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CURRICULUM VITAE
Can Büyükbay
Kellerweg 65
8055 Zurich
Switzerland
Mobil: +41 76 2401222
[email protected], [email protected]
Personal Information
Date of Birth
4. August 1983
Nationality
Turkey
Place of Birth
Istanbul
Marital Status
Single
Education
2010-2013
Ph.D., Political Science, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy,
University of Zurich; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Josette Baer Hill, Prof. Dr. Frank Schimmelfennig
PhD Thesis: “Euroscepticism in Turkey: The Discursive Construction of Europe and European Integration”
(magna cum laude)
2007-2009
M.A, Political Science (Major), Department of Political Science, University of Berne
Minor, Ecology (Die Interfakultäre Koordinationsstelle für Allgemeine Ökologie)
Master Thesis: “Euroskeptizismus in der Türkei: Die Republikanische Volkspartei (CHP) und die Nationalistische Bewegungspartei (MHP) im Vergleich” (magna cum laude)
2002-2007
B.A, Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (High Honour)
University Entrance Exam: above the 99th percentile
2005-2006
Political Science and International Relations, University of Cologne (Erasmus Student)
1994-2002
Istanbul Erkek Lisesi (German International School Istanbul)
The Secondary Education Institutions Entrance Exam: 94. out of 2,000,000 applicants
Work Experience
8/2013-1/2014
Practical or Academic
Lecturer, University of Zurich, Department of Political Science
Academic
Undergraduate Course: “The Changing Dynamics of Turkey-EU Relations: New Opportunities
and Challenges”
1/2013- 6/2013
Advisor, Turkish Embassy Bern, Switzerland
Practical
Press department, German/French/English/Turkish translation, contact and meetings with
Swiss correspondents regarding their questions about Turkish politics, judiciary system and
news, translation of news in Swiss newspapers for the Embassy.
9/2012-
Founder of Consultcan Swiss-Turkish Expert Networks www.consultcan.net
Practical
Consultcan is responsible for establishing high-quality social and professional networks between Turkey and Switzerland and making this network available to interested organisations
and individuals.
6/2012-9/2012
Traffic Circulation Counter -Urban Mobility Research
Practical
6/2008-4/2011
Translator, Turkish Embassy Bern, Switzerland
Practical
Translator and Advisor, translating and commenting news in Swiss newspapers (NZZ, Tagesanzeiger, Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung, Le Temps) regarding Turkish politics, economy
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and culture.
9/2010-12/2010
University of Zurich, Institute of Philosophy,
Academic
Teaching Assistant: Course: “Introduction to Political Philosophy”; by PD Dr. Josette Baer Hill
([email protected])
8/2010-10/2010
University of Berne/World Trade Institute (WTO),
Academic
Research Assistant : “Rethinking the Millennium Development Goals: Stakeholders’ Percep-
tions and Strategic Choices”
1/2009-9/2009
University of Berne/ Interfakultäre Koordinationsstelle für Allgemeine Ökologie
Academic
(IKAÖ)
Research Assistant: „Fremd, schön, bedrohlich? Der Expertendiskurs zu invasiven Arten in
der Schweiz.“
4/2005-12/2011
Editor of the journal “Izinsiz Gösteri”
Izinsiz Gösteri is a Turkish based European Journal of Theory and Literature based on the
idea of launching and sustaining scholarly journal, where articles of academics, writers and
poets have been published. (e.g., Prof. Dr. Norman Cherry, Prof.Dr. Gerry Coulter)
(http://www.izinsizgosteri.net/new/)
Academic
1/2007-12/2011
YOYO Balance your life Zurich, Fittness Connection Uster, Om Yoga Istanbul
Practical
Yoga Teacher
Media Relations (Newspaper Articles, Commentaries and Interviews)
11/06/2013
Commentaries on recent protests in Turkey, Discussion at “SRF Club”
07/06/2013
Interview with Tagesanzeiger “Wenn Erdogan seine Rhetorik nicht ändert, eskaliert der Konflikt”
09/06/2013
14/06/2013
12/06/2013
(http://www.srf.ch/sendungen/club/tuerkei-in-aufruhr)
(http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/Wenn-Erdogan-seine-Rhetorik-nicht-aendert-eskaliert-es/story/27521829)
Interview with Swissinfo, „Türkei in Bewegung, Alle meine Freunde vom Gymnasium protestieren mit“,
(http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/politik_schweiz/Alle_meine_Freunde_vom_Gymnasium_protestieren_mit.html?cid=36079472)
Radio Interview with SRF1, SRF2 “Echo der Zeit”
(http://www.srf.ch/player/radio/popupaudioplayer?id=82379253-921f-4d2b-9829-3c54606a6703)
Basler Zeitung,Tagesanzeiger/Newsnet, „Eingriffe der Regierung werden als Farce betrachtet“
(http://bazonline.ch/ausland/europa/Tuerkische-Polizei-greift-im-GeziPark-ein/story/25730314)
16/06/2013
Major Contribution to an Article in Tagesanzeiger: „Ein Krieg, in dem nur eine Seiten Waffen hat“
13/06/2013
Contribution,Türkei Proteste, info8.ch.
11/06/2013
(http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/Ein-Krieg-in-dem-nur-eine-Seite-Waffen-hat/story/17154503)
(http://www.info8.ch/hintergruende/welt/1553-2013-06-13-09-08-09.html)
Uprising: Turks in Switzerland divided over protests, The Muslim Times.
(http://www.themuslimtimes.org/2013/06/countries/switzerland/uprising-turks-in-switzerland-divided-over-protests)
Publications
2/2013
11/2012
06/2013
12/2012
10/2012
7/2012
4/2012
8/2011
6/2011
Can Büyükbay: AKP Döneminde Türkiye: “Gesellschaft” Yanılsaması, “Gemeinschaft” Gerçeği, (Turkey under
the AKP Rule: Illusion of “Gesellschaft”, Truth of “Gemeinschaft”) (Journal of Social Democracy) 2013, Issue: 25/26.
Türkiye`nin Suriye Krizindeki Tutumu Üzerine Avrupa`dan Algilamalar, Sosyal Demokrat Dergi, (Journal of
Social Democracy), November 2012, Issue: 23.
Erdogan Söylemini Degistirmezse Catisma Büyür, in Translate for Justice
(http://translateforjustice.wordpress.com/tag/tagesanzeiger)
The European Perception of Turkey in the Syria Crisis, Reflections Turkey, December, Issue: 5, 21-26.
AKP’s Tactical Moves and the Need for the EU To Be Aware, Reflections Turkey, October, Issue: 4, 18- 22.
Limited Autonomy of the Civil Society and the Misuse of the EU Accession Process, Vol. I, Issue 5, 6-10,
July 2012, Centre for Policy Analysis and Research on Turkey (ResearchTurkey), London, ResearchTurkey.
(http://researchturkey.org/?p=1528)
The Misuse of the EU Accession Process and Civil Society, Reflections Turkey, April 2012, Issue: 1, 22-23.
Patterns of Party-Based Euroscepticism in Turkey. International Review of Turkish Studies. Vol.1/2,
Summer 2011, 78-114.
Gründe und Ausformungen des Euroskeptizismus bei der Republikanischen Volkspartei (CHP) und bei der
Nationalistischen Bewegungspartei (MHP), European Journal of Turkish Studies, 2011. Available at:
http://ejts.revues.org/index4370.html
10/2010
Causes and Types of Euroscepticism by the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party
(MHP) of Turkey, Changing Turkey [online]. Online since 11 October 2010.
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2/2011
Euroskeptizismus in der Türkei: Die Republikanische Volkspartei (CHP) und die Nationalistische Bewegungs
partei (MHP) im Vergleich. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller: 2010.
Siyaset Söylemlerinde Kullanilan Satranc Metaforlari Üzerine.(The Chess Metaphor in Political Discourse).
İzinsiz Gösteri Internet Journal. No: 233. January-February 2011.
http://www.izinsizgosteri.net/new/?issue=63&page=1&content=537
2/2009
1/2009
1/2008
Ilısu-Staudammprojekt: Negative Auswirkungen und die Rolle der NGOs. İzinsiz Gösteri Internet Journal.
No: 193. Februar- März 2009.
Manu Chao and Criticism of Economic Globalization. İzinsiz Gösteri Internet Journal. No: 191. DezemberJanuar 2009. Available at: http://www.izinsizgosteri.net/new/?writer=89
Die Zusammenwirkung des Wahl- und Parteiensystems in der Türkei. İzinsiz Gösteri Internet Journal. No:
167. Februar-März 2008.
Scholarships
2012-2013
University of Zurich
Conferences
2/5/2012
5/4/2012
22/3/2014
21/6/2013
18/11/2011
13/05/2011
9/5/2011
5/5/2011
3/2/2011
31/3/2004
Bringing Gramsci back in: Euroscepticism in Turkish Civil Society. Second Workshop on Europeanization Research and Turkey: Different Facades, Multiple Contributions. By Süleyman Demirel University. Gradaute
School of Social Sociences. Isparta.
Euroscepticism in Turkey and Bosnia, 62nd Political Studies Association Annual International Conference.
In Defence of Politics, Europe Hotel Belfast.
Comparing Euroscepticism in Turkey and Bosnia, a Europe of Diversities, Nineteenth International Conference
of Europeanists, Council for European Studies. Boston.
Understanding Euroscepticism in Turkey" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Slavic,
East European and Eurasian Studies 44th Annual Convention, New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA. 201306-21(http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p566844_index.html)
Second- Generation Europeanisation Research and Beyond: Power, Resistance and Identity in Turkish
Domestic Politics, Centre for European Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
Patterns of Party-based Euroscepticism in Turkey, Paper presented at the Koc University Jean Monnet Chair
2nd Graduate Workshop. Europeanization: EU and Beyond. Istanbul.
Eine typologische Untersuchung des parteibasierten Euroskeptizismus in der Türkei. Poster/Paper presented
in Networking Day für Qualitativ Sozialforschende. Department of Sociology. University of Zurich.
Elite-Level Euroscepticism in Turkish Civil Society, paper presented at the Center for Comparative and International Studies, University of Zurich/ ETH Zurich, Zurich.
Comparing Party-based Euroscepticism in Turkey, Paper presented at the conference entitled “Faraway,
So Close? Reaching beyond the Pro/Contra Controversy on Turkey’s EU accession”. Organized by Freie Universität Berlin and Sabanci University, Berlin.
Political Psychology, Political Science Students Conference, Middle East Technical University, Ankara.
Language Skills
Turkish
Mother tongue
German
Advanced (Deutsches Sprachdiplom; DSH Diplom)
Englisch
Advanced (TOEFL)
French
Intermediate: (TCF B2)
Spanish
Beginner
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)
SPSS, Strata,
(Software Tools for Qualitative and Quantitative Research)
Atlas.Ti
Latex
Memberships
2012
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
2011
Collaborative Research Network (CRN) on Euroscepticism, supported by the University Association for
Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
2011
Swiss Political Science Association
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2009
International Yoga Federation
Interests
Chess (licenced):
Many awards in chess tournaments in Turkey. 3. rank at University of Berne, qualification for university
finals organised by Idee Suisse des Echecs in December 2007.
Yoga
Sivananda Yoga Teacher, International Yoga Federation Teacher, Private Yoga Teacher
(www.yogacan.net)
Tennis, Tango Argentine
Referenzen
Prof. Dr. Dieter
University of Zurich, Head of the Institute, International Relations, [email protected], +41 44 632 63 61
Ruloff
Prof. Dr. Josette
University of Zurich, Department of Philosophy,[email protected],Tel.: +41 44 63 43098
Baer Hill
Prof. Dr. Christine
University of Berne, Department of Political Science, [email protected]
Trampusch
Tel: +41 (0)31 631 37 50
Prof. Dr. Galip
Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Department of Political Science, [email protected]
Yalman
Tel: +90 (0) 31 2210 3023
Assist. Dr. Baris
Karapinar
Senior Research Fellow, University of Bern, World Trade Institute, [email protected]
Tel: +41 (0)316313689
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