About
Dr Begum Zorlu is a Research Fellow at City, University of London and her work focuses on the political opposition in Turkey and Venezuela, the dynamics of solidarity and contestation in International Relations and transnational activism. She is also the co-convener of the Political Studies Association Turkish Politics Specialist Group and a content creator at the Equality, Justice, Women Platform, which promotes gender equality and the women, peace and security agenda. Her academic work can be seen at her Academia profile.
She is currently leading an ESRC funded SENSS fellowship titled Global South Populism and the Contestation of the International Order. The project explores how the rise of populist authoritarianism in the Global South is reshaping political practices, with a particular focus on Turkey and Venezuela.
Begüm has been interested in social movements since 2008, and has been documenting some of the key processes of social change and moments of contention in Turkey. Her journalistic work and photography about social movements, peace processes have appeared in news outlets in Turkey and abroad and can be found in this personal website. The page Degrees of Freedom exhibits some of her photography projects. Neynik.com hosts blog/news content, focusing on peace process and journalism from 2016 to 2018. She also shares recommendations on learning sources in International Relations and blog posts on Medium.
Hakkında
Begüm Zorlu, sosyal hareketler, barış süreçleri ve toplumsal cinsiyet konularına odaklanan bir akademisyen ve gazetecidir. Akademik çalışmalarını City, University of London Uluslararası Siyaset bölümünde sürdürmektedir.
University College London, Demokrasi ve Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset bölümünde tamamladığı yüksek lisans derecesinde Kuzey İrlanda’daki barış sürecinin getirdiği kurumsal değişimleri incelemiştir. Doktora çalışmasında Türkiye ve Venezuela’daki muhalefet hareketlerinin stratejilerini ve uluslararası ilişkilerini araştırmaktadır. Degrees of Freedom sayfasında bazı fotoğraf projeleri yer almaktadır.
Begum Zorlu 