Education
Gözaydın has studied at the New York University School of Law and Georgetown University International Law Institute, and holds an Doctor of Laws degree from the Istanbul University. Professor Gözaydın also produces and presents program aired by Açık Radyo (Open Radyo), in Istanbul since 1995.
Career
She is currently the chairperson of the Sociology Department of Gediz University, Izmir. She was a research fellow at the University of London, Birkbeck College Birkbeck, University of London in 2009 and she was a Fulbright Program scholar in the United States. in 1986-1987. Gözaydın"s research interests are Modernity, Modernities, Modernization History, Politics, Law and Society of Turkey Religion, State and Society Human Rights with a special focus on religious discrimination Administrative Law, Comparative History of Law, Law and Cultural Studies (cinema and law, literature and law) Politics Social Theory" She is focusing on the relations between religion and state in Modern Turkey.
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Politics
Nation, Nationalism, and State Formation.