Pınar AKARÇAY is an academician in Trakya University with PhD degree in Political Science and Public Administration from İstanbul University who works at present as the Visiting Researcher (Post-doctorate) at the Institute for Housing and Urban Researches at Upssala University in Sweden. Dr. Akarçay had h er Bachelor's and MA Degrees in Public Administration from Trakya University at Edirne. She had previously held research activities in Lund University of Sweden. Her research interests range from political participation democracy theories of democracy to gender politics civil society human rights as well as Turkish and international politics in these contexts. She has many essays articles and books published on these research areas. She has also participated various national and international symposiums congresses and panels. Gökhan AK is an academician with PhD degree in Political Science from Ankara Hacettepe University who works at present as the Head of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Nişantaşı University in İstanbul. Dr. Ak had a Bachelor's Degree in Operations Research/Management (İstanbul) and MA Degree in International Politics (Brussels ULB University). He had previously held research activities at Universit y Libre de Bruxelles and British National Archives. His research interests range from political participation democracy theories of democracy to gender politics civil society human rights as well as Turkish and international politics in these contexts. He has many essays articles and books published on these research areas. He has also participated too many national and international symposiums congresses and panels.