HEPER, Metin

HEPER, Metin. Turkish, b. 1940. Genres: History, Politics/Government. Career: Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, assistant professor, 1970-74; Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, assistant professor, 197476, associate professor, 1976-81, professor of public administration, 1981-88, department head, 1985-88; Bilkent University, Ankara, professor of political science and public administration and chairperson of department, both 1988-, dean of Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences, 1996-. American Research Institute in Turkey, member of executive council, 1984-88. Visiting professor at universities worldwide. Publications: Decision-Making in the Middle East Technical University, 1973; Gecekondu Policy in Turkey: An Evaluation with a Case Study of Rumelihisarustu Squatter Area in Istanbul, 1978; (with A. Umit Berkman) Development Administration in Turkey: Conceptual Theory and Methodology, 1980; The State Tradition in Turkey, 1985; Historical Dictionary of Turkey, 1994. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: Turkey: Past Achievement and Future Prospects, 1983; (with I. Raphaeli) Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East, 1984; Dilemmas of Decentralization: Municipal Government in Turkey, 1986; Democracy and Local Government: Istanbul in the 1980s, 1987; The State and Public Bureaucracies: A Comparative Perspective, 1987; (with A. Evin) The State, Military, and Democracy: Turkey in the 1980s, 1988; Local Government in Turkey: Governing Greater Istanbul, 1989; (with J. Landau) Political Parties and Democracy in Turkey, 1991; Strong State and Economic Interest Groups: The Post-1980 Turkish Experience, 1991; (with A. Oncu and H. Kramer) Turkey and the West: Changing Political and Cultural Identities, 1993; (with Evin) Politics in the Third Turkish Republic, 1994; (with B. Rockman and A. Kazancigil) Institutitions and Democratic Statecraft, in press. UNTRANSLATED WORKS: Kisa Amme Idaresi Bibliografyasi, 1958-1966 (title means: A Concise Bibliography of Public Administration, 1958-1966), 1966; Modernlesme ve Burokrasi: Karsilastirmali Kamu Yonetimine Giris (title means: Modernization and Bureaucracy: Introduction to Comparative Public Administration), 1973; Burokratik Yonetim Gelenegi: Osmanli Imparatorlugu ve Turkiye Cumhuriyetinde Delisimi ve Niteligi (title means: Bureaucratic Ruling Tradition in the Ottoman Empire and Turkish Republic), 1974; Turk Kamu Burokrasisinde Gelenekcilik ve Modernlesme: Siyaset Sosyolojisi Acisindan Bir Inceleme (title means: Bureaucracy: A Political Sociology Perspective), 1978; Turkiye'de Kent Gocmeni ve Burokratik Orgutler (title means: Urban Migrant and Bureaucratic Organizations in Turkey), 1983. Contributor to books and professional journals in English and Turkish. Address: Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University, 06533 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.