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SENEM AYDIN-DÜZGİT
Work Address: Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University, Santral
Campus, Kazım Karabekir Cad., No. 2/13, 34060 Eyüp/Istanbul Turkey
Work Tel: +90 212 311 52 41
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
2004 – December 2008 VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL
Department of Political Science Doctor of Philosophy, Political Sciences
Dissertation Committee: Patricia van den Eeckhout
(chair), Gustaaf Geeraerts, Michel Huysseune
Dissertation Title: Discursive Construction of
European Identity in the EU’s Relations with Turkey
1999 – September 2000 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Department of Government Master of Science, European Politics and Policy
Thesis Title: The Question of Identity in EU-Turkey
Relations
1995 – June 1999 BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY
College of Economics and Administrative Sciences Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and International
Relations
TEACHING and WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2013-present Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair in EU
Political and Administrative Studies
Department of International Relations
BİLGİ UNIVERSITY, Istanbul
Courses Taught
EU 311: Conceptualising the EU: Institutions, Policies
and Political Debates (Jean Monnet Module 2010-
2013 )
EU 321: EU-Turkey Relations
EU 411: External Relations of the EU
EUR 505: Relations between Turkey and the EU
IR 324: International Organisations
IR 511: International Relations Theory
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Administrative Duties
Programme Coordinator for the MA in European
Studies and the Double Degree MA in European
Studies with European University Viadrina (Spring
2012-present)
Programme Coordinator for the BA in European Union
Studies (Fall 2008-Spring 2011)
Fall 2008- June 2013 Assistant Professor
Department of International Relations
BİLGİ UNIVERSITY, Istanbul
2003 – October 2004 Research Fellow
CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES, Brussels
Published working papers, policy briefs and
commentaries on EU-Turkey relations, Turkish foreign
policy and democratisation in Turkey.
Coordinated the joint CEPS-EDAM research project
entitled ‘European Tranformation of Modern Turkey’,
led by Kemal Derviş and Daniel Gros.
PUBLICATIONS
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)
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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)
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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
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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.
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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
"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.
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"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.
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“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)
AWARDS & HONORS
2014 Young Scientist Award of the Turkish Academy (BAGEP) in Social
Sciences
Jean Monnet Chair in EU Political and Administrative Studies awarded by the
European Commission. September 2013-September 2016.
TÜBA (Turkish Academy of Sciences) University Textbook Award for editing
the book Avrupa Birliği'ne Giriş: Tarih, Kurumlar ve Politikalar (Introduction to
the European Union: History, Institutions and Policies) with Ayhan Kaya, Yaprak
Gürsoy and Özge Onursal, 2012.
Jean Monnet Module awarded by the European Commission for the course titled
‘Conceptualising the EU: Institutions, Policies and Political Debates’. September
2010- September 2013.
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OZR Fellowship to conduct doctoral studies at VUB. September 2004-September
2008.
British Council Chevening Scholarship for the MSc in European Politics and
Policy at LSE. September 1999-September 2000.
High Honours Student, Second Highest Grade Point Average (3.69) in the
graduating class of the Department of Political Science and International
Relations, Boğaziçi University, 1999.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
“The EU-Turkey Refugee Deal: Challenges and Opportunities”, Workshop at the Hertie
School of Governance, Berlin, 16 March 2016.
“Populism through Foreign Policy Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of President
Erdoğan’s Election Speeches”, Conference on “Contemporary Populism: Democracy,
Identity and Foreign Policy”, organised by the University of Westminster and Istanbul
Bilgi University, Istanbul Bilgi University, 27 November 2015.
“Changing Perceptions of Europe in a Changing Turkey: Analysing Identity Change
Among the Turkish Public”,43rd
ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, University of
Warsaw, Warsaw, 29 March - 2 April 2015.
“De-Europeanisation through Foreign Policy: A Critical Discourse Analysis of President
Erdoğan’s Election Speeches”, Final Workshop on “Encounters with Europe”,
Kemerburgaz University, 6 March 2015.
“Foreign Policy as an Identity Marker: Discursive Construction of Turkish Identity
through Turkish Foreign Policy”, International Studies Association (ISA), 56th
Annual
Convention, New Orleans, 18-21 February 2015.
“The Protection of the Rule of Law in Turkey”, Conference on the “Rule of Law as a
Strategic Priority in the EU’s External Action”, University of Leuven, Belgium, 30 June
2014.
“Foreign Policy as an Identity Marker: Understanding Turkey’s Dealignment with the
EU”, European International Studies Association Second European Workshops in
International Studies, İzmir, 21-24 May 2014.
Co-convenor of the Workshop on “Encounters with Europe, Turkey” (with Alper
Kaliber), European International Studies Association Second European Workshops in
International Studies, İzmir, 21-24 May 2014.
“Bilgi Üniversitesi’nde Avrupa Mükemmeliyet Merkezi: Lisans ve Yüksek Lisans
Düzeyinde Avrupa Çalışmaları” (EU Center of Excellence at Bilgi University: European
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Studies at Undergraduate and Graduate Levels), Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi 10. Yıl
Kongresi, Çeşme/İzmir, 17-20 April 2014.
“Turkey in Comparison with the Balkans”, Workshop on “Europeanization of Turkey:
Polity, Politics and Policies”, Yasar University and Bilkent University, İzmir, 24 October
2013.
“Social Constructivist and Discursive Approaches to European Foreign Policy”, European
International Studies Association Eighth Pan-European Conference, Warsaw, 18-21
September 2013 .
“EU-Turkey Relations and the Stagnation of Turkish Democracy”, Global Turkey in
Europe Conference, Mercator Stiftung Berlin, 18 March 2013.
“EU-Turkey Relations and the Stagnation of Turkish Democracy”, Global Turkey in
Europe Conference, German Marshall Fund Brussels, 5 December 2012.
“Discourse Analysis in International Relations”, Istanbul Bilgi University
Department of International Relations Method Workshop, 19 March 2012.
“Lost in Europeanization? Turkey and the Western Balkans” (with Gergana
Noutcheva), European Union Studies Association Twelfth Biennial International
Conference, Boston, 3-5 March 2011.
“Lost in Europeanization? Turkey and the Western Balkans” (with Gergana
Noutcheva), Authors’ Workshop for West European Politics Special Issue “When
Europeanization Travels”, Free University Berlin, 21-23 October 2010.
“Turkish Accession and Defining the Boundaries of Nationalism and
Supranationalism: Discourses in the European Commission” (with Semin
Suvarierol), ECPR SGEU Fifth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, Porto,
23-26 June 2010.
“Turkish Accession and Defining the Boundaries of Nationalism and
Supranationalism: Discourses in the European Commission” (with Semin
Suvarierol), Workshop on “Whither Turkey? Taking Stock of the Dynamics that
Shape EU Reforms”, Sabancı University, 15-16 January 2010.
“Outlook to Turkey’s EU Membership in France” Workshop on “Re-
Conceptualizing Turkey-EU Relations”, organized by Marmara University and
the University of Bremen, Istanbul, 9-10 October 2009.
“Valenciennes: The Restructuring Process” (with Ayhan Kaya) Workshop on
“Turkey and Europe: The Regionalisation Processes in Comparison”, organised
by Sciences Po, Paris, 29 June 2009.
“Turkey: Challenges to Democratisation” Conference on “Challenges to
Democratization: Trends and Responses in the European Neighbourhood”,
organised by Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and La Fundacion para
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las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE), Brussels, 16-17
March 2009.
“Discursive Construction of European Identity in EU’s Relations with Turkey:
The Case of the European Commission” and “International Influences on the
Turkish Transition to Democracy in 1983” (with Yaprak Gürsoy), International
Studies Association (ISA), 50th
Annual Convention, New York, 15-18 February
2009.
“Turkey: A Sustainable Case of De-Radicalisation?” Expert Seminar on “The
Dynamics of Political Islam and EU Foreign Policy in the Mediterranean”,
organised by FRIDE, CEPS and Fundacion Tres Culturas with the participation of
the European Commission, Brussels, 27-28 November 2008.
“Human Rights in Turkey” Seminar on “Democracy and Democratization in
Turkey”, Universidad Autónomo de Madrid, 21-23 November 2008.
“International Influences on the Turkish Transition to Democracy in 1983” (with
Yaprak Gürsoy) “Evaluating International Influences on Democratic
Development’, Stanford University, San Francisco/USA, 25-26 October 2007.
“Seeking Kant in the EU’s Relations with Turkey” organised by TESEV at
Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, 5 April 2007.
“Political Islam in Turkey” Conference on “Political Islam and the European
Union’, organised by Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and La
Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) and
hosted by the Fundacion Tres Culturas, Sevilla, 24-25 November 2006.
“Just What is This Absorption Capacity of the EU?”, European Parliament,
Brussels, 30 November 2006.
“Turkey, Democratisation and the Future of Europe ” (with E. Fuat Keyman),
ECPR SGEU Third Pan-European Conference on European Politics, Istanbul, 21-
23 September 2006.
“EU Conditionality and Effective Rule of Law in Turkey” (with Ali Çarkoğlu),
Conference on “Europeanisation and Democratisation: The Southern European
Experience and the Perspective for New Member States of the Enlarged Europe”,
Center of European Excellence-University of Florence, 16-18 June 2005.
“European Integration and the Transformation of Turkish Democracy” (with E.
Fuat Keyman), Conference on “European Transformation of Modern Turkey”
organized by the Center for European Studies at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 8
November 2004.
“Self-Definition of Europe? Where does Turkey Stand?” ECPR SGEU Second
Pan-European Conference on European Politics, Bologna, 24-26 June 2004.
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INVITED LECTURES AND SPEECHES
“Being European through not Being Turkish: Discursive Identity Construction through
EU Representation of Turkey”, ACCESS Europe Lecture, University of Amsterdam, 17
December 2015.
“Foreign Policy Challenges: Which Potential for Cooperation between Turkey and the
EU?”, Jean Monnet Lecture, İzmir University of Economics, İzmir, 9 December 2015.
“The Outcome of the Election”, Conference on “Turkey and the EU after the Election”,
Bruegel, Brussels, 10 June 2015.
“The Eurocrisis: Implications for EU Politics and Foreign Policy”, Sabancı University,
Istanbul, 13 May 2015.
“Foreign Policy as an Identity Marker: Understanding Turkey’s De-Alignment from the
EU”, Columbia University, New York, 12 February 2015.
“After Crisis: What Next for European Integration?”, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan,
7 December 2014.
“Turkey-EU Relations: Future Scenarios”, Brookings-TUSIAD Conference, Istanbul, 20
November 2014.
“EU-Turkey Relations: The State of Play and Challenges”, Jean Monnet Lecture,
University of Pisa, Pisa, 14 November 2014.
“Europe and the World”, Dahrendorf Symposium organised by the London
School of Economics, Stiftung Mercator and Hertie School of Governance,
Berlin, 14-15 November 2013.
“Differentiated Integration in the Post-Lisbon Era and EU Enlargement”, Dokuz
Eylül University, Izmir, 8 November 2013.
“Constructions of European Identity”, book talk at Okan University, Istanbul, 4
April 2013.
“The Foreign Policy of Turkey: Directions, Challenges and Aspirations”,
Committee of Foreign Affairs Hearing on the Foreign Policy of Turkey, European
Parliament, Brussels, 6 December 2012.
“Crisis of the EU-Crisis of Neighbourhood and Enlargement?”, Conference on
“Europe’s Common Future” organised by Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, 26
September 2012.
“The Rise of Populist Movements in Europe and Its Dangers for Democracy”,
Council of Europe Hearing, Strasbourg, 26 April 2012.
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“Ignorance, Fear and Prejudice: Do Europeans Get Turkey?”, organised by the
European Stability Initiative (ESI) and Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, 15
November 2011.
“Beyond Cairo: Visions of a New Decade in European Islamic Relations”,
Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington DC, 23 June
2010.
“Spain and Turkey during the Spanish EU-Presidency”, organised by CIDOB,
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and TESEV, Barcelona, 14 April 2010.
“Analysis of the 2009 Annual Programme for Turkey under the Pre-Accession
Instrument (IPA) in the Context of the 2009 Enlargement Package”, Committee
on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels, 3 February 2010.
“Governance in the EU: Challenges for a New Era in Europe”, organised by Sciences Po
and İstanbul Bilgi University, İstanbul, 5 November 2009.
“Governance in the EU”, 28th
Annual Course on International Law Librarianship,
Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, 14 October 2009.
“Turkey-European Union: What to Expect in 2009,” organised by EDAM-
Radikal, İstanbul, 3-5 April 2009.
“Turkey’s European Aspirations,” organised by Eurocivitas, Riga, 12 January
2009.
“Turkey’s Long Road to EU Membership: Challenges and Opportunities,”
organised by Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, Brussels, 27 November
2008.
“The German EU Presidency and the Prospect for Turkey-EU Relations,” German
Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin, 5 February 2007.
“Political Islam in Turkey,” organised by CEPS, Sofia University and the Open
Society Institute, Sofia, November 2006.
“Turkey in the EU: What does Latvia have to Say?” organised by the Baltic
Forum, Riga, 28 April 2006.
“Discursive Approaches to European Governance,” European Studies Lecture,
Sabancı University, 10 November 2005.
“Building a Secure Neighbourhood: Neighbourhod Policy, Enlargement Process
and Security,” organised by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki,
21-22 October 2005.
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“Les Transformations Europeennes de la Turquie,” (European Transformation of
Turkey) organised by L'Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI),
Paris, 27 January 2005.
“Turkey-next member of the EU? The diplomatic, economic and political
approaches,” organised by Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and Sacred Heart
University, 20 January 2005.
“Regional Integration, State Building and Conflict Settlement in Europe and
Asia,” organised by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, 11-12 October
2004.
PROJECTS
Researcher in Horizon 2020 Project FEUTURE: Future of EU-Turkey Relations
(2016-2019)
Member of the Carnegie Rising Democracies Research Network (September
2013- )
Researcher, author and joint coordinator of Global Turkey in Europe, Istanbul
Policy Centre (IPC) of Sabanci University and Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI)
(2012-2015).
Rapporteur for TUSIAD’s (Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s
Association) Roundtable Series on the New Constitution, March 2011.
Researcher, author and adviser to INTERACT: EU, France, Turkey University Dialogue
(Funded by EU-Turkey Civil Society Dialogue Universities Grant Program) (June 2008-
December 2009)
Researcher and author in Evaluating International Influences on Democratic
Development, Stanford University Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of
Law (CDDRL) (2007-2009)
Researcher and author in Challenges to Democratization: Trends and Responses in the
European Neighbourhood, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and La Fundacion
para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) (2008-2009).
Researcher and author in The Dynamics of Political Islam and EU Foreign Policy in the
Mediterranean, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), La Fundacion para las
Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE), Fundacion Tres Culturas
(2008-2009).
Researcher and author in European Transformation of Modern Turkey, Centre for
European Policy Studies (CEPS) and the Economics and Foreign Policy Forum (EFPF)
(2003-2004).
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Associate Editor of South European Society and Politics (July 2009-Present) and
Global Affairs (September 2014-January 2016)
Editorial Board Member of New Perspectives on Turkey
Reviewer for Palgrave Publishers, Lexington Publishers, John Benjamins
Publishers, Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public
Policy, Comparative Politics, Millennium: Journal of International Studies,
Cooperation and Conflict, International Studies Quarterly, Mediterranean
Politics, Journal of Language and Politics, International Political Sociology,
International Journal, New Perspectives on Turkey, Uluslararası İlişkiler,
Ethnicities, Turkish Studies, Insight Turkey.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the ECFR (European Council on Foreign Relations) Council
Senior Research Affiliate, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University
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
LANGUAGES
Turkish (native), English (fluent), French (working knowledge).