Dr. Melehat Kutun received her PhD from Gazi University, Ankara. She was a visiting scholar at University of York (2009-10) where she returned as a researcher (2015-16). She has also been a researcher at the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in Paris (2017). She worked as a research assistant at Gazi University and as an assistant professor at Mersin University (2003-2016). She was a guest lecturer at Universität Kassel where she was also a Philipp Schwartz Fellow (2017-20). Her publications focus on contemporary Turkish politics, political theory, critical state theories, and migration politics. She recently co-authored the publication Regime Change in Turkey: Neoliberal Authoritarianism, Islamism, and Hegemony (Routledge, 2021). She is also a member of the editorial board of Praksis Journal.