Talha Köse is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Şehir University. Dr. Köse completed his doctoral studies at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR)-George Mason University in January 2010. His doctoral research focuses on the transformation of Alevi identity within the post-1980 milieu of Turkey. Talha Köse worked as a research fellow at the Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University (2010) and served as a visiting lecturer at George Mason University and University Maastricht (Netherlands). Köse is recently the chair of Center for Global Studies (KAM) at the Foundation for Science and Arts (Bilim Sanat Vakfı).
His research interests are on ethnic-sectarian and identity based conflicts; approaches to inter-cultural reconciliation, community mediation in Turkey, Alevi issues in Turkey, and Conflict Resolution approaches in foreign policy, Turkish Foreign Policy. Together with 2 of his colleagues he conducted a public opinion survey and elite interviews in Egypt, Iran and Iraq on Turkey’s soft power