Other Publications

Book:

Zaman Lekesi(Time Stain) (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi Universitesi Yayınları, 2006).

Report (co-author):

Living Together: Combining Diversity and Freedom in 21st Century Europe, Council of Europe, 2011. Video about the report.

Blog/T24

Essays and Opinion Pieces (in chronological order):

“Tarihsel Açıdan Alman Milliyetçiliği, Vatandaşlık Kavramı ve Göç Politikaları” (German Nationalism from a Historical Perspective, the Concept of Citizenship and Immigration Policies), Türkiye Günlüğü, 17, 1991, pp. 104-109.

“Alaturkalık ile İffetsizlik Arasında Birey Olarak Kadın” (Women Between Being A la Turca and Unchaste), Görüş, TÜSIAD publication, no.9, May 1993, pp. 58-62.

“Türkiye’de Yaşanan Hizipleşme ve Dreyfus Meselesi” (Sectarian Tendencies in Turkey and the Dreyfus Affair), Birikim, 59, March 1994, pp. 98-101.

“Milletini Arayan Devlet: Türk Milliyetçiliğinin Açmazları” (A State in Search of Its Nation: The Dilemmas of Turkish Nationalism), Türkiye Günlüğü, 33, 1995, pp. 91-101 (reprinted in Adnan Küçük et al. (eds), 21. Yüzyılın Eşiğinde Türkiye’de Siyasal Hayat (Turkish Political Life at the Turn of the Twentyfirst Century), Vol. II (İstanbul: Aktüel Alfa Akademi, 2005), pp. 807-821.

“Cumhuriyetin Kuruluş Yıllarında Türk Milliyetçiliğinin Çelişkisi ve Seçkinlerin Tavrı” (The Paradox of Turkish Nationalism in the Founding Years of the Republic and the Republican Elite) in Nuri Bilgin (ed.), Cumhuriyet, Demokrasi ve Kimlik (Republic, Democracy, and Identity) (Istanbul: Bağlam, 1997), pp. 277-282.

“Kamusal Alan ile Özel Alanın Yeniden Eklemlenmesi: Demokratik Vatandaşlık” (Rearticulation of the Public and the Private Realms: Democratic Citizenship), Diyalog, 1, 1996, pp. 119-134 (an extended version of this article is translated into German and published in Kursat-Ahlers, Elçin, Dursun Tan and Hans-Peter Waldhoff (eds), Globalisierung, Migration und Multikulturalitat, IKO-Verlag fur Interkulturelle Kommunikation, Institut fur Soziologie der Universitat Hannover, 1999, pp. 257-274).

“Cumhuriyet Kadını: Vatandaş mı, Birey mi?” (Republican Women: A Citizen or An Individual), Varlık, 1069, October 1996, pp. 12-15.

“Sıradan Milliyetçilik: Sürekli Milliyetçilik” (Banal Nationalism: Permanent Nationalism), Varlık, 1076, May 1997, pp. 2-6.

“Yeni Alman Sağı: Bir Başka Tarihbilim Tartışması” (The New German Right: Another Debate of Historiography), Toplumbilim, 7, October 1997, pp. 63-70.

“Laiklik ve Türk Liberalizminin Kökenleri” (Secularism and the Origins of Turkish Liberalism), Defter , 11/33, Spring 1998, pp. 41-63.

“Su Canavarının Karaya Çıkışı: Devlet ve MHP” (Landing of the Sea Monster: State and the Nationalist Action Party), Birikim, 122, June 1999, pp. 23–28.

“Yirminci Yüzyılın Başında Aidiyet Biçimleri” (Senses of Belonging at the Turn of the Twenty First Century), 8. Ulusal Kalite Kongresi, 3–4 November 1999, CD-ROM, TÜSIAD, KalDer.

“Sosyal Bilimsel Sancılar” (Social Scientific Pains), Doğu-Batı, 2/7, May-June-July 1999, pp. 171–186.

“The Debate on Democratization in the Broader Middle East and North Africa: A Civic Assessment from Turkey,” Istanbul Papers 3, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, June 2004 (co-authored with Burak Akçapar, Mensur Akgün, Meliha Altunışık –this policy paper was also translated into Turkish and Arabic).

“Eastern Union,” Oxfordforum, Oxford University Student Union, Summer 2006, pp. 38-39.

“Citizenship and Participation,” The CSD Bulletin, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, 13/2, Summer 2006, pp. 16–17.

“The Pigeon on the Bridge is Shot,” MERIP online, February 16, 2007.

“The Headscarf and Citizenship in Turkey,” Social Science Research Council blog, Immanent Frame, April 23, 2008.

“The Spirit of Convivencia,” The Cost of No EU-Turkey III: Five Views, Open Society Foundation, Istanbul,  May 2011 (available in English and Turkish).

“From Oblivion to Memory: Skeletons in the Turkish Republican Closet” (co-authored with Orhan Miroğlu), What Does Turkey Think? (edited by Dimitar Bechev), European Council on Foreign Relations, London, June 2011.

“The Role of Islam in the Democratic Transformation of Arab Countries: can Turkish Laicism be a Model?” Democracy on the Precipice: Council of Europe Democracy Debates 2011-12 (Council of Europe publication, 2012).

“Turkish Taboos Perpetuate Immaturity,” printed in Free Speech Debate on February 17, 2012 (reprinted in the Guardian on April 18, 2012).

“Skeletons in the Turkish Closet: Remembering the Armenian Genocide,” openDemocracy 50.50, April 24, 2015.

“Coup d’état attempt: Turkey’s Reichstag Fire,” openDemocracy, July 16, 2016.

“Istanbul mayoral elections: in praise of human agency,” openDemocracy, June 24, 2019.

“New authoritarian Zeitgeist: family resemblances,” openDemocracy, December 6, 2019.

“Exile, dignity and love: an Istanbul Story,” K24, May 18, 2020 (reprinted in Eurozine on August 25, 2020).

“İhsan Raif: A woman with a pen and a pillow in Istanbul,” K24, January 18, 2021.