Barin Kayaoglu
Fields & Specialties
International History; U.S. Foreign Relations; U.S.-Middle East Relations; Turkey; Iran
DISSERTATION
"Loving and Hating America in Turkey and Iran: A Cold War Story of Alliance Politics and Authoritarian Modernization, 1945-1980"
My dissertation examines the transformation of pro-American sentiments in Turkey and Iran at the onset of the Cold War into vicious anti-Americanism in the 1960s. It argues that anti-U.S. sentiment in the two countries originated from their societies’ deep-rooted desire to modernize. It argues that U.S. support for the Turkish and Iranian governments’ policy of authoritarian modernization and the turbulent nature of America’s alliance with Turkey and Iran gave rise to anti-Americanism in the two countries in the 1960s and 1970s.
My goal is to explain the origins of anti-Americanism in the two most powerful countries in the Middle East today. I also hope to inform scholarly debates on modernization and democratization in the Middle East and around the world.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate, History, The University of Virginia 2006-present
M.A., History, The University of Virginia 2006
M.A., History, Bilkent University, Ankara 2005
M.A., Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara 2002
B.A., Political Science, Bilkent University, Ankara 2001
PUBLICATIONS
“Strategic Imperatives, Democratic Rhetoric: The United States and Turkey, 1945-52.” Cold War History 9, No. 3 (August 2009): 321-345.
“Not Too Far: The Cyprus Crises of 1963-74 and Lessons for Present-Day Iraq,” Insight Turkey 10, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 2008): 101-116
