Emel Parlar Dal is a professor at Marmara University’s Department of International Relations. She received her BA from Galatasaray University in 2001, her MA degrees respectively from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2002) and Paris 3 Nouvelle Sorbonne Universities (2003). She received her PhD degree in International Relations from Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle University ( 2009). She conducted research at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva during the 2010-2011 academic year thanks to Swiss Government scholarship. In 2013 she was an academic visitor at St. Anthony’s College Middle East Centre, Oxford University. Since 2015, she has worked as the coordinator of various research projects funded by NATO, EU, The Academy of Korean and TUBITAK. Her recent publications have appeared in Third World Quarterly (SSCI), Global Policy (SSCI), Contemporary Politics, International Politics (SSCI), Turkish Studies (SSCI), International Journal: Canada’s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (SSCI), and Perceptions. Her most recent works are Turkey's Political Economy in the 21st Century, Palgrave (2020).