Şule Kut

Şule Kut is the Rector of Okan University. Until 2010, she worked in Istanbul Bilgi University as a professor in International Relations, specifically on Turkish politics and the Balkans. She had been the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Bilgi University; and for 1999-2005 she was the Vice-Rector there. She has double B.A. degrees with Political Science and International Relations and Business Administration from Boğaziçi University, and  master's  and PhD (1987) degrees  from the Binghamton University.

Among her books are:
 * Bağımsızlığın İlk Yılları: Azerbaycan, Kazakistan, Kırgızistan, Özbekistan, Türkmenistan (1994),
 * Dağılan Yugoslavya ve Bosna-Hersek: Olaylar-Belgeler 1990-1996 (1997),
 * En Uzun On Yıl: Türkiye’nin Ulusal Güvenlik ve Dış Politika Gündeminde Doksanlar (1998, 2000)
 * Balkanlar'da Kimlik ve Egemenlik (2005)