Third World Quarterly, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies and Political Science Quarterly. Dr. ToktaÅŸ co-authored four books on documentation of immigration in Turkey, Syria-Afghanistan comparative politics, think-tanks and foreign policy making in Turkey, and women’s property rights in Turkey. The scientific accomplishments of Prof. ToktaÅŸ received recognition by TUBITAK (Science and Technology Council of Turkey) in 2009 as she was awarded with the “Incentive Award for Social Scientists”. She received Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) award in 2008 for ‘Scientific Leadership’ delivered by the Junior Chamber International (JCI). Since 2015, she is serving TUBITAK research council board as an advisor to the disciplines of political science, women’s studies and international migration.  

Research Interest

Gender and Women's Studies Minorities and Minority Rights Migration Studies