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Education

PhD, Political Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
MSc, European Politics and Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
BA, Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University

Areas of Interest

International Relations Theory, Turkish Foreign Policy, Turkey-EU relations, European Foreign Policy, Discourse Studies

Memberships

Member of the ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations) Council Board Member, Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM) European Union Studies Association International Studies Association International Political Science Association Turkish Political Science Association

Article
Book Section / Chapter
Working Paper / Technical Report
Publications Prior to SU

Books

  • Turkey and the European Union (with Nathalie Tocci) (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), June 2015.
  • Global Turkey in Europe III, edited with Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Daniela Huber, E. Fuat Keyman and Nathalie Tocci (Rome: Italian Institute of International Affairs), June 2015.
  • Global Turkey in Europe II, edited with Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Daniela Huber, E. Fuat Keyman, Nathalie Tocci and Jan Tasci (Rome: Italian Institute of International Affairs), April 2014.
  • Global Turkey in Europe, edited with Anne Duncker, Daniela Huber, E. Fuat Keyman and Nathalie Tocci (Rome: Italian Institute of International Affairs), May 2013.
  • Constructions of European Identity: Debates and Discourses on Turkey and the EU (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), December 2012. (Revised and updated Turkish version Türklük, Müslümanlık, Doğululuk: AB’nin Türkiye Söylemleri published by Koç University Press, November 2015)
  • Avrupa Birliği’ne Giriş: Tarih, Kurumlar ve Politikalar (Introduction to the European Union: History, Institutions and Policies), edited with Ayhan Kaya, Yaprak Gürsoy and Özge Onursal, (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press), 2011. (Winner of the Turkish Academy of Sciences Textbook Award, 2012)
  • Civil Society Dialogue between Turkey and France: Transcending Stereotypes, edited with Ayhan Kaya, (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press), 2009.

Articles in Refereed Journals

  • “De-Europeanisation through Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of AKP’s Election Speeches”, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 21, No.1, 2016, pp. 45-58. (SSCI)
  • “Encounters with Europe in an Era of Domestic and International Turmoil: Is Turkey a De-Europeanising Country?” (with Alper Kaliber), South European Society and Politics, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2016, pp. 1-14. (SSCI)
  • “Post-Yapısalcı Yaklaşımlar ve Uluslararası İlişkilerin Temel Kavramları” (Post-Structuralist Approaches and Basic Concepts of International Relations), Uluslararası İlişkiler, Vol. 12, No. 46, 2015, pp. 153-168. (SSCI)
  • “European Parliament ‘Doing’ Europe: Unravelling the Right-Wing Culturalist Discourse on Turkey’s Accession to the EU”, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol.14, No.1, 2015, pp. 154-174. (SSCI)
  • “Critical Discourse Analysis in Analysing EU Foreign Policy: Prospects and Challenges”, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol.49, No.3, 2014, pp. 354-367. (SSCI)
  • “European Security and Turkish Accession: Identity and Foreign Policy in the European Commission”, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2013, pp. 522-541.(SSCI)
  • “No Crisis, No Change: The Third AKP Victory in the June 2011 Parliamentary Elections in Turkey”, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2012, pp. 329-346. (SSCI) Reprinted in Anna Bosco and Susannah Verney (eds.) Elections in Hard Times: Southern Europe 2010-2011, London, Routledge, 2013.
  • “Lost in Europeanization? The Western Balkans and Turkey” (with Gergana Noutcheva), West European Politics, Vol. 35, No.1, 2012, pp. 59-78. (SSCI) Reprinted in Tanja Börzel and Thomas Risse (eds.) From Europeanisation to Diffusion, London, Routledge, 2014.
  • “Turkish Accession and Defining the Boundaries of Nationalism and Supranationalism: Discourses in the European Commission” (with Semin Suvarierol), South European Society and Politics, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2011, pp. 469-482. (SSCI) Reprinted in Gamze Avcı and Ali Çarkoğlu (eds.), Turkey and the EU: Accession and Reform, London, Routledge, 2011.
  • “Avrupa Birliği – Türkiye İlişkilerine Posyapısalcı Yaklaşım: Almanya Örneğinde Dış Politika ve Söylem Analizi” (A Poststructuralist Approach to EU-Turkey Relations: Foreign Policy and Discourse Analysis in the Case of Germany), Uluslararası İlişkiler (International Relations), Vol. 8, No. 29, 2011, pp. 49-70. (SSCI)
  • “Limits of Cosmopolitanism? European Commission Officials on the Selves and Others” (with Semin Suvarierol), Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 36, No.2, 2011, pp. 155-168. (SSCI)
  • “Constructing Europe through Turkey: French Views on Turkey’s Accession to the EU,” Politique Européenne, No.29, 2009, pp. 47-82 .

Chapters in Edited Books

  • "Social Constructivist and Discursive Approaches to European Foreign Policy”, in The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy, edited by Knud Erik Jorgensen et. al. (London: Sage), 2015.
  • "Different Paths to Democracy? Accession Europeanisation in Croatia and Turkey" (with Gergana Noutcheva), in The Europeanization of Turkey: Polity and Politics, edited by Ali Tekin and Aylin Güney (London: Routledge), 2015.
  • “The Rule of Law and Judicial Reforms in Turkey between 2002 and 2013” (with Yaprak Gürsoy) in Siyasetin Bilimi: İlter Turan’a Armağan, edited by Pınar Uyan Semerci, Nihal İncioğlu and Boğaç Erozan (İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları), 2015.
  • "Unravelling European Union Foreign Policy through Critical Discourse Analysis: Guidelines for Research", in EU Foreign Policy through the Lens of Discourse Analysis: Making Sense of Diversity, edited by Caterina Carta and Jean-Frédéric Morin (Farnham: Ashgate), 2014.
  • “Human Rights in Turkey”, in Turkey’s Democratization Process, edited by Carmen Rodriguez, Antonio Avalos, Hakan Yılmaz and Ana Planet (London: Routledge), 2013.
  • “Counterintuitive International Influences: The Case of Turkish Transition in 1983” (with Yaprak Gürsoy) in Transitions to Democracy: A Comparative Assessment, edited by Kathryn Stoner and Michael McFaul (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press), 2013.
  • “Nitel Yaklaşım ile Görüşme, Gözlem ve Odak Grup Yöntemleri” (Qualitative Interview, Observation and Focus Groups) in Uluslararası İlişkilerde Araştırma Yöntemleri (Research Methods in International Relations), edited by Ali Çarkoğlu (Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları), 2013.
  • “Avrupa Birliği Genişlemesi ve Komşuluk Politikası” (European Union Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy) in Avrupa Birliği’nde Gelişmeler (Developments in the European Union), edited with Ayhan Kaya, Yaprak Gürsoy and Özge Onursal (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press), 2011.
  • “Valenciennes: The Story of a Re-Industrialised City” (with Ayhan Kaya) in Regional Development and the European Union: A Comparative Analysis of Karabük, Valenciennes and Katowice, edited by Ayhan Kaya and François Bafoil (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press), 2009.
  • “Turkey: Internal and External Challenges of Democratisation” in Democracy’s Plight in the European Neighbourhood: Struggling Transitions and Proliferating Dynasties, edited by Michael Emerson and Richard Youngs (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), 2009.
  • “Turkey: A Sustainable Case of De-Radicalisation?” (with Ruşen Çakır) in Islamist Radicalisation: The Challenge for Euro-Mediterranean Relations, edited by Michael Emerson et. al. (Brussels: CEPS & Fride), 2009.
  • “Demokrasi, İyi Yönetişim ve Kurumsal Reform Ekseninde Avrupa’nın Geleceği” (Future of Europe along the Axis of Democracy, Good Governance and Institutional Reform) in AB, Bütünleşme ve STK’lar (EU, Integration and NGOs), edited by Alper Akyüz (İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları), 2009 .
  • “Turkey: Reforms for a Consolidated Democracy” (with Ali Çarkoğlu) in International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law: Anchoring Democracy?, edited by Leonardo Morlino and Amichai Magen (London: Routledge), 2009 .
  • “Turkey and European Integration: Towards Fairness and Reciprocity ” (with E. Fuat Keyman) in Remaking Turkey: Globalisation, Alternative Modernities and Democracy, edited by E. Fuat Keyman (Oxford: Lexington), 2007 .
  • “Europeanisation, Democratisation and Human Rights in Turkey” (with E.Fuat Keyman) in Turkey and the European Union: Prospects of a Difficult Encounter, edited by Esra Lagro and Knud Erik Jorgensen (London: Palgrave), 2007.
  • “Political Islam in Turkey” (with Ruşen Çakır) in Political Islam and Foreign Policy: Perspectives From Muslim Democrats of the Mediterranean, edited by Michael Emerson and Richard Youngs (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), 2007. (Reprinted in Insight Turkey, Vol. 9, No.2, January-March 2007)
  • “The Reluctant Debutante: The European Union as Promoter of Democracy in its Neighbourhood” (with Michael Emerson, Gergana Noutcheva, Nathalie Tocci, Marius Vahl, Richard Youngs) in Democratisation in the European Neighbourhood (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), October 2005.

Monographs

  • “Yeni Anayasa’ya Doğru: Kurumsal Reform ve Demokrasi Kültürünün Gelişimi” (Towards the New Constitution: Institutional Report and Development of Democracy Culture) (with Bekir Ağırdır, E. Fuat Keyman, Özge Kemahlıoğlu, Işık Özel), Report for the Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TURKONFED), Istanbul, December 2015. 
  • “EU-Turkey Relations and the Stagnation of Turkish Democracy” (with E. Fuat Keyman), Working Paper No. 2, IAI and Istanbul Policy Center, December 2012.
  • “Analysis of the 2009 Annual Programme for Turkey under the Pre-Accession Instrument (IPA) in the Context of the 2009 Enlargement Package” (with Ayhan Kaya), Briefing Note (Brussels: European Parliament), February 2010.
  • “International Influences on the Transition to Democracy after the 1980 Military Intervention” (with Yaprak Gürsoy) for the Project “Evaluating International Influences on Democratic Development” Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University, July 2008.
  • “Seeking Kant in the EU’s Relations with Turkey” Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) Foreign Policy Program Report, December 2006.
  • Turkey in Europe Monitor, edited with Michael Emerson, CEPS EU-Turkey Working Paper, No.15 (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), May 2005.
  • “European Integration and the Transformation of Turkish Democracy” (with E. Fuat Keyman), CEPS EU-Turkey Working Paper, No.2 (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), August 2004. 
  • “Avrupa Birliği’nde Kadın Hakları ve Türkiye” (Women’s Rights in the EU and Turkey), Economic Development Foundation (IKV) Publications, No. 175, 2003.
  • “Contributions of Turkey’s Membership to the European Union”, Economic Development Foundation (IKV) Publications, No. 167, 2002.

Articles in General Journals and Policy Briefs

  • “Brexit: What, Why and How?”, Istanbul Policy Centre (IPC) Policy Brief, June 2016.
  • “Turkey has Given Up on Democracy Outside its Borders, too”, Foreign Policy, April 2016.
  • "Why Technology has not Delivered More Democracy” (with Thomas Carothers et. al.), Foreign Policy, June 2015.
  • "Rising Democracies’ Perception of Brazilian Democracy Policy” (with Niranjan Sahoo et. al.), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 2015.
  • "The Seesaw Friendship between Turkey’s AKP and Egypt’s Brotherhood”, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 2014.
  • "Deflated Expectations", International Politik, Special Issue on Europe-Dream and Reality, May/June 2014, pp. 54-58.
  • "Democracy Support in Turkey's Foreign Policy" (with E. Fuat Keyman), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 2014.
  • “Transforming Turkey-EU Relations: Ground for Hope?” (with E. Fuat Keyman), Policy Brief No.6, IAI and Istanbul Policy Center, March 2013.
  • “The AKP in Turkey: Off the Hook This Time”, The International Spectator, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2008, pp. 25-29.
  • “France’s Draft Law on the Armenian Genocide: Some Legal and Political Implications at EU Level” (with Sergio Carrera and Florian Geyer), CEPS Policy Brief, No.114 (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), October 2006.
  • “Just What is This Absorption Capacity of the European Union?” (with Michael Emerson, Julia de Clerck Sachsse, Gergana Noutcheva), CEPS Policy Brief , No. 113 (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), September 2006.
  • “The Principle of Fairness in Turkey-EU Relations” (with E. Fuat Keyman), Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol.3, No.3, 2004, pp. 83-95. (Reprinted in E.Fuat Keyman and Nurhan Yentürk (eds.) Debatten zur Globalisierten Türkei, Berlin: J&D Dagyeli Verlag, 2010).
  • “Self-Definition of Europe: Where does Turkey Stand?” Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol.2, No.4, 2003, pp. 69-83.

Commentaries

  • “Turkish Foreign Policy after the Elections: Where to from Here?”, Global Turkey in Europe Commentary, IAI, IPC and Stiftung Mercator, July 2015.
  • “The Souring of Turkey-EU Relations: Is There a Way Out?”, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, October 2013.
  • “Turkey-EU Relations Stagnated: Is There a Way Out?”, Europe’s World, February 2013.
  • “Avrupa’nın Demokrasiyle İmtihanı” (Europe’s Challenge with Democracy), TÜSİAD Görüş Dergisi, October 2012, No. 75.
  • “Constitutional Referendum in Turkey: Does it Really Mean More Democracy?” CEPS Commentary, September 2010.
  • (with Nathalie Tocci) “Transforming Turkish Foreign Policy: The Quest for Regional Leadership and Europeanisation” CEPS Commentary, November 2009.
  • “What is Happening in Turkey? Party Closure and Beyond,” CEPS Commentary, May 2008.
  • “Just How Revolutionary is Turkey’s Hadith Project?” CEPS Commentary, March 2008. 
  • “On the Way to Normalisation or Breakdown? What Exactly is Happening in Turkey?” CEPS Commentary, July 2007.
  • “EU and Turkey Facing the Same Terror-Security-Liberty Trade-Off,” CEPS Commentary, October 2005.
  • “Progress Report on Turkey: Problems and Prospects,” CEPS Commentary, November 2003.
  • “Europeanisation of Turkish Democracy?” CEPS Commentary, September 2003.

Book Reviews in Refereed Journals

  • Review of Ruth Wodak, The Politics of Fear: What Right Wing Populist Discourses Mean (Sage, 2015), in Global Affairs (2016), Vol. 2, No.1.
  • Review of Daniel Finke et. al. Reforming the European Union: Realizing the Impossible (Princeton University Press, 2012), in Insight Turkey (2013), Vol. 15, No. 4, p. 215.
  • Review of Constantine Arvanitopoulos (ed.) Turkey’s Accession to the European Union: An Unusual Candidacy (Springer, 2009), in South European Society and Politics (2011), Vol. 16, No.4, pp. 602-604. (SSCI)
  • Review of Christiane Timmerman et. al. (eds.) European and Turkish Voices in Favour and Against Turkish Accession to the European Union (P.I.E Peter Lang, 2008), in South European Society and Politics (2010), Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 334-335. (SSCI)

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