Yusuf Ziya Ozcan
Yusuf Ziya Özcan (born March 15, 1951 in Ankara ) is a Turkish social scientist and was President of the Turkish University Council (YÖK) from late 2007 to 2011 . He was at the center of political controversies about university policy and Turkish secularism . Özcan was named among the fifty most influential people in Turkey in 2008.
Life
Özcan grew up in Erbaa in the village of Hacı Ali with his grandmother when his mother died young. As the son of an officer, he completed elementary school and high school in various cities in Turkey. In 1973 he graduated from Ankara University with a degree in sociology and worked for several years as a research assistant. He then went to the University of Chicago on a state scholarship and received his doctorate there. Özcan returned from the USA, began teaching in 1981 at the Technical University of the Middle East in Ankara (ODTÜ), where he obtained the academic degree "doçent" ( Assoc. Prof. 1989). From 1992 to 1994 Özcan taught at the International Islamic University Malaysia , where the later Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu ( AKP ) also taught at the time, and led an empirical research project on the relationship between development and traditional Islamic values in rural areas of Kelantan Province examined.
As a sociology professor at the ODTÜ in Ankara, he also headed the Sociology Faculty in 2003 and 2004. Özcan has published in numerous publications on a wide range of topics, from mosque building, election analysis, police, adolescent smoking, poverty, gender equality to quality of life in Turkey.
He was an advisor to the president of TÜBITAK, the important science and research council of Turkey . From 2004 to 2008, Özcan was also chairman of the scientific advisory board of the "Organization for International Strategic Research" USAK ( Uluslararası Stratejik Arastirmalar Kurumu ); a think tank that believes the international relations discipline suffers from "limited occidentalocentric understanding and needs more different approaches." In 2003, Özcan was also one of the founders of the Pollmark market research company, which Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commissioned to conduct opinion polls before the Turkish parliamentary and presidential elections.
University policy
In December 2007, Özcan was appointed President of the Turkish University Council (YÖK) by President Abdullah Gül . In his first remarks after the appointment, Özcan emphasized his advocacy of freedom and against all bans, which was generally understood as an indication of the headscarf ban that has been in force at Turkish universities since 1982 . He also announced that he would look at the problems of the universities that had already been reported to the YÖK, make a list of priorities and then tackle them.
In February 2008 the parliament passed a highly controversial amendment to Articles 10 and 42 of the Turkish Constitution , which deal with equality before the law and the right to higher education. Özcan said that after the constitution was changed, no further laws were necessary to allow the headscarf to be released, while others said that the constitutional amendment was insufficient and that the higher education law, which defines the guidelines for universities, had to be adapted. Özcan accused dissenting principals of violating the constitution and threatened criminal prosecution. The Rectors' Conference then unanimously called for Özcan's resignation. The administrative court ruled a little later that the YÖK president had exceeded his powers in this matter. On June 5, 2008, the Turkish Constitutional Court annulled the constitutional amendments because they violated the constitutional requirement to separate state and religion. The dispute over the headscarf and the constitutional amendment is closely related in terms of time and content to the party prohibition proceedings against the ruling AKP party , which were initiated in March 2008 and rejected in July 2008.
In 2009, the YÖK decided under Özcan controversial changes to the Öğrenci Seçme Sınavı university entrance examination .
Özcan stated in an interview in December 2009 that Turkey has the capacity for 200 universities and that the establishment of private universities beyond state universities and foundation universities must be allowed.
In 2011, Özcan was replaced as President of the Turkish University Council (YÖK) by Gökhan Çetinkaya.
Özcan was Turkey's ambassador to Poland from 2012 to 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Turkey in the hands of these 50 people / Türkiye'yi bu 50 kisi yönetiyor ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. VorarlbergOnline ( Vorarlberger Medienhaus ) July 12, 2008
- ↑ a b CURRICULUM VITAE YUSUF ZİYA ÖZCAN ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ODTÜ February 2004
- ↑ Here are Malaysia's Turkish Brothers by Tolga Tanis ( Hürriyet ) Turkish Press Review December 15, 2007
- ↑ Islamization of Sociology or Sociologization of Islam? Approaches to indigenization in Malaysia, Iran and the Arab world ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.9 MB) Dissertation Edipoglu 2006
- ↑ a b CV Yusuf Ziya Özcan ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ CV Yusuf Ziya Özcan ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. USAK
- ↑ Yusuf Ziya Özcan, "Mosques in Turkey: Quantitative Analysis" (Turkish) ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 241 kB), Intellectual Discourse, 1994, Vol. 2, No 1, pp. 19-40.
- ↑ Determinants of Political Behavior in Istanbul / Turkey ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Yusuf Ziya Özcan, Party Politics Vol.6 (4) 2000. pp. 505-518
- ↑ Police and Politics in Turkey (PDF; 136 kB) Yusuf Ziya Özcan and Recep Gültekin. The British Criminology Conference: Selected Proceedings. Volume 3. Papers from the British Society of Criminology Conference, Liverpool, July 1999. This volume published June 2000. Editors: George Mair and Roger Tarling. ISSN 1464-4088
- ↑ "Determinants of YOUTH SMOKING-EVIDENCE FROM TURKEY" Yusuf Ziya Özcan and Kivilcim Metin Özcan, Substance Use & Misuse 2002, Vol. 37, No. 3, pages 313-336. doi : 10.1081 / JA-120002481 .
- ↑ Özcan, Y. and K., “Measuring Poverty and Inequality in Turkey, 2001” (PDF; 278 kB), Topics in Middle Eastern and North African Economies, electronic journal, Volume 5, Middle East Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago, September 2003
- ↑ Wage Differences By Gender, Wage And Self Employment In Urban setting in Turkey ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 139 kB) YZ Özcan, 2003
- ^ First European Quality of Life Survey: Quality of life in Turkey (PDF; 997 kB) Richard Rose / Yusuf Ozcan. European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions, February 2007. ISBN 978-92-897-0800-5
- ↑ a b c d e f YÖK's New President: Yusuf Ziya Özcan Gökce Gündüc, bianet 12 December 2007
- ↑ A new chapter in Turkish higher education ( Memento of the original dated August 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. İBRAHİM KALIN Today's Zaman 13 December 2007
- ↑ "As ISRO, we believe that international relations discipline suffers from the limited Western-centric understanding and needs more different approaches." About Us, Mission ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. USAK / ISRO
- ↑ Gül, YÖK Başkanlığı'na Prof. Yusuf Ziya Özcan'ı atadı ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. BETÜL KOTAN Radikal (newspaper) 11/12/2007
- ↑ Turkey in 2007 ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Turkey Analyst (publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Joint Center), February 22, 2008
- ^ Turkish parliament for lifting the headscarf ban Neue Zürcher Zeitung of February 9, 2008
- ↑ First female students with headscarves ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Süddeutsche Zeitung from February 25, 2008
- ↑ Türban turbulence at Turkish universities Wiener Zeitung February 27, 2008 (accessed November 15, 2013)
- ↑ Turkish opposition complains against headscarves ( memento of the original from September 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. By Kai Strittmatter Süddeutsche Zeitung on February 28, 2008
- ^ Prohibition against ruling party (PDF; 886 kB) Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Newsletter Turkey No. 11 March 2008
- ↑ Anayasa Mahkemesi'nin 2008/116 nolu kararı (Turkish) Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey , judgment of June 5, 2008
- ↑ YÖK President Özcan pledges to resolve coefficient issue ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ABDULLAH BOZKURT, Today's Zaman 12 Dec 2009
- ↑ YÖK's new coefficient plan a move to eradicate impact of Feb. 28 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. İBRAHIM ASALIOĞLU Today's Zaman 19 December 2009
- ↑ TURKEY HAS CAPACITY FOR 200 UNIVERSITIES ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Turkish press on December 29, 2009
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Reşit Uman |
Ambassador to Warsaw 2012–2016 |
Tunç Üğdül |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Özcan, Yusuf Ziya |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish social scientist, President of the Turkish University Council |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ankara |