Ziya Öniş

Ziya Öniş (born May 12, 1957 in Istanbul) is a Turkish political economist, and professor of international relations at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a former Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Koç University.

He received his BSc and MSc degrees in economics from London School of Economics. He obtained his PhD from University of Manchester in the field of development economics in 1984. His research lies at the intersection of political science and economics. He has published extensively on the political economy of Turkey, Turkish foreign policy and broader issues in global political economy. He has published extensively in leading journals of political science, international relations, and development studies. His work has been widely recognized and cited. His most popular publication, 'The Logic of the Developmental State,' continues to be highly regarded. He has collaborated extensively with important scholars in his field including Fikret Şenses, Fuat Keyman, Şuhnaz Yılmaz, Selim Erdem Aytaç, James Riedel among others. His collaboration with Mustafa Kutlay over the past decade has been particularly productive resulting in a large number of influential articles. Provided by Wikipedia