Professor of Constitutional Law, Bilkent University | Istanbul, Turkey

• Turkish Representative to the Venice Commission, Council of Europe

Dr. Özbudun is currently a professor of constitutional law and political science at Istanbul Şehir University.

Previously, he taught at many universities, including Columbia and Princeton.

He is also a member of the Venice Commission on the Council of Europe.

His most recent English language book is Party Politics and Social Cleavages in Turkey (Lynne Rienner 2013).