The Balkan Studies Congress is an international congress organized for the purposes of encouraging interdisciplinary studies in the field of social sciences and of contributing to qualified and original academic output.
The Balkan Studies Congress aims to increase the quality of postgraduate studies by allowing for versatile communication and experience to be transferred to young academicians and to increase academic interaction and activity within the region and with Turkey. It aims to contribute to developing a common language and method by encouraging interdisciplinary approaches in order to overcome the difficulties with the qualified academic output of the states and societies trying to recover from the effects of the wars experienced in the Western Balkans after 1990 and that have many troubled areas ahead of them.
The Congress is planned to take place in cities such as Skopje, Istanbul, Sarajevo, Tirana, and Vienna. The Congress, which will visit one university and city each year, will also collaborate with non-governmental organizations that perform studies in this field. The Congress offers researchers at various universities in the Balkans, especially those in the Western Balkans and Turkey, who are conducting or have completed postgraduate studies in the last three years related to the Balkans the privilege of exchanging and enriching ideas by presenting their studies to experienced academicians or academician candidates.
The Congress applies the blind peer review system; the abstracts and full texts that are submitted will be accepted after being evaluated by reviewers who are experts in their field. The papers chosen at the end of the Congress will be published by the Fettah Efendi Association in order to admit the presentations taking place at the Congress to the scientific world
Balkan Studies Foundation President, Dr.Sevba Abdula
Istanbul Medeniyet University, Rector, Prof.Dr. Gülfettin Çelik
Association Ilmi Etüdler, President, Assoc.Prof.Abdülkadir Macit
Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities President, Abdullah Eren
Assist. Prof. Dr. Bujamin Bela – Mother Teresa University (President)
Dr. Sevba Abdula – Balkan Studies Foundation
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Faruk Bal – Istanbul Medeniyet University
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Köroğlu – Istanbul University
Assist. Prof. Dr. Serdar Serdaroğlu- International Balkan University
Dr. Sedad Bešlija – University of Sarajevo
Dr. Agron Islami -Institute of History “Ali Hadri”- Prishtina
Dr. Irena Kolaj Ristanovič – University of Belgrade
Erkan Girişit – Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities
Mustafa Sacid Öztürk – Balkan Studies Foundation
Semran Murtezani – Balkan Studies Foundation
Prof. Dr. Ali Pajaziti, South East European University, North Macedonia
Prof. Dr. Erkan Erdemir, University of New York-Tirana, Albania
Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Kaya, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Hamdi Genç, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Alim Yılmaz, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Musa Musai, State University of Tetovo, North Macedonia
Prof. Dr. Qufli Osmanı, State University of Tetovo, North Macedonia
Prof. Dr. Gültekin Yıldız, Istanbul University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Ekrem Demirli, Istanbul University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Murteza Bedir, Istanbul University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Lütfi Sunar, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Ilir Kalemaj, University of New York-Tirana, Albania
Assoc. Prof. Juna Miluka, University of New York-Tirana, Albania
Assoc. Prof. Lindita Latifi, University of New York-Tirana, Albania
Assoc. Prof. Ali Erken, Marmara University,, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Mevludin İbishi, International Balkan University, North Macedonia
Assoc. Prof. İsmail Hakkı Kadı, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Tutgay Anar, Istanbul Medeniyet Universityi, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Hacı Kara, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Zahit Atçıl, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Abdurrahman Atçıl, Sabancı University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Şener Bilal, International Balkan University, North Macedonia
Assoc. Prof. Abdülkadir Macit, Kocaeli University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Ertuğrul Karakuş, Kırklareli University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. İbrahim Halil Üçer, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Alim Arlı, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Assoc. Prof. Yunus Uğur, Marmara University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Bujamin Bela, Mother Teresa University, North Macedonia
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Armend Memedi- INSTITUTE OF HISTORY “ALI HADRI”- PRISHTINA-Kosovo
Dr. Sevba Abdula, ettah Efendi Association, North Macedonia
Assist. Prof. Plarent Ruka, University of New York-Tirana, Albania
Assist. Prof. Mesut Malik Yavuz, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Mehmet Uğur Ekinci, SETA, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Murat Aliu, Mother Teresa University, North Macedonia
Assist. Prof. Süleyman Güder, Istanbul University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Drita Memedi, State University of Tetovo, North Macedonia
Assist. Prof. Besa Sejdiu, South East European University, North Macedonia
Assist. Prof. Petar Todorov, INSTITUTE OF NATIONAL HISTORY – SKOPJE, North Macedonia
Assist. Prof. Agron İslami, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY “ALI HADRI”- PRISHTINA, Kosovo
Assist. Prof. Fation Shabani, Ibn Haldun University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Kadir Temiz, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. İzzettin As, Kırklareli University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. İbrahim Zeyd Gerçik, Marmara Üniversitesi, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Ahmet Lökçe, Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Turkey
Assist. Prof. Deniz Memedi, Mother Teresa University, North Macedonia
Assist. Prof. Sedad Beslija, University of Sarejevo, Bosna-Hercegovina
Assist. Prof. Irena Kolaj Ristanović, University of Belgrade, Serbia
The Congress will be able to cover all sub-disciplines of the social sciences focused on the Balkans region. Some of the topics to be addressed at the congress may appear as but are not limited to the following: