In the News: Yüksel Sezgin

"For a long time, it was in the interests of the Greek government to maintain Shariah for the Turkish-speaking minority because it emphasized their religious identity more than their ethnic and linguistic [Turkish] identity,” says Yüksel Sezgin, associate professor of political science.

Sound scholarship helps us understand what sometimes seems unknowable: North Africa and the Middle East.

"The current environment of spiraling violence and economic and political uncertainty makes predicting the outcome difficult," writes Yüksel Sezgin, assistant professor of political science and director of the Middle Eastern Studies program, of the referendum to transition Turkey from parliamentary to presidential.

Yüksel Sezgin takes over Middle Eastern Studies at a time when enrollment and programs are booming.