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Hasan Bülent Kahraman

Hasan Bülent Kahraman (born September 1, 1957, Kars), is a Turkish academic, author, art critic, and curator. He currently serves as the Rector of Işık University.

Hasan Bülent Kahraman started his primary education in Kars and completed it in Ankara. He completed his secondary education at TED Ankara College. He got his academic degrees from the Department of Civil Engineering at Gazi University (B.S.), Economics Dept. at Hacettepe University (M.S.), and Political Science Dept. at Bilkent University (Ph.D.). He worked as a lecturer, and had administrative duties at Hacettepe University, METU, Bilkent University, Sabancı University, Princeton University, Kadir Has University, and Netkent University as the Dean, Vice-Rector and Rector. He has been working as an independent writer, art critic, curator, and cultural critic since 1977.

He is currently the Rector of Işık University.

Between 1992 and 1996, Kahraman served as a Senior Advisor for the Ministry of Culture, and in 1992 for one year he was the Head of the Publications Department of the Ministry of Culture. In 2014, he served as the Chief Advisor to the 11^th President of Turkey for five months. For a long time, he regularly contributed articles as a columnist to various Turkish newspapers including Güneş, Cumhuriyet, ''Radikal'' (1996-2005) and ''Sabah'' (11 May 2007 - 1 September 2017). He was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Eczacıbaşı Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts and served on the Advisory Board of the Istanbul Biennial (1992-2005). Since 2010, he has been the General Coordinator and a member of the Executive Committee of Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Akbank Sanat, and the Board of Trustees of Sakıp Sabancı Museum. He was the founder, director, and curator of Gallery KHAS, the art gallery of Kadir Has University. He also served as the Artistic Director of the Working Committee in Turkey for the Europalia Arts Festival held in Brussels in 2015. His research interests include Turkish politics, political theories, social theory, post-structural philosophy, cultural studies, visual theory, modern Turkish literature, and Turkish popular culture.

He is a member of TÜSES (Turkish Social, Economic, Political Research Foundation), SODEV, Tarih Vakfı (History Foundation), Middle East Studies Association of North America, American Political Science Association, and College Art Association. Provided by Wikipedia