Publications
Books
- Turkey and the European Union (with Nathalie Tocci) (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), June 2015. (Reviewed in European Foreign Affairs Review, Mediterranean Politics, New Perspectives on Turkey, Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi).
- 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) (Reviewed in Journal of Common Market Studies, International Studies, Uluslararası İlişkiler).
Edited Volumes
- The AKP Since Gezi Park: Moving to Regime Change in Turkey (edited with Susannah Verney and Anna Bosco) (London: Routledge), 2019.
- Is Turkey De-Europeanising: Encounters with Europe in a Candidate Country (edited with Alper Kaliber) (London:Routledge), 2017.
- 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.
- Avrupa Birliği’ne Giriş: Tarih, Kurumlar ve Politikalar, 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
- “The EU’s Global Strategic Partner(ship): A Tool for the Maturation of European Foreign Policy” (with Meltem Müftüler-Baç and Ezgi Uzun Teker), European Security, 2024.
- “Authoritarian Middle Powers and the Liberal Order: Turkey’s Contestation of the EU”, International Affairs, Vol. 99, No. 6, 2023, pp. 2319-2337.
- “How Erdogan Rules through Crisis” (with Mustafa Kutlay and E. Fuat Keyman), Journal of Democracy, Vol. 34, No. 4, 2023, pp. 80-93.
- “State Capacity and Populist Rule in Times of Radical Uncertainty: Covid-19 Response in South Korea, Brazil, and Turkey” (with Mustafa Kutlay and E. Fuat Keyman), Globalizations, 2023.
- “Gendering Public Diplomacy: Turkey and Europe in the 1930s” (with Bahar Rumelili and Seçkin Barış Gülmez), Vol. 25, No.2, 2023, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, pp. 239-256.
- “External Contestations of Europe: Russia and Turkey as Normative Challengers?” (with Gergana Noutcheva), Vol.60, No. 6, 2022, Journal of Common Market Studies, pp. 1815-1831.
- “Challenging Anti-Western Historical Myths in Populist Discourse: Re-Visiting Ottoman Empire/Europe Interaction during the 19th Century” (with Bahar Rumelili and Alp Eren Topal), European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2022, pp. 513-537.
- “A Model No More? Debating Turkish Influence in the Southern Neighbourhood” (with Assem Dandashly), Democratization, Vol. 29, No. 3, 2022, pp. 451-468.
- “Turkey as a Model for the Mediterranean? Revealing Discursive Continuities with Europe’s Imperial Past” (with Bahar Rumelili and Seçkin Barış Gülmez), Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, Vol. 22, No. 6, 2020, pp. 741-762.
- “Can Non-Democracies Support International Democracy: Turkey as a Case Study”, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2020, pp. 264-283.
- “Discourse Analysis: Strengths and Shortcomings” (with Bahar Rumelili), All Azimuth, Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2019, pp. 285-305.
- “When Elites Polarize Over Polarization: Framing the Polarization Debate in Turkey”(with Evren Balta), New Perspectives on Turkey, Vol. 60, May 2019, pp. 153-176.
- “Legitimising Europe in Contested Settings: Europe as a Normative Power in Turkey?”, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 56, No. 3, 2018, pp. 612-627.
- “Foreign Policy and Identity Change: Analysing Perceptions of Europe among the Turkish Public”, Politics, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2018, pp. 19-34
- “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.
- “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.
- “Post-Yapısalcı Yaklaşımlar ve Uluslararası İlişkilerin Temel Kavramları”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Vol. 12, No. 46, 2015, pp. 153-168.
- “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.
- “Critical Discourse Analysis in Analysing EU Foreign Policy: Prospects and Challenges”, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol.49, No.3, 2014, pp. 354-367.
- “European Security and Turkish Accession: Identity and Foreign Policy in the European Commission”, Cooperation and Conflict, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2013, pp. 522-541.
- “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. 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. 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. 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”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Vol. 8, No. 29, 2011, pp. 49-70.
- “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.
- “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
- “A Curious Love Affair? EU-Turkey Relations”, in A Companion to Modern Turkey’s Centennial, edited Alpaslan Ozerdem and Ahmet Erdi Ozturk (Edinburgh University Press), 2023.
- “Dünyadaki Örnekler Işığında Türkiye’de Kutuplaşma”, in Türkiye Siyasetinin Sınırları: Siyasal Davranış, Kurumlar ve Kültür (Ersin Kalaycıoğlu’na Armağan), edited by Ali Çarkoğlu, Mert Moral and Emre Erdoğan (Istanbul Bilgi University Press), 2023.
- Still a Good Governance Exporter? Questioning the EU’s Transformative Power in the Age of Democratic Decline”, in EU Good Governance Promotion in the Age of Democratic Decline, edited by Diğdem Soyaltın (Palgrave), 2022.
- “Europe and the Ottoman Empire: Images of Self and the Other” (with Johanna Chovanec and Bahar Rumelili), in Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations, edited by Dimitris Bouris, Daniela Huber and Michelle Pace (Routledge), 2021.
- “Constructivist Approaches to EU-Turkey Relations” (with Bahar Rumelili), in EU-Turkey Relations: Theories, Institutions and Policies, edited by Wulf Reiners and Ebru Turhan (Palgrave), 2021.
- “Contested Identities: Historicising and Deconstructing Representations in EU-Turkey Relations” (with Bahar Rumelili), in Turkey and the European Union: Key Dynamics and Future Scenarios, edited by Beken Saatçioğlu and Funda Tekin (Nomos Verlag), 2021.
- “Turkey: A Vicious Cycle of Euroscepticism?” (with Özgehan Şenyuva), in Euroscepticism and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals, edited by Michael Kaeding, Johannes Pollak and Paul Schmidt (Basingstoke: Palgrave), 2021.
- “The Islamist-Secularist Divide and Turkey’s Descent into Severe Polarization”, in Democracies Divided: The Global Challenge of Political Polarization, edited by Tom Carothers and Andrew O’Donohue (Washington: Brookings Institution Press), 2019.
- “Avrupa Birliği’nin Dış İlişkilerinde Kuramsal Tartışmalar”, in Hukuki, İktisadi ve Siyasi Yönleriyle Avrupa Bütünleşmesinde Son Gelişmeler ve Türkiye-AB İlişkileri, edited by Sanem Baykal et. al. (Ankara: ATAUM), 2018.
- “Critical Discourse Analysis”, in The International Encyclopedia of Intercultural Communication, edited by Young Yun Kim and Kelly L. McKay-Semmler (Wiley-Blackwell), 2018.
- “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”, 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”, in Avrupa Birliği’nde Gelişmeler, 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” 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
- “Case Studies of EU and Member States’ Engagement with Global Strategic Partner Countries” (with Gustavo Müller et al.), ENGAGE Working Paper Series No. 25, June 2023.
- “Conceptually Defining Global Strategic Partnership” (with Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Ezgi Uzun, Benjamin Martell, Alexander Mesarovich, Gaspard Schnitzler), ENGAGE Working Paper Series No. 13, November 2022.
- “How does Identity Relate to Attitudes towards Differentiation? The Cases of France, Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey” (with Jan Kovar and Petr Kratochvil), EUIDEA Research Paper No. 6, September 2020.
- “Turkish and European Identity Constructions in the 1946-1999 Period” (Johanna Chovanec, Seçkin Barış Gülmez and Bahar Rumelili), FEUTURE Online Paper No. 15, March 2018.
- “Turkish and European Identity Constructions in the 1815-1945 Period” (Johanna Chovanec, Seçkin Barış Gülmez and Bahar Rumelili), FEUTURE Online Paper No. 4, July 2017.
- “Turkey after the July 15th Coup Attempt: When Elites Polarize over Polarization” (with Evren Balta), IPC Report, April 2017.
- “Yeni Anayasa’ya Doğru: Kurumsal Reform ve Demokrasi Kültürünün Gelişimi” (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”, 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
- “The Role of Differentiation in EU Foreign, Security and Defence Policy Cooperation with Third Countries” (with Ian Bond and Luigi Scazzieri), EU IDEA Policy Paper No. 14, March 2021.
- “Democracy Support without Democracy: The Cases of Poland and Turkey” (with Tsveta Petrova), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, January 2021.
- “External Differentiation in Migration: Boosting or Hollowing Out the Common EU Policy?” (with Aslı Selin Okyay, Sandra Lavenex and Ivo Krizic), EU IDEA Policy Paper No. 10, November 2020.
- “Governance, State and Democracy in a Post-Corona World” (with E. Fuat Keyman), IPC Policy Brief, April 2020.
- “Changing Parameters of Migration Cooperation: Beyond the EU-Turkey Deal” (with Kristen Biehl and E. Fuat Keyman), IPC Working Paper, December 2019.
- “PESCO and Security Cooperation between the EU and Turkey” (with Alessandro Marrone), Global Turkey in Europe Working Paper, No. 19, Rome: IAI, September 2018.
- “The Illiberal Turn in Advanced Democracies” (with E. Fuat Keyman), IPC Policy Brief, December 2017.
- “Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict and Retreat from Democracy” (with E. Fuat Keyman), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 2017.
- “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
- “Turkey: Deepening Discord and Illiberalism Amid the Pandemic”, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 2020.
- “Türkiye ve Avrupa: Bilindik Hikayenin Belirsiz Geleceği”, Perspektif Online, February 2020.
- “Küresel bir Sorun: Bölünmüş Demokrasiler” (with Andrew O’Donohue), Fikir Turu, November 2019.
- “PESCO and Third Countries: Breaking the Deadlock in European Security”, IPC Commentary, (reprinted in FEUTURE Voice), January 2018.
- “Turkey and the EU: Perpetual Crisis or Restricted Cooperation”, GMF Commentary, July 2017.
- “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”, 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 Oya Dursun-Özkanca, Turkey-West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition (Cambridge University Press, 2019), in Perspectives on Politics (2021), Vol. 19, No. 1.
- Review of Einar Wigen, State of Translation: Turkey in Interlingual Relations (Michigan University Press, 2019), in New Perspectives on Turkey (2019), Vol. 61.
- Review of Lyndon C. S. Way, Popular Music and Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis: Ideology, Control and Resistance in Turkey since 2002 (Bloomsbury, 2017), in Journal of Language and Politics (2019), Vol. 18, No. 6.
- 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.
- 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.