Occupation
Associate Professor
Contact
ABOUT
Utku Balaban is a visiting associate professor at Amherst College’s Anthropology and Sociology Department. He taught at Ankara University in Turkey until 2017 when the government expelled and blacklisted him, because he signed a declaration as known as the Peace Petition to protest the lethal violence by government forces against the Kurdish civilians in 2015. Balaban’s research focuses on urban politics, industrial relations, and social policy. In addition to his books on industrialization and social policy, his articles are published in journals such as Urban Studies and Environment and Planning A. Balaban’s current work focuses on the relationship of late urbanization and industrialization with the rise of Islamism in Turkey.
Discipline
Sociology
Sub Areas
Urban Studies
Political Economy
Development
Geographic Areas of Interest
Turkey
Egypt
Iran
Tunisia
Specialties
Urbanization, Industrialization, Social Policy
Languages
Turkish (native)
English (advanced)
German (fluent)
Education
BA
| 2003
| Political Science and International Relations
| Bogazici University
BA
| 2003
| Sociology
| Bogazici University
Abstracts
Industrial Islamism in Turkey
Purity and Creed: Discourses of Contemporary Sunni-Muslim Tariqas on Everyday Life Practices and Politics in Turkey
Industrial Islamism
