Veli Yadirgi

Department of Development Studies

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Neoliberalism, Globalisation, and States

Research Cluster Member

Centre for Ottoman Studies

Associate Member

London Middle East Institute (LMEI)

Member

Name:

Dr Veli Yadirgi

Email address:

vy1@soas.ac.uk

Office No:

289

Office Hours:

Monday: 1-3pm

Biography

Veli holds a B.A. in Philosophy (King’s College, London), an MSc. in Global Politics (LSE), and a PhD (SOAS), and has worked as a political correspondent and editor in different media companies in Europe.  

Publications

The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Forthcoming, 2017).

‘The Political Economy of the Kurdish Question in Turkey: De-development in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia’ in Routledge Handbook of Kurdish Studies ed. Michael M. Gunter (Forthcoming, 2017).

Theory, Policy and Practice of Development (Tutor)

Globalisation and development (Teaching Fellow)

Critical Reasoning in Contemporary Development Studies (Tutor)

Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa (Tutor)

During 2010-13 Veli taught on the following postgraduate programmes:
-Globalisation and Development
-Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa

His expertise and research interests include: Political, Economic and Social History of Turkey and the Middle East with special reference to the Kurdish Question in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria; Politics and Development Economics of the Countries of the Middle East; Social Change and Social Theory.