Message From Head of Department
Dear Students,
Welcome to the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Gelişim University. After completing a challenging and demanding educational process, each of you has arrived at our university with your own dreams. Now, a new marathon awaits you. This marathon will prepare you for your professional life and will be the most important turning point in your career. Rest assured that the department you have chosen, with its structure and connections to other disciplines, will enlighten you further, provide opportunities to encounter different cultures, and offer you a very enjoyable educational environment.
The Department of Political Science and International Relations was established within the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences with an innovative and competitive perspective to ensure sustainability in quality education. The Department of Political Science and International Relations, which examines the political, economic, and social developments of state and non-state international actors, systems, institutions, and structures at the global and regional levels, as well as their relationships with each other and many other areas, provides its students with national and international gains, knowledge, and skills.
The Department of Political Science and International Relations covers a wide range of areas, including political history, comparative politics, law, human rights, the Middle East, Asia, relations with Russia and America, major organizations such as the United Nations and the EU, politics and diplomacy, internationalization, Turkish foreign policy, and economics. It raises awareness in these areas and conveys high-quality information. serves as a vital bridge between Turkey and the world. In this sense, the Department of Political Science and International Relations, whose importance is once again evident, emerges as a discipline that goes beyond being just a department and concerns everyone in life.
Your choice to keep pace with the rapidly globalizing and developing world, to be able to read and learn internationally, will help make you more effective, qualified individuals with a voice in the global world. Our distinguished academic staff, our internationally recognized course content, and the many opportunities offered by our school will prepare you for your professional life and enable you to adapt more quickly to your career upon graduation. Each graduate of the Political Science and International Relations Program is an entrepreneurial, innovative, analytical, and critical thinker, as well as gain knowledge about international developments and concepts, facts, and theories in political science at the local, national, and international levels, and comprehensively learn about the political world, including behaviors, institutions, organizations, and philosophical foundations within political life. As a result of this accumulated knowledge, students' analytical skills will improve, and these gains will serve as an important guide in their projects, studies, and professional lives.
On this occasion, I wish you success and emphasize that your hard work will enable you to see yourselves wherever you desire.