School of Politics and International Studies

Research Interests

I have carried out field work research in Turkey, Jordan, Uzbekistan and Northern Cyprus. My research interest includes rural transformation, internationalisation of agriculture and food security, the state and society in the Middle East, development strategies, development and ethnic conflict, development and Turkey's integration into the EU and the political, and socio-economic integration of migrants in Northern Cyprus.

Teaching

My teaching interests are political economy of rural transformation, policy issues in rural transformation, rural livelihoods, contemporary development issues, and social policy in developing countries. I teach 'Rural Development: Theoretical and Policy Issues' at both undergraduate and MA levels, contribute to 'Development Theories and Strategies' module offered at MA level, and teach a third year Dissertation module.

PhD Supervision

I am keen to supervise good candidates in the following areas:

• Political Economy of Food Security
• Rural Transformation and Rural Livelihoods
• Development Policy in Rural Areas
• State and Society in Developing Countries
• Ethnicity and Development
• Rural-urban Migration
• Democracy and Participatory Development

Key Publications

Journal Articles

• Aydin, Z. (2010) ‘Neo-liberal Transformation of Turkish Agriculture’, Journal of Agrarian Change, 10 (2): 149-87
• Aydin, Z. (2008) 'Democracy Engineering and Underdeveloped Countries’ (in Turkish), Near East Journal of Social Sciences, 1(1): 50-83
• Aydin, Z. (2002) 'The New Right, Structural Adjustment and Turkish Agriculture: Rural Responses and Survival Strategies'. The European Journal of Development Research, 14(2), pp.183-208. 

Books

• Aydin, Z. (2005) The Political Economy of Turkey. Pluto Press.
• Aydin, Z. (1986) Underdevelopment and Rural Structures in Southeastern Turkey, Ithaca Press.

Chapters in Books

• Aydin, Z. (2010) 'Rural Transformation and Policies’ (in Turkish), in  A. Kasapoglu and  Y. Odabas (eds), DTCF 70 Yillik Gelenek,  Ankara: Dil ve Tarih Cografya Fakultesi yayini.
• Aydin, Z. (2009) 'De-agrarianization and De- peasantization: Dilemmas of Neo- liberal Restructuring in Turkish Agriculture' in F ?enses and Z Öni? (eds), Turkey and the Global Economy: Neo-Liberal Restructuring and Integration in the Post-Crisis Era, London: Routledge.
• Aydin, Z. (2002) Uncompromising Nationalism: The Kurdish Question in Turkey. In: Nesecan Balkan and Sungur Savran (eds.) The politics of permanent crisis: class, ideology and state in Turkey, Nova Science, pp.85-105.
• Aydin, Z. (1990 )The World Bank and the Corum-Cankiri Rural Development Project in Turkey In: M. Horowitz and M. Murdock (eds.) Anthropology and Development in the Middle East and North Africa, Westview Press, pp. 208-233.

Media Contact Areas

I can be contacted by the media on the following areas: 

• Turkish politics
• Food security in developing countries
• Political and socio-economic integration of migrants in Northern Cyprus