Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. University of Chicago
1958

Phone: 312-413-3774
Fax: 312-413-0440
E-Mail: ftachau@uic.edu

Fields of Interest:
Comparative Politics (Turkey, Israel, Middle East, Third World), Democratization; Nationalism

Selected Publications:
"Turkish Political Parties and Elections: Half a Century of Multiparty Democracy," Turkish Studies, 1:1 (Spring 2000), pp. 128-148.

"An Overview of Turkey's Electoral Experience," in Sabri Sayari and Yilmaz Esmer, eds., Parties and Voting Behavior in Turkey, Boulder; Lynne Rienner, (2002).

"Bulent Ecevit," in Metin Heper and Sabri Sayari, eds., Political Leaders and Democracy in Turkey, Syracuse University Press, (2002).

  "The Knesset and the Peace Process," Israel Affairs, 11:2 (Winter 1995), pp. 142-155.

Political Parties of the Middle East and North Africa. (Editor) Greenwood Press, 1994.

Turkey:  The Politics of Authority, Democracy, and Development.  New York: Praeger, 1984.

Electoral Politics in the Middle East, (Co-author and co-editor), London:  Croom-Helm, 1980.

Political Elites and Political Development in the Middle East. (Editor and co-author) Cambridge, MA: Schenkman, 1975.

The Developing Nations:  What Path to Modernization? (Editor) New York:  Dodd, Mead, 1972

Selected Activities and Honors:
Visiting Professor, Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1998;

Visiting Noted Scholar, University of British Columbia 1997;

Associate Member, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago, 1981-present;

University of Chicago, Visiting Professor of Political Science, 1992;

The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Israel, Lady Davis Visiting Professor of Political Science;

Senior Research Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, 1993;

Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey:  Visiting Professor of Political Science, 1993;

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Visiting Professor of Political Science , 1974;

Fulbright Fellow, University of Ankara, 1963-4.