Dr. Turgut Kerem Tuncel completed his undergraduate degree in 2001 at Middle East Techical University with a major in Psychology and a minor in Sociology. He holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Bilkent University. In 2014, Turgut earned his PhD degree in Sociology and Social Research from Università degli Studi di Trento. During his doctoral studies, he had been a pre-doc visiting scholar at Michigan University, Ann Arbor Armenian Studies Program.

Dr. Tuncel worked as research/teaching assistant between 2001 and 2009 at Bilkent University and İstanbul Bilgi University. He joined AVİM in January 2015. Since then, Dr. Tuncel has also been the managing editor of Uluslararası Suçlar ve Tarih / International Crimes and History Journal.

Dr. Tuncel is the author of the book Armenian Diaspora: Diaspora, State and the Imagination of the Republic of Armenia (Ankara, Terazi, 2014). He published articles in Review of Armenian Studies and Uluslararası Suçlar ve Tarih / International Crimes and History journals. He contributes to Turkish and foreign media with his commentaries on current political affairs in the Eurasian region, the Wider Black Sea Region and the Caucasus.

Selected works

Book
Armenian Diaspora: Diaspora, State and the Imagination of the Republic of Armenia. Ankara, Terazi Publishing; 2014.

Article/Book Chapter (Selected)

• A Look at the Perinçek v. Switzerland Case: Examination of a Lawsuit to Understand the Current State of the Armenian-Turkish Dispute and Prospective Developments. Review of Armenian Studies, vol. 31, pp. 293-224; 2015.

• A Review of the Social Memory Literature: Schools, Approaches and Debates. Uluslararası Suçlar ve Tarih/International Crimes and History, vol. 15, pp. 77-124; 2014.

Book Review

Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide (by Thomas de Waal). Review of Armenian Studies, vol. 30, pp. 187-197; 2014.