Contact
Secondary Phone: +90-212-3381646
Fax: +90-212-338-1642
International Relations
Koc University
Rumeli Feneri Yolu
34450 Sariyer, Istanbul
Turkey
ABOUT
Murat Somer is a Professor of Political Sciences and International relations at Koç University, Istanbul, and an expert on polarization and de-polarization, religious and secular politics, ethnic conflicts, autocratization, and democratization. His recent publications include two special issues on polarization and democracy (American Behavioral Scientist, 2018, and the ANNALS of the AAPSS, 2019, both co-edited with Jennifer McCoy), and Return to Point Zero: The Turkish-Kurdish Question and How Politics and Ideas (Re)Make Empires, Nations and States (SUNY Press, forthcoming in April 2022).
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
Comparative
Democratization
Nationalism
Turkish Studies
Kurdish Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Balkans
Former Soviet Union
Islamic World
Turkey
Specialties
Democratic Consolidation
Kurds, Turkey, Iraq, Eastern Europe, And The EU
Religious Politics And Secularism, Political Islam
Languages
English (advanced)
Turkish (native)
German (intermediate)
Education
PhD
| 1999
| Econ
| U of S Calif
Abstracts
Explicit and Banal, Secular and Religious Nationalisms and Turkey’s Kurdish Question
Turkey and Kurds in Post-US Iraq
Moderation, State Regulation and Moderate Islam in Turkey
Return to Point Zero in Turkey: Prospects for Democratic Transition and Resolving the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict
