Ali Erken
Biographic Data
| ID | 5155674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ali Erken |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ali |
| FAMILY NAME | Erken |
| SIGNATURE | ERKEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marmara University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8292-2022 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nutrition Science and Global Networks in Turkey During the Cold War
This article examins the nexus among global corporations, the Rockefeller Foundation, and nutritional habits in Turkey after WW II. During the Cold War, hunger and nutrition became political issues, and efforts were made to establish criteria, standardize “healthy nutrition, and eliminate “the danger of hunger”. The Rockefeller Foundation has emerged as one of the leading institutions coordinating research and investment in nutrition science in W…
The International Executive Service Corps and the Global Expansion of American Management Culture
This article reviews the International Executive Service Corps program. The IESC program, initiated in 1964, aimed to send experienced American business executives to client companies and organizations in «underdeveloped» or «developing» countries for a project assignment. US policymakers backed the idea that the United States should rely on «private enterprises» to promote the American business management culture. David Rockefeller, along with m…
Rockefeller Foundation, Bogazici University And Agricultural Development Projects
Bu makale Rockefeller Vakfı’nın Türkiye’deki tarımsal kalkınma programlarını tartışmaya açmayı amaçlar. Özel olarak Vakfın Boğaziçi Üniversitesine arasındaki eğitim projesine desteğini inceler. Rockefeller Vakfı’nın Türkiye’deki faaliyetleri birçok farklı alanda çatallara ayrılmış, bu yatırımlar çeşitli çalışmalara konu edilmiştir. Rockefeller’in tarımsal destek programları 1950’den sonra globalleşmiş, Türkiye’nin dışında birçok ülkede yeni tekno…
From Missionary Tradition to Liberal Leadership
This article analyses the transformation of Robert College, the first American college founded abroad, from 1923 to 1970. Based on a careful investigation of Robert College archives and personal accounts of the College staff, it contends that the school’s missionary character acquired a new identity after the foundation of Republican Turkey. Robert College gradually abandoned its missionary tradition to become an institution of liberal learning i…
Localizing Western expertise
This article discusses the dynamics between Western experts and local technocrats in Turkey in their quest for scientific development in the first decades of modern Turkey. Based on primary archival sources, it examines the work of İhsan Doğramacı (d. 2010) and Ş. Raşit Hatipoğlu (d. 1973), who led various projects in the fields of medical and agricultural development. İhsan Doğramacı, a prominent scholar in the medical sciences, established a cl…
Urban Muslim migrants in Istanbul
Frances Trix’s Urban Muslim Migrants in Istanbul: Identity and Trauma Among Balkan Immigrants explores one of the understudied topics in the history of modern Turkey and the Balkans. Trix starts he
Identity, nationhood and migrations to Turkey from the Balkans, 1950–1960
The article examines identity politics in Turkey through migrations from the Balkans in the early years of Cold War. Despite secularisation reforms in the 1920s and 1930s, Muslim identity remained a central component in the formation of Turkish nationhood. In the wake of WW II, Turkey chose to be a part of Western world whereas her two regional neighbours, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, remained in the Socialist bloc. Nearly 500,000 Turks, Bosnians, Al…
The making of politics and trained intelligence in the Near East
This article examines the role of Robert College in Turkish-American relations in the early decades of the Turkish Republic. Relying on recently discovered archival sources and biographical accounts it explores political and educational networks between the United States and Turkey. Robert College, founded in 1863, was the first American College established abroad. It was, however, more than an educational institution; the College teaching staff …
The Construction of Nationalist Politics in Turkey
İlk sayısını Haziran 2011'de çıkaran İnsan & Toplum Dergisi, yılda iki kez yayımlanan, hem Türkçe hem de İngilizce yazılara yer veren hakemli bir dergidir. İnsan & Toplum, akademik yayın dünyasında görülen iki temel eksikliği duyumsayarak yola çıktı. Bunlardan biri, kendi disipliner sınırlarına hapsolmuş akademyanın insan ve toplumu birbirinden izole ederek ayrıştırarak çalışma yapmasının bir teamül haline gelmiş olmasıdır. İkincisi de, disiplinl…
Ideological Construction of the Politics of Nationalism in Turkey
This article analyzes the ideological evolution of Turkish nationalism in politics from 1965 to 1980 providing an in-depth analysis of the ideological contours of the Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi (CKMP; Republican Peasant Nation Party) and its successor the Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP; Nationalist Movement Party). It shows that there were different channels for indoctrination promoting their own view of nationalism within the movement. I…
Islam and the Politics of Secularism
Ideological Construction of the Politics of Nationalism in Turkey
This article analyzes the ideological evolution of Turkish nationalism in politics from 1965 to 1980 providing an in-depth analysis of the ideological contours of the Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi (CKMP; Republican Peasant Nation Party) and its successor the Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP; Nationalist Movement Party). It shows that there were different channels for indoctrination promoting their own view of nationalism within the movement. I…
Islam and the Politics of Secularism
The Construction of Nationalist Politics in Turkey
İlk sayısını Haziran 2011'de çıkaran İnsan & Toplum Dergisi, yılda iki kez yayımlanan, hem Türkçe hem de İngilizce yazılara yer veren hakemli bir dergidir. İnsan & Toplum, akademik yayın dünyasında görülen iki temel eksikliği duyumsayarak yola çıktı. Bunlardan biri, kendi disipliner sınırlarına hapsolmuş akademyanın insan ve toplumu birbirinden izole ederek ayrıştırarak çalışma yapmasının bir teamül haline gelmiş olmasıdır. İkincisi de, disiplinl…
Ideological Construction of the Politics of Nationalism in Turkey
This article analyzes the ideological evolution of Turkish nationalism in politics from 1965 to 1980 providing an in-depth analysis of the ideological contours of the Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi (CKMP; Republican Peasant Nation Party) and its successor the Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP; Nationalist Movement Party). It shows that there were different channels for indoctrination promoting their own view of nationalism within the movement. I…
The making of politics and trained intelligence in the Near East
This article examines the role of Robert College in Turkish-American relations in the early decades of the Turkish Republic. Relying on recently discovered archival sources and biographical accounts it explores political and educational networks between the United States and Turkey. Robert College, founded in 1863, was the first American College established abroad. It was, however, more than an educational institution; the College teaching staff …
Urban Muslim migrants in Istanbul
Frances Trix’s Urban Muslim Migrants in Istanbul: Identity and Trauma Among Balkan Immigrants explores one of the understudied topics in the history of modern Turkey and the Balkans. Trix starts he
Identity, nationhood and migrations to Turkey from the Balkans, 1950–1960
The article examines identity politics in Turkey through migrations from the Balkans in the early years of Cold War. Despite secularisation reforms in the 1920s and 1930s, Muslim identity remained a central component in the formation of Turkish nationhood. In the wake of WW II, Turkey chose to be a part of Western world whereas her two regional neighbours, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, remained in the Socialist bloc. Nearly 500,000 Turks, Bosnians, Al…
Localizing Western expertise
This article discusses the dynamics between Western experts and local technocrats in Turkey in their quest for scientific development in the first decades of modern Turkey. Based on primary archival sources, it examines the work of İhsan Doğramacı (d. 2010) and Ş. Raşit Hatipoğlu (d. 1973), who led various projects in the fields of medical and agricultural development. İhsan Doğramacı, a prominent scholar in the medical sciences, established a cl…
From Missionary Tradition to Liberal Leadership
This article analyses the transformation of Robert College, the first American college founded abroad, from 1923 to 1970. Based on a careful investigation of Robert College archives and personal accounts of the College staff, it contends that the school’s missionary character acquired a new identity after the foundation of Republican Turkey. Robert College gradually abandoned its missionary tradition to become an institution of liberal learning i…
Rockefeller Foundation, Bogazici University And Agricultural Development Projects
Bu makale Rockefeller Vakfı’nın Türkiye’deki tarımsal kalkınma programlarını tartışmaya açmayı amaçlar. Özel olarak Vakfın Boğaziçi Üniversitesine arasındaki eğitim projesine desteğini inceler. Rockefeller Vakfı’nın Türkiye’deki faaliyetleri birçok farklı alanda çatallara ayrılmış, bu yatırımlar çeşitli çalışmalara konu edilmiştir. Rockefeller’in tarımsal destek programları 1950’den sonra globalleşmiş, Türkiye’nin dışında birçok ülkede yeni tekno…
The International Executive Service Corps and the Global Expansion of American Management Culture
This article reviews the International Executive Service Corps program. The IESC program, initiated in 1964, aimed to send experienced American business executives to client companies and organizations in «underdeveloped» or «developing» countries for a project assignment. US policymakers backed the idea that the United States should rely on «private enterprises» to promote the American business management culture. David Rockefeller, along with m…
Nutrition Science and Global Networks in Turkey During the Cold War
This article examins the nexus among global corporations, the Rockefeller Foundation, and nutritional habits in Turkey after WW II. During the Cold War, hunger and nutrition became political issues, and efforts were made to establish criteria, standardize “healthy nutrition, and eliminate “the danger of hunger”. The Rockefeller Foundation has emerged as one of the leading institutions coordinating research and investment in nutrition science in W…
Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Historical Turkish Studies (3 works)