Ali Burak Darıcılı
CV
Completed a bachelor’s degree at the Department of International Relations of Gazi Üniversitesi, a master’s degree at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi and a doctorate at Uludağ Üniversitesi. The doctoral thesis is a comparative analysis of the cyber security strategies of the USA and the Russian Federation and is regarded as one of the first doctoral studies on cyber security written in Türkiye. After serving for fifteen years in the intelligence and security unit within the Prime Ministry, moved to academia in September 2014; since 2017 has been serving as an associate professor at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bursa Teknik Üniversitesi. Works on intelligence studies, cyber security, artificial intelligence, terrorism and current Turkish foreign policy, and appears as an expert commentator on national television channels.
Training
- Gazi Üniversitesi · International Relations (bachelor’s)
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi · master’s degree
- Uludağ Üniversitesi · doctorate — “A comparative analysis of the cybersecurity strategies of the USA and the RF”
- Associate professorship · international relations
Duties
- Prime Ministry intelligence and security unit · 15 years (1999–2014)
- Transition to academic life · September 2014
- Bursa Teknik Üniversitesi · Department of International Relations, associate professor (2017 – present)
Books and publications
- Cyberspace and Cyber Security: A Comparative Analysis of the Cyber Security Strategies of the USA and the Russian Federation (book)
- İstihbarat 101 (book)
- İstihbarat Sırları — Türkiye Üzerinde Oynanan İstihbarat Oyunları (book)
- Intelligence Operations from Türkiye and the World (book)
- “The Operational Capacity of Turkish Intelligence within the Scope of Use of High-Technology Products”, Insight Turkey, 2022
- “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Management upon International Security” (article)
- Articles on the cyber security strategies of the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China and Israel