On October 7–8, the Department of Political Science and Public Administration and FEASS hosted the 2nd National Political Science Congress in collaboration with the Turkish Political Science Association (TPSA).
The congress, the major event of the year for the Turkish political science community, opened with welcoming speeches by Rector Kürşat Aydoğan and TPSA Chair Sabri Sayarı. Two hundred and thirty-four papers were presented at 60 panels on a broad variety of topics. Panelists hailed from 98 universities. Together with panelists, panel chairs and listeners, the congress attracted more than 600 people to the Bilkent campus. The main session of the congress was devoted to “Turkey at 100” and Professors Fatmagül Berktay (İstanbul University), Mine Eder (Boğaziçi University) and Atila Eralp (METU) spoke to a packed audience in C-Block Auditorium.
