Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündü
Turkey
Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz is professor at the Political Science and International Relations Department at TED University in Ankara. She completed her BA/MA (1995) and PhD (2000) at Bonn University with Political Science as major, American Language and Literature and Islamic Sciences as minor. Her areas of interest are gender, migration, critical security studies, EU integration. She is head of TED University’s Center for Gender Studies and member of the Women in Foreign Policy Turkey Initiative. She has articles published in WeltTrends, Merkur, Monthly Review, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, International Policy Analysis, Turkish Review of Balkan Studies, Perceptions, Ankara Avrupa Araştırmaları Dergisi, Internationale Politik, Alternatif Politika and Femina Politica.
”Whoever is afraid of feminism, is afraid to admit and accept that, fundamentally, women are strong beings. In various societies, over centuries, political leaders have made use of many skills and tricks to keep women power under control. On the other hand, power comes with responsibility – always. Admitting that you are strong means taking responsibility for this power. Sometimes that overwhelms.”
