Pınar  AKARÇAY  is  an  academician  in  Trakya  University  with  PhD  degree  in  Political  Science  and  PublicÂ
Administration from Ä°stanbul University who works at present as the Visiting Researcher (Post-doctorate) at the InstituteÂ
for Housing and Urban Researches at Upssala University in Sweden. Dr. Akarçay had h er Bachelor’s and MA DegreesÂ
in  Public  Administration  from  Trakya  University  at  Edirne.  She  had  previously  held  research  activities  in  LundÂ
University of Sweden. Her research interests range from political participation, democracy, theories of democracy, toÂ
gender politics, civil society, human rights as well as Turkish and international politics in these contexts. She has manyÂ
essays, articles and books published on these research areas. She has also participated various national and internationalÂ
symposiums, congresses and panels.Â
Gökhan  AK  is an academician  with PhD degree in Political Science  from  Ankara  Hacettepe University  whoÂ
works at present as the Head of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at NiÅŸantaşı University inÂ
Ä°stanbul.  Dr.  Ak  had  a  Bachelor’s  Degree  in  Operations  Research/Management  (Ä°stanbul)  and  MA  Degree  inÂ
International  Politics  (Brussels  ULB  University).  He  had  previously  held  research  activities  at  Universit y  Libre  deÂ
Bruxelles and British National Archives. His research interests range from political participation, democracy, theories ofÂ
democracy, to gender politics, civil society, human rights as well as Turkish and international politics in these contexts.Â
He has many essays, articles and books published on these research areas. He has also participated too many nationalÂ
and international symposiums, congresses and panels.