Lütfi Sunar

Lutfi Sunar is the Founding Chairman of IKAM. He is an Associate Professor at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Sociology. He earned his doctorate degree from from Istanbul University in year 2010. His major research interests are the classical sociological theory, Orientalism, modernization, social change and political economy. He has authored several books, book chapters and academic articles and has presented numerous papers at various national and international conferences. He is also serving at editorial panels of many reputed acedmic journals. Some of his phenomenal works include Marx and Weber on Oriental Societies, Debates on Civilisation in the Muslim World (Ed.), Eurocentrism at the Margins: Encounters, Critics and Going Beyond (Ed.), Türkiye’de Toplumsal Değişim (Ed.), Degisim Sosyologisi, Sosyal Tabakalaşma, and Turkiyede Toplumsal Tabakalasma ve Esitsizlik.