CV
Curriculum Vitae
Sabri Sayarı
sabris@sabanciuniv.edu
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1972 (Political Science)
B.A., Columbia College, 1966 (Economics)
Professional Positions
Sabancı University, Professor, Istanbul, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, (2005-11)
Professor Emeritus (2011-present)
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (1994-2005).
Executive Director, Institute of Turkish Studies & Visiting Professor, Walsh School of Foreign Service
National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, Washington, D.C. (1992-94)
Senior Staff & Director, Panel on Issues in Democratization
Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Department of Political Science and International Relations.
Assistant Professor (1974-78), Associate Professor (1978-84)
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J, Department of Political Science. (1971-73)
Assistant Professor
Editorial Positions in Professional Journals
The Middle East Journal, Washington, D.C., Board of Advisory Editors (1996-present)
Middle East Quarterly, Philadelphia, Board of Editors (1997-2017)
Turkish Studies, London, Editorial Board (1999-present)
South European Society and Politics, London, Editorial Board (2011-present)
Publications
I. Books
M. A. Renda Günlükler 1920-1950, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2019 (edited with Aytaç Demirci).
M.A. Renda Hatırat, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2018 (edited with Aytaç Demirci).
Party Politics in Turkey (London: Routledge, 2018. (edited with Pelin Ayan-Musil
and Özhan Demirkol).
The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey, London: Routledge 2012. (edited with Metin Heper)
(Turkish version Dünden Bugüne Türkiye: Tarih, Politika, Toplum ve Kültür, İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2016).
Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Yaklaşımlar ve Kavramlar (Comparative Politics: Main Approaches and Concepts) (edited with Hasret Dikici Bilgin) Istanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları. 2013. Winner of the 2014 Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), Best Textbook in Social Sciences.
Turkish Studies in the United States, Bloomington: Indiana University Turkish Studies Series, 2003.
(edited with Donald Quataert).
Politics, Parties, and Elections in Turkey, Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 2002. (edited with
Yılmaz Esmer).
Political Leaders and Democracy in Turkey, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2002. (edited
with Metin Heper)
(Turkish version Türkiye’de Liderler ve Demokrasi, Istanbul: Kitap Yayınevi, 2008).
Turkey’s New World: Changing Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy, Washington, DC: The
Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2000. (edited with Alan Makovsky).
(Turkish version Türkiye’nin Yeni Dünyasıı: Türk Dış Politikasının Değişen Dinamikleri, Istanbul: ALFA, 2002).
Parlamenter Demokrasilerde Koalisyon Hükümetleri, İstanbul: Boğaziçi University Press, 1980.
II. Other Publications
(a) Articles in Refereed Journals
“Defecting Alone or Splitting Together: Individual and Collective Party Switching by Legislators,” Public Choice (April 2017) (with Özge Kemahlıoğlu).
“Back to a predominant party system: November 2015 snap election in Turkey,” South European Society and Politics (June 2016).
“Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Clientelism and Patronage in Turkey,” Turkish Studies (December 2014).
“New Directions in Turkey-U.S. Relations,” Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies (June 2013).
“Paths to Power: The Making of Cabinet Ministers in Turkey,” Parliamentary Affairs (October 2011). (with Hasret Dikici-Bilgin)
“Challenges of Triangular Relations: The US, the EU, and Turkish Accession,” South European Society and Politics (June 2011. (Reprinted in Gamze Avcı and Ali Çarkoğlu (eds), Turkey and the EU: Accession and Reform London: Routledge (2012).
“Political Violence and Terrorism in Turkey, 1976-80: A Retrospective Analysis,” Political Violence and Terrorism (April-June 2010).
“The 2007 Elections and Parliamentary Elites in Turkey: The Emergence of a New Political
Class?” Turkish Studies (June 2008) (with Alim Hasanov).
“Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era: The Challenges of Multi-Regionalism” Journal of International Affairs (Fall 2000).
“Toward a New Turkish Party System?” Turkish Studies (June 2007).
“Introduction,” Special issue on “New Directions in Turkish Politics” (Guest editor) Turkish Studies (June 2007).
“Political Parties, Party Systems, and Economic Reforms: The Turkish Case,” Studies in Comparative International Development (Winter, 1996-97).
“Turkey and the Middle East in the 1990s,” Journal of Palestinian Studies (Spring 1997).
“Turkey’s Islamist Challenge,” Middle East Quarterly (September 1996).
“Urbanization & Insurgency: The Turkish Case, 1976-1980” Small Wars & Insurgencies, (Autumn 1994) (With Bruce Hoffman).
“Turkey, the Changing European Security Environment, and the Gulf Crisis,” The Middle East Journal (Winter 1992).
“La Turquie et la crise yougoslave,” Politique Etrangère (Summer 1992) [special issue on “Vers un retour des guerres balkaniques?”]
“The Terrorist Movement in Turkey: Social Composition and Generational Changes,” Conflict Quarterly (Winter 1987).
“Migration Policies of the Sending Countries: Perspectives on the Turkish Experience,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, May 1986. [special issue on “From Foreign Workers to Settlers? Transnational Migration and the Emergence of New Minorities”]
“The Turkish Party System in Transition,” Government and Opposition (Winter 1977-78) Reprinted in Ali Çarkoğlu and William Hale (eds.), The Politics of Modern Turkey: Critical Issues in Modern Politics, London: Routledge, 2008.
“Aspects of Party Organization in Turkey,” The Middle East Journal (Spring 1976).
(b) Chapters in Edited Volumes
“The Study of Party Politics in Turkey,” Sabri Sayarı, Pelin Ayan-Musil, and Özhan
Demirkol (eds.). Party Politics in Turkey. London: Routledge, 2018.
“Turkey’s Ministerial Elites: The Growing Importance of Technical Expertise” in Antonio Costa Pinto, Maurizio Cotta, and Pedro Tavares de Almeida (eds.), Technocratic Ministers and Political Leadership in European Democracies, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 (with Hasret Dikici Bilgin).
“Opposition Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey”, in Cengiz Erişen and Paul Kubicek (eds.), Democratic Consolidation in Turkey: Micro and Macro Challenges, London: Routledge, 2016.
“Başkanlık Sistemi Türk Demokrasisi için bir Çözüm Olabilir mi?” in Cem Akaş (ed.), Kritik Aşama: Parlamenter Sistem-Başkanlık Sistemi İstanbul: Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları (2015).
“Party System and Democratic Consolidation: Problems and Prospects,” in Carmen Rodriguez,
Antonio Avolos, Hakan Yilmaz, Ana Planet (eds.), Turkey’s Democratization Process. London: Routledge (2013).
“Siyasi Partiler,” in Sabri Sayarı and Hasret Dikici-Bilgin (eds.) Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Yaklaşımlar ve Kavramlar Istanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları (2013).
“Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset Alanının Gelişimi,” in Sabri Sayarı and Hasret Dikici-Bilgin (eds.) Karşılaştırmalı Siyaset: Temel Yaklaşımlar ve Kavramlar (With Hasret Dikici-Bilgin) Istanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları (2013).
“Introduction,” in Metin Heper and Sabri Sayarı (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey. London: Routledge (2012).
“Political Parties,” in Metin Heper and Sabri Sayarı (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey, London: Routledge (2012).
“Regional Security Issues and U.S.-Turkish Relations in the 1980s,” in Nur Bilge Criss et. al (eds.), American Turkish Encounters: Politics and Culture, 1830-1989 Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2011).
“Clientelism and Patronage in Turkish Politics and Society,” in Faruk Birtek and Binnaz Toprak (eds.), The Post-Modern Abyss and New Politics of Islam: Assabiyah Revisited-Essays in Honor of
Şerif Mardin Istanbul: Bilgi University Press (2011).
“Çoğunlukçu Kurumsallaşmış Başkanlık Sistemi: ABD,” in Ersin Kalaycıoğlu and Deniz Kağnıcıoğlu (eds.), Karşılaştırmalı Siyasal Sistemler Eskişehir: Anadolu Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2011.
“Non-Electoral Sources of Party System Change in Turkey”, in Serap Yazıcı, Kemal Gözler, Fuat Keyman (eds.), Prof. Dr. Ergun Özbudun’a Armağan – essays in Honor of Ergun Özbudun, Ankara: Yetkin 2008.
“The U.S. Policy on Turkey’s Quest for EU Membership,” in Nimrod Goren and Amikam
Nachmani (eds.), The Importance of Being European; Turkey, the EU, and the Middle East Jerusalem: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2007.
“Turkey” in David Levinson and Karen Christensen (eds.), Global Perspectives on the United States: Issues and Ideas Shaping International Relations. Boston: Berkshire Publishers, 2007.
“Türkiye’de İslam ve Uluslararası İlişkiler,” in Şerif Mardin (ed.), Orta Doğu’da Kültürel Geçişler İstanbul: DoğuBatı, 2007.
“Turkish-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Era: Issues of Convergence and Divergence,” in Mustafa Aydın and Çağrı Erhan (eds). Turkish-American Relations: Past, Present and Future London: Routledge, 2004.
“Turkey and the United States: Changing Dynamics of an Enduring Alliance,” in Mustafa Aydın and Tareq Ismael (eds.), Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century, London: Ashgate, 2003.
“The Study of Turkish Domestic Politics: Changes and Continuities in Research Agendas,” in
Donald Quataert and Sabri Sayarı (eds.), Turkish Studies in the United States. Bloomington: Indiana University Turkish Studies Series, 2003.
“Introduction” in Donald Quataert and Sabri Sayarı (eds.), Turkish Studies in the United States. Bloomington: Indiana University Turkish Studies Series, 2003. ((with Donald Quataert).
“The Changing Party System,” in Sabri Sayarı and Yılmaz Esmer (eds.), Politics, Parties, and Elections in Turkey. Boulder: Lynne Rienner 2002.
“Conclusion,” in Sayarı and Esmer (eds.), Politics, Parties, and Elections in Turkey. Lynne Rienner 2002.
“Adnan Menderes: Between Democratic and Authoritarian Populism,” in Metin Heper and Sabri Sayarı (eds.), Political Leaders and Democracy in Turkey. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2002. XXXX
“Introduction” in Heper and Sayarı (eds.), Political Leaders and Democracy in Turkey. Lexington Books, 2002.
“Introduction” in Alan Makovsky and Sabri Sayarı (eds.), Turkey’s New World: Changing Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 2000. (With Alan Makovsky).
“Turkey, Caspian Energy and Security,” in Robert Ebel and Raj Menon (eds.), Energy and Conflict
in Central Asia and the Caucasus, New York: Rowman and Littlefield (2000).
“Turkish Perspectives Toward German and US Policies,” in The Parameters of Partnership: Germany, the US, and Turkey, Washington, D.C.: American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, 1998.
“Between Allies and Neighbors: Turkey’s Burden-Sharing Policy in the 1990-91 Gulf Conflict,” in Andrew Bennett, Joseph Lepgold, and Danny Unger (eds.), Friends in Need: Burden-Sharing in the Persian Gulf War, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
“Soğuk Savaştan Sonra Türk Aydınları,” in Sabahattin Şen (ed.), Türk Aydını ve Kimlik Sorunu Istanbul: Bağlam Yayınları, 1995.
“Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia,” in Ali Banuazizi and Myron Weiner (eds), The New Geopolitics of Central Asia, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994.
“Islam and International Relations in Turkey,” in Şerif Mardin (ed.), Cultural Transitions in the Middle East, Leiden: Brill, 1994.
“Islam, Laiklik ve Demokrasi: Türkiye Örneğinde Perspektifler,” in Yurdakul Fincancı (ed.). Islam ve Demokrasi, Istanbul: TÜSES Vakfı Yayınları, 1994.
“Politics and Economic Policy-Making,” in Tevfik Nas and Mehmet Odekon (eds.), The Economics and Politics of Liberalization in Turkey, Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press, 1992.
“Turkey and the Changing European Security Environment,” in Thomas J. Marshall and Jerome Paolini (eds.), European Security and Changing Defense Requirements, Report of CNSN-IFRI Workshop, Paris, 1991.
“Turgut Özal” and “Bülent Ecevit” in Bernard Reich (ed.), Political Leaders of the Contemporary Middle East, Westport: Greenwood Press, 1990.
“Partiendemokratie in der Türkei,”in Jochen Bloschke (ed.), Jahrbuch zur Geschichte und Gesellschaft des Vorderen und Mittleren Orients, Berlin: Edition Parabolis, 1987. (With Ilkay Sunar).
“Democracy in Turkey: Problems and Prospects,” in Guillermo O’Donnell, Philippe C. Schmitter, and Laurence Whitehead (eds.), Transitions from Authoritarian Rule, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. (With Ilkay Sunar).
“Politicization of Islamic Retraditionalism: Some Preliminary Notes,” in Metin Heper and Raphael Israeli (eds.), Islam and Politics in the Modern Middle East, London: Croom Helm, 1984.
“Political Patronage in Turkey,” in Ernest Gellner and John Waterbury (eds.), Patrons and Clients in Mediterranean Societies, London: Dockworth’s, 1977.
“Some Notes on the Beginnings of Mass Political Participation in Turkey,” in Engin Akarlı and Gabriel Ben-Dor (eds.), Political Participation in Turkey, Istanbul: Boğaziçi University Press, 1975.
c. Other Articles
“The Turmoil in the Middle East and Turkish-American Relations,” Turkish Policy Quarterly (Spring 2015).
“The United States and Turkey’s EU Membership,” in The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations, Ankara: Ankara University Faculty of Political Science, (2003).
“Post-Authoritarian Regimes in the Arab World: Transition to What?” HLO Quarterly (Winter 2012).
“Election Results a Mixed Blessing for Turkey’s Islamists,” Muslim Politics Report
(March/April, 1966).
“Turkey, Europe, and the United States,” Bulletin of the Atlantic Council of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1991.
“American Politics in the mid-1970s,” Common Ground (July 1976).
“Governmental Instability and Problems of Coalition Formation,” Current Turkish Thought
Newsletter (Fall 1975).
“Cross-Pressures and Political Behavior,” Boğaziçi University Journal, 3 (1975).
(c) Reports
Turkey’s Changing Political Dynamics, Boston: Cambridge Energy Research Associates, 1998.
New Bridges to Turkey’s Hydrocarbon Future, Boston: Cambridge Energy Research Associates,
1998.( (With Simon Blakey and Shankari Srinivasan).
Urbanization and Insurgency: The Turkish Case, 1976-1980. Santa Monica, California: RAND 1991. (With Bruce Hoffman).
Witness Testimony on “Post-War Policy Issues in the Persian Gulf: Iran, Israel, and Turkey,” in Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.: 1991.
Prospects for Democratization in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia: Implications for U.S. Policy Santa
Monica, California: RAND, 1991.
The Prospects for Islamic Fundamentalism in Turkey, Santa Monica, California: RAND, 1989.
The Background to Migration I: The Demographic-Economic Context of Turkey’s Migration Policy,
Aarhus, Institute of Political Science, Aarhus University, 1984.
The Background to Migration II: Aspects of Rural Turkish Social Structure. Aarhus: Institute of Political Science, Aarhus University, 1984.
Turkish Democracy: Changing and Persistent Problems and Prospects Aarhus: Institute of Political Science, Aarhus University, 1982. (With Ilkay Sunar)
The Crisis of the Turkish Party System, 1973-1980, Berlin: Berliner Institut fur Vergleichende Sozialforschung, 1981.
The Changing Domestic and Regional Environment of Turkish Foreign Policy: Implications for Security and Cooperation in the Western Alliance, Ebenhausen: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, 1980.
(d) Book Reviews
Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey by Esra Çeviker Gürakar in The Middle East Journal (Summer 2018).
Party Politics and Social Cleavages in Turkey by Ergun Özbudun in The Middle East Journal (Autumn 2013).
The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey by Banu Eligür in The Middle East Journal (Autumn
2011).
The Emergence of a New Turkey: AK Parti and Democracy edited by Hakan Yavuz in South European Society and Politics (2007).
Islam, Secularism, and Nationalism in Modern Turkey: Who is a Turk? By Soner Cagaptay in
Middle Studies Association Bulletin (Winter 2007).
Democratisation in Turkey: The Role of Political Parties by Huri Türsan, in South European Society and Politics (2006).
Turkey’s Islamists and Democracy by Yıldız Atasoy in The Middle East Journal (2006).
Faces of the State by Yael Navaro-Yashin, in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin (December
2004).
The Alevis in Turkey: The Emergence of a Secular Islamic Tradition by David Shankland in The
Middle East Journal (Autumn 2004).
Turkey at the Crossroads: Ottoman Legacies and a Greater Middle East by Dietrich Jung with
Wolfango Piccoli in Turkish Studies (Autumn 2003).
Political Parties in Turkey, Barry Rubin and Metin Heper (eds.), in Middle East Quarterly (Summer 2003).
Dangerous Neighborhood: Contemporary Issues in Turkish Foreign Policy, Michael Radu (ed.), in Middle East Quarterly (Summer 2003).
Turkey in the Middle East: Oil, Islam, and Politics by Alon Liel in International Journal of Turkish Studies (Spring 2002).
Secularism and Revivalism in Turkey by Andrew Davison in The Middle East Journal (Winter 2001).
Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire by Jason Goodwin in Middle East Quarterly (June 2000).
The Kurds and the Future of Turkey by Michael Gunter in International Journal of Middle East Studies (Summer 1998).
Turkey: A Modern History by Erik J. Zürcher in The Middle East Journal (Spring 1995).
The Political and Socioeconomic Transformation of Turkey by Atila Eralp, Muharrem Tunay, and Birol Yesilada (eds.), in Studies in International Comparative Development (Winter 1994).
State, Democracy and the Military: Turkey in the 1980s by Metin Heper and Ahmet Evin (eds), in The Middle East Journal (Spring 1989).
Political Development and Political Parties in Turkey by Ersin Onulduran in Studies in Development (1975).
Professional Conferences and Lectures
I. Organizer and Chair
“The State of Research on Political Clientelism and Patronage in Turkey” Istanbul Policy Center, March 2014.
“Iran’s Nuclear Development Program: Western and Regional Responses,” Istanbul Policy Center, Istanbul, November 2009.
“Turkey and the Middle East,” International Conference (co-organized with William Hale), Istanbul Policy Center, Istanbul, May 2008.
“The State of Research in Turkish Studies,” Conference organized on the 20th Anniversary of the
Institute of Turkish Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., October 2002.
“Toward A Consensual Politics in Turkey,” Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies
Association, San Francisco, 2001.
“Elections and Political Change in Turkey,” Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, D.C., November 1999.
“Elections, Parties, and Voters in Turkey,” Workshop organized at Georgetown University, November 1999.
“Social Sciences and Turkish Studies,” Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, San Francisco, November 1997.
“Regional Orientations in Turkish Foreign Policy,” Annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Providence, RI, November 1996.
“Turkish Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era,” Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, D.C. December 1995.
“Ethnicity and Turkish Foreign Policy in the 1990s,” Annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Chapel Hill, N.C., November, 1993.
“Workshop on Democratization in the Middle East,” National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., December 1992.
“Workshop on Democratization and Ethnic Conflict Management,” National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., November 1992.
“Economic Reforms and Democratic Transitions,” National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., October 1992.
“Ethnic Conflict Management and International Security,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 1992.
II. Conference Papers and Presentations
“Interdisciplinary Approaches to Political Clientelism and Patronage in Turkey,” presented at the Conference on Turkish Studies from an Interdisciplinary Perspective, Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies, April 2014.
“Turkish Foreign and Security Policy Challenges,” presented at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/Middle East Technical University Conference on The Changing Parameters of Partnership: The U.S.-Turkey-Germany, Ankara, December 2013.
“Technocrats and Non-Partisan Ministers in Turkish Cabinets,” presented at the 22nd IPSA World Congress, Madrid, July, 2012. (With Hasret Dikici-Bilgin)
“Splitting Alone or Together? Party Switches, Factions, and Coalitions in Turkey,” presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2011. (With Ozge Kemahlıoğlu).
“Paths to Power: The Making of Cabinet Ministers in Turkey” presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2010. (With Hasret Dikici-Bilgin)
“Challenges for Turkish Foreign Policy: EU and Transatlantic Relations,” presented at the workshop on “Whither Turkey? Taking Stock of the Dynamics that Shape EU Reforms,” Istanbul, January 2010.
“Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey,” presented at the conference on “Democracy and Democratization in Turkey,” Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain,
November 2008.
“Parliamentary Elites in the 2007 Elections,” (with Alim Hasanov) presented at the Workshop on
the “2007 Parliamentary Elections in Turkey”, Istanbul, December 2007.
“Political Clientelism, Patronage and the Study of Turkish Politics,” paper presented at the workshop on the works of Şerif Mardin, Boğazici University, April 2007.
“Non-Electoral Sources of Party System Change in Turkey,” paper presented at the Midwest
Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, April 2006.
“Between Ankara, Brussels and Washington: US Policy on Turkey’s EU Membership,” paper presented at the Conference on “The Importance of Being European: Turkey, the EU, and the
Middle East” Berlin, May 2006.
“Changing Dynamics of EU-Turkey Relations,” paper presented at the Johns Hopkins Foreign Affairs Symposium on “Turkey and the European Union,” Baltimore, April 2006.
“Studies on Turkish Domestic Politics: Continuity and Change in Research Agendas,” Paper presented at the Conference on “The State of Research in Turkish Studies,” Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., October 2002.
“Political Learning and Democratization: The Changing Leadership Style of Bülent Ecevit,” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, San Francisco, November 2001.
“U.S.-Turkish Relations: Issues of Convergence and Divergence,” Paper presented at the Conference on the 200th Anniversary of Turkish-American Relations, School of Political Science, Ankara University, November 2000.
“Adnan Menderes: Between Authoritarian and Democratic Populism,” Paper presented at the Conference on Political Leadership and Democracy in Turkey, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, March 2000.
“Turkey, Caspian Energy, and Regional Security,” Paper presented at the Conference on Energy, Weapons Proliferation, and Conflict in Central Asia and the Caucasus, National Bureau of Asian Research, Washington, D.C., April 1999.
“Domestic and International Significance of Turkey’s Elections in the 1990s,” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, Washington, D.C., November 1999.
“Turkish Perspectives toward German and U.S. Foreign Policy,” Paper presented at the Conference
on The Parameters of Partnership: Germany, the United States, and Turkey, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington, D.C., October 1997.
“Political and Social Change in Turkey: Implications for Greek-Turkish Relations,” Presented at the Conference on Greek-Turkish Relations in the Post-Cold War Era: Crisis or Détente? Center for
European Studies, Harvard University, December 1997.
“Islamic Activism in Turkey” Presented at the Conference on Islamic Activism and U.S. Interests in
the Eastern Mediterranean Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University,
Washington D.C., May 1996.
“Turkish Perceptions,” Presented at the Conference on Common Cultural Values in Judaism and Islam, The Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio, Italy, August 1996.
“Russia and Turkey: Security and Foreign Policy Directions,” Presented at the Conference on Turkey, Russia, and the Caucasus,, US Department of State, September 1996.
“Political Parties and Problems of Democratic Consolidation: The Turkish Case in Comparative Perspective,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April, 1995.
“Democracy and the Search for Identity,” Paper presented at the International Conference on Democracy and the Identity Question, Strategic Research Foundation, Ankara, April, 1995.
“Recent Developments in Turkish Domestic Politics,” Presented at the Symposium on Turkey, Germany and the United States: Issues, Interests, and Policies Amidst Changing Relationships, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Washington, D.C., July 1995
“Ethnicity, Identity, and National Interest: Turkey’s Approach to Regional Issues in the 1990s,” Presented at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C, December 1995.
“Between Neighbors and Allies: Turkey’s Burden-Sharing Policy in the 1990-91 Gulf Conflict,” Paper presented at the Conference on Alliance Burden-Sharing in the 1990-91 Gulf War, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, April 1994.
“Turkey’s Relations with the Middle East,” Presented at the Middle East Institute Annual Conference on Changing Perspectives in the Middle East, Washington, D.C., October 1994.
“Promoting Democracy Abroad: The Interface Between Political Scientists and Policy-Makers,” Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., September, 1993.
“The Turkic World in the 1990s,” Presented at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Portland, November 1992.
“Turkey and Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives,” Presented at the World History Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, June 1992.
“The Political Economy of Opposition,” Presented at the Conference on Government and
“Opposition in the Middle East”, Middle East Studies Program of the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, April 1992.
“Turkey and the Middle East after the Gulf War,” Presented at the Workshop on Towards New Orders in the Middle East: The Role of U.S. Policy, Princeton University, Center of International
Studies, May 1991.
“Islam and Secularism: The Turkish Experience,” Paper presented at the International Conference on Islam and Democracy, Turkish Social and Economic Foundation, Istanbul, October 1992.
“Turkey and the Changing European Security Environment,” Paper presented at the Workshop on European Security and Changing Defense Requirements, Institut Francais des Relations Internationales, Paris, September 1990.
“Redemocratization and Political Parties in Turkey,” Presented at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, November 1990.
“Islam and International Relations in Turkey,” Paper presented at the Conference on Cultural Transitions in the Middle East, School of International Service, American University, Washington, D.C., December 1989.
“Turkey and the European Community,” Presented at the Annual Conference of the Middle East Institute on The Middle East in a Changing World: Challenges for the 1990s, Washington, D.C., October 1989.
“Islam and Politics in Modern Turkey,” Presented at the Annual meeting of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, Villanova University, May 1988.
“Higher Education and the State: Reflections on the Turkish Experience,” Presented at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, November 1988.
“The Consequences of Generational Changes in Terrorist Groups: Perspectives on the Turkish Case,” Presented at the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Anaheim, 1986.
“Soviet-Turkish Relations,” Presented at the Conference on the Soviet Union and the Middle East, University of Southern California European Graduate Program in International Relations, Garmisch-Parsenkirchen, April 1982.
“The Crisis of the Turkish Party System,” Paper presented at the Conference on History and Society in Turkey, Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung herausgegeben, Berlin, December 1981.
“Right-Wing Political Parties in Turkey,” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British Society for Middle East Studies, Hull, July 1978.
“The Arab-Israeli Conflict,” Paper presented at the Conference on International Relations Theory and the Practice of International Politics, Center for Mediterranean Studies, Rome, February 1977.
“Parties, Patronage, and Political Corruption,” Paper presented at the International Political Science
Association, Tenth World Congress, Edinburgh, August, 1976.
“Religious Dynamics in Modernization: The Islamic Scene,” Presented at the Conference on the Cultural and Religious Dimensions of the Petroleum Crisis, Center for Mediterranean Studies, Rome, November 1975.
III. Selected Invited Lectures
2013 “Turkey’s Democratic Experience,” University Lecture Series, Bilkent University, Ankara,
December.
2008 “State, Democracy, and Democratization in Turkey,” Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, December.
“Constitutional Reforms and Politics in Turkey,” Fundacion Pablo İglesias, Madrid, Spain, November 2008.
2005 “Analytical Approaches to the Study of Turkish Politics,” Bilkent University, Ankara, December.
“New Directions in Turkish Politics,” The Middle East Institute, Columbia University, New York, April.
2003 “Turkey in Transition: Implications for U.S. Policy” Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, February.
2002 “New Directions in Turkish Party Politics?” Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Boston, October.
2000 “Turkey at the Crossroads” Brandeis University, Waltham, February.
1999 “Turkish Democracy: Prospects for the 21st Century,” The Annual Georges A. Keller Lecture, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University,
May.
“Politics and Society in Republican Turkey,” McGill University, Montreal, April.
1998 “Turkish Politics,” Hoffman Memorial Lecture, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., April.
“Turkey: Prospects for an Emerging Regional Power,” Great Decisions Lecture Series, Wooster College, Wooster, January.
1996 “Turkey: Tradition and Change,” World Affairs Council of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, November.
1995 “Politics and Religion in Modern Turkey,” Columbia University, New York, October.
1994 “Democracy and Secularism in Turkey,” New York University, New York, January.
1993 Turkey’s Role in the Post-Cold War World,” State University of New York at
Binghamton, April.
1990 “Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy,” Middle East Institute, Columbia University, New
York, October.
1987 “Political Regime Changes and Democratic Transitions: The Turkish Case,” School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., December.
Other Professional Activities
Board of Advisors, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University (2005-11)
U.S. State Department, Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., Chairperson of Advanced Area Studies Seminar on Turkey (1994-2005).
Turkish Economic and Social Research Foundation (TESEV), Istanbul, Member of Academic Council (1996-2000)
Founding Member, Turkish-American Scientists and Scholars Association (TASSA), Washington, D.C.
Peer Review for Academic Journals
Comparative Politics, Comparative Studies in History and Society, Turkish Studies, Middle East Journal, International Journal of Turkish Studies, Comparative Legislative Studies, Armed Forces and Society, Party Politics, South European Politics and Society. Government and Opposition, New Perspectives on Turkey, Third World Quarterly, International Journal of Middle East Studies