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Meltem Müftüler Baç Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean (216) 483 9247 meltemmuftuler-bacsabanciunivedu

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http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/muftuler/

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Education

Ph.D in International Relations, Temple University 1992

M.A in International Relations, Temple University 1989

B.A. in Political Science and International relations, Boğaziçi University 1988.

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2025) "A fragile relationship: Turkey and the European Union moving beyond membership with external differentiated integration", West European Politics, Vol.48, No.5, 1186-1215 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Taştan, Sinem (2025) "Between a curse and a blessing: Germany's role in shaping the EU-Turkish relations with the Eastern Mediterranean as a litmus test". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2025.2521089

Sharani, Samer and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2025) "Towards a functional place: Syrian refugees' contending with the European Union's host-home schism", International Migration, Vol.63, No.1 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Aydın Düzgit, Senem and Uzun-Teker, Ezgi (2024) "The EU's global strategic partner(ship): a tool for the maturation of European foreign policy?", European Security, Vol.33, No.3, 426-448 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2023) "Turkey's influence as a third country on the European Union: from association to a key partner", Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol.61, No.6, 1471-1487 (SSCI)

Muğurtay, Nihat and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2023) "Turkish power contestation with the United Arab Emirates: an empirical assessment of official development assistance", International Politics, Vol.60, No.3, 659-684 (SSCI)

Apaydın, Samet and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2022) "The Syrian refugee crisis through the lenses of Turkish political discourses: an analysis of deliberations in the Turkish Parliament", International Migration, Vol.60, No.5, 217-236 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2022) "Externalization of migration governance, Turkey's migration regime, and the protection of the European Union's external borders", Turkish Studies, Vol.23, No.2, 290-316 (SSCI)

Cihangir Tetik, Damla and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2021) "A comparison of development assistance policies: Turkey and the European Union in sectoral and humanitarian aid", Journal of European Integration, Vol.43, No.4, 439-457 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Müftüler, Canan (2021) "Provocation defence for femicide in Turkey: the interplay of legal argumentation and societal norms", European Journal of Women's Studies, Vol.28, No.2, 159-174 (SSCI)

Gafuri, Adea and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2021) "Caught between stability and democracy in the Western Balkans: a comparative analysis of paths of accession to the European Union", East European Politics, Vol.37, No.2, 267-291 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2021) "Turkey's grand strategy in the context of global and regional challenges", Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Vol.25, No.2, 178-202 (NA)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2019) "Backsliding in judicial reforms: domestic political costs as limits to EU's political conditionality in Turkey", Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol.27, No.1, 61-76 (SSCI)

Cihangir Tetik, Damla and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2018) "Turkey's compliance with the European Union's development policy: a pattern of external differentiated integration?", Journal of European Integration, Vol.40, No.7, 939-959 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2018) "Remolding the Turkey-EU relationship", Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol.17, No.1, 119-128 (ESCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2018) "Turkey, the European Union and alternative futures after Brexit", Discover Society (NA)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2017) "Turkey's future with the European Union: an alternative model of differentiated integration", Turkish Studies, Vol.18, No.3, 416-438 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Çiçek, Aylin Ece (2017) "A comparison of the European Union's accession negotiations with Bulgaria and Turkey: the role of bilateral issues", Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol.25, No.2, 180-196 (ESCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2017) "Assessing Turkey's foreign policy choices towards the European Union", Insight Turkey, Vol.19, No.1, 117-134 (NA)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2016) "Turkey's ambivalent relationship with the European Union: to accede or not to accede", Uluslararasi İlişkiler Dergisi, Vol.13, No.52, 89-103 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2016) "The Pandora's box: democratization and rule of law in Turkey", Asia Europe Journal, Vol.14, No.1, 61-77 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Suleymanoglu Kurum, Rahime (2015) "Deliberations in the Turkish Parliament: the external perceptions of European foreign policy", Journal of Language and Politics, Vol.14, No.2, 258-284 (SSCI)

Hatipoğlu, Emre and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Murphy, Teri Lynne (2014) "Simulation games in teaching international relations: insights from a multi-day, multi-stage, multi-issue simulation on Cyprus", International Studies Perspectives, Vol.15, No.4, 394-406 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2014) "Changing Turkish foreign policy towards Iraq: new tools of engagement", Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol.27, No.3, 538-552 (SSCI)

Tağma, Halit Mustafa Emin and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Uzun, Ezgi (2013) "The path to an entrenching alliance: utilitarianism and historical institutionalism in committing to NATO's missile defense system", Uluslararasi İlişkiler Dergisi, Vol.9, No.36, 75-100 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, Fuat (2012) "The era of dominant-party politics", Journal of Democracy, Vol.23, No.1, 85-99 (SSCI)

Kıbrıs, Arzu and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2011) "The accession games: a comparison of three limited-information negotiation designs", International Studies Perspectives, Vol.12, No.4, 399-427 (SSCI)

Onar, Nora Fisher and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2011) "The adultery and the headscarf debates in Turkey: fusing "EU-niversal" and "alternative" modernities?", Women's Studies International Forum, Vol.34, No.5, 378-389 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Başkan, Deniz (2011) "The future of energy security for Europe: Turkey's role as an energy corridor", Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.47, No.2, 361-378 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2011) "Turkish foreign policy, its domestic determinants and the role of the European Union", South European Society and Politics (Sp. Iss. SI), Vol.16, No.2, 279-291 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Gürsoy, Yaprak (2010) "Is there a Europeanization of Turkish foreign policy?: an addendum to the literature on EU candidates", Turkish Studies, Vol.11, No.3, 405-427 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2008) "Turkey’s accession to the European Union: The impact of the EU’s internal dynamics", International Studies Perspectives, Vol.9, No.2, 201-219 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2008) "The European Union's Accession Negotiations with Turkey from a foreign policy perspective", Journal of European Integration, Vol.30, No.1, 63-78 (OTHER)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2008) "Turkey and the European Union’s political conditionality", EUSA Review, Vol.21, No.1, 6-7 (NA)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Taşkın, Evrim (2007) "The European Union's enlargement: does culture and identity play a role?", Ankara Review for European Studies, Vol.6, No.2, 31-50 (NA)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2007) "Information societies, new terrorism: its impact on international politics", Review of international law and politics, Vol.3, No.9, 130-138 (OTHER)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2006) "Turkey and the USA at cross roads: the impact of the war in Iraq", International Journal, Vol.61, No.1, 61-82 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2005) "Turkey's political reforms: the impact of the European Union", Southeast European Politics and Societies, Vol.10, No.1, 16-30 ()

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Güney, Aylin (2005) "The European Union and the Cyprus problem 1961-2003", Middle Eastern studies, Vol.41, No.2, 281-293 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2004) "Turkey's accession to the European Union: institutional and security challenges", Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Vol.9, No.Autumn, 29-44 (OTHER)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2004) "The new face of Turkey: the domestic and foreign policy implications of November 2002 elections", East European Quarterly, Vol.37, No.4, 421-438 (SSCI)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2003) "Turkish political science and European integration", Journal of European public policy, Vol.10, No.4, 655-663 (SSCI)

McLaren, Lauren M. and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2003) "Turkish Parliamentarians' Perspectives on Turkey's Relations with the European Union", Turkish Studies, Vol.4, No.1, 195-218 ()

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and McLaren, Lauren M. (2003) "Enlargement preferences and policy making in the EU: impacts on Turkey", Journal of European Integration, Vol.25, No.1, 17-30 (OTHER)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2002) "Turkey in the EU’s enlargement process: obstacles and challenges", Mediterranean Politics, Vol.7, No.2, 79-95 (OTHER)

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "External differentiated integration: the modalities of Turkey's opting into the European Union", Redefining EU Membership: Differentiation In and Outside the European Union, Fromage, Diane (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2024, 253-272

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "An impasse in Turkey's relations with the European Union: the interplay of democratic lapse and external differentiated integration", One Hundred Years of Turkish Foreign Policy (1923-2023): Historical and Theoretical Reflections, Özkeçeci-Taner, Binnur and Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem (eds.), London: Palgrave Macmillan Cham, September 2023, 55-73

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Cihangir Tetik, Damla, "Turkey and the European Union in the Middle East: potential for cooperation or continuing discord?", Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations, Bouris, Dimitris and Huber, Daniella and Pace, Michelle (eds.), London: Routledge, December 2021, 191-204

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Küresel salgın tehdidi altında küresel sistem", Covid-19 Sonrası Küresel Sistem: Eski Sorunlar, Yeni Trendler, Ulutaş, Ufuk (ed.), Ankara: Stratejik Arastirmalar Merkezi, April 2020, 20-23

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European neighbourhood policy", The Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics, Laursen, Finn (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, October 2019

Demirsu Dı Bıase, İpek and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The Turkish-EU cooperation on the refugee crisis: the Turkish perceptions in the parliamentary debates", Parliamentary Cooperation and Diplomacy in EU External Relations: An Essential Companion, Raube, Kolja and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Wouters, Jan (eds.), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, May 2019, 251-268

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Enlarging the European Union: member state preferences and institutional dynamics", Foreign Policies of EU Member States: Continuity and Europeanisation, Hadfield, Amelia and Manners, Ian and Whitman, Richard G. (eds.), London: Routledge, July 2017, 148-162

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, Fuat, "Turkey's unconsolidated democracy: the nexus between democratisation and majoritarianism in Turkey", Global Turkey in Europe III: Democracy, Trade, and the Kurdish Question in Turkey-EU Relations, Aydın-Düzgit, Senem and Huber, Daniela and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, Fuat and Tocci, Nathalie (eds.), Roma: Nuova Cultura, June 2015, 121-129

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Görgülü, Aybars, "Turkey and the European Union: partners in foreign policy cooperation in the South Caucasus", New Approaches to EU Foreign Policy, Wilga, Maciej and Karolewski, Ireneusz Pawel (eds.), New York: Routledge, May 2014, 222-239

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Conclusions: the future of Europe, differentiated integration and Turkey's role", Global Turkey in Europe II: Energy, Migration, Civil Society and Citizenship Issues in Turkey-EU Relations, Aydın-Düzgit, Senem and Huber, Daniela and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, Fuat and Tasci, Jan and Tocci, Nathalie (eds.), Rome, Italy: IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali), April 2014, 215-220

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkish foreign policy, its domestic determinants and the role of the European Union", Turkey and the EU: Accession and Reform, Avcı, Gamze and Çarkoğlu, Ali (eds.), London: Routledge 2013, 71-83

Fisher, Nora Elizabeth and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey in cosmopolis? Turkish elite perceptions of the European project", Collective Identity and Democracy in the Enlarging Europe, Gora, Magdalena and Mach, Zdzislaw and Zielinska, Katarzyna (eds.), Brussels: Peter Lang, March 2012, 51-69

Fisher-Onar, Nora Elizabeth and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey in cosmopolis? Turkish elite perceptions of the European project", Collective Identity and Democracy: The impact of EU Enlargement, Gora, Magdalena and Mach, Zdzislaw (eds.), Oslo, Norway: Arena (Centre for European Studies) 2012, 127-154

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Avrupa Birliği genişleme süreci: Türkiye-AB ilişkilerine kuramsal bir yaklaşım", Türkiye AB İlişkileri: Beklentiler ve Kaygılar, Esen, Oğuz and Başkan, Filiz (eds.), Ankara: Eflatun Yayınları, September 2009, 21-32

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European Union's accession negotiations with Turkey from a foreign policy perspective", The Future of European Foreign Policy, Jones, Erik and Van Genugten, Saskia (eds.), London: Routledge, April 2009, 60-76

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European Union's legitimacy crisis and the final frontiers of Europe", European Integration from Rome to Berlin, 1957-2007: History, Law and Politics, Baquera Cruz, Julio and Closa Montero, Carlos (eds.), Bruxelles, Belgium: P.I.E. Peter Lang, March 2009, 263-280

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Information societies, new terrorism: its impact on international politics", USAK Yearbook of International Politics and Law, Laçiner, Sedat and Özcan, Mehmet and Bal, İhsan and Bahar, Halil İbrahim (eds.), Ankara: USAK (Uluslararası Stratejik Araştırmalar Kurumu), November 2008, 1-10

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey’s accession negotiations with the European Union: the long path ahead", Turkey-European Union Relations: Dilemmas, Opportunities, and Constraints, Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Stivachtis, Yannis A. (eds.), Lanham, MD, USA: Lexington Books, May 2008, 115-133

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European Union and the 2nd pillar integration: the common foreign and security policy", The State of European Integration, Stivachtis, Yannis A. (ed.), England: Ashgate, December 2007, 3-18

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey’s accession to the EU: its potential impact on common European security and defence policy", Turkey and European Security, Gasparini, Giovanni (ed.), Rome, Italy: Quaderni, IAI, February 2007, 13-29

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The institutional and theoretical implications of the enlargement on Turkey's accession to the European Union", D'Un Elargissement A L'Autre, La Turquie et les Autres Candidats, Verez, Jean-Claude (ed.), Paris: L'Harmattan, July 2005, 149-163

McLaren, Lauren M. and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkish parliamentarians' perspectives on Turkey's relations with the European Union", Turkey and the European Union: Domestic Politics, Economic Integration, and International Dynamics, Çarkoğlu, Ali and Rubin, Barry (eds.), London: Frank Cass, April 2003, 195-219

Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey and European security", Towards a European Security and Defense Policy, Positions, Perceptions, Problems, Perspectives, Ehrhart, Hans-Georg (ed.), Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsanstalt, March 2002, 206-216