• Electronic Participation in Government 
• Digital Exclusion and Divide in Turkey
• The role of Think Tanks in Decision-Making 

Niyazi Karabulut is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the Middle East Technical University and a Research Assistant in the same Department in Necmettin Erbakan University in Turkey.

His main research interests cover e-participation in public policymaking processes, the relationship between digital divide and e-participation in policymaking, and digitalization in government studies. 

Karabulut, N. (2023). Different Approaches to Public Policy Making. In: Göçoğlu, V., Karkin, N. (eds) Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making in Turkey. Contributions to Public Administration and Public Policy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35364-2_2

Karabulut, N. (2022). Republic of Turkey. In: Önder, M., Nyadera, I.N., Islam, M.N. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative Public Administration. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1208-5_25

Kocaoğlu, B.U., Karabulut, N. (2023). Challenges for Direct Citizen Participation in Public Policy Making. In: Göçoğlu, V., Karkin, N. (eds) Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making in Turkey. Contributions to Public Administration and Public Policy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35364-2_12

• 2019-Present Continues (PhD) in Public Administration in Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
• 2016-2019 Master’s in Political Science and Public Administration in Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey.
• 2011-2016 Bachelor’s in Political Science and Public Administration in Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
• 2012-2016 Bachelor’s in İnternational Relations in Anadolu University, Eskişehir, Turkey.