Erol Kaymak
Dr Erol Kaymak is a Turkish Cypriot academic who in 2004 from 2007 was the Chair of the Department of International Relations at Eastern Mediterranean University in north Cyprus. Early career. Kaymak received his BA in Political Science at State University of New York at Buffalo in 1990. He completed a master's degree in Political Science at Texas Tech University in 1994, and in 1999 completed his PhD in Political Science at Texas Tech University in Political Science. Recent activities. Erol Kaymak is currently interested in the study of international phenomena from the vantage point of constructivism , a sociological view of international relations, with the intent of contributing to an understanding of the relationship between ethnic conflict, sovereignty, and the international system. To this end, Dr Kaymak has been researching the Cyprus dispute as a case study of Europeanization processes. Kaymak participated at the technical level negotiations of the Annan Plan for a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem. He is a founding member of the Cyprus Academic Forum (CAF), which is actively working to enhance dialogue among academics on both sides of the island of Cyprus. Literary career. Dr Kaymak has published works on the Cyprus  dispute and other issues of problematic political integration in journals including "Nationalism and Ethnic Politics", and "Mediterranean Politics". Most recently he authored the northern Cyprus section of the CIVICUS Civil Society Index report for Cyprus that provides a comprehensive analysis of the civil society's structure, environment, values, and impact.