Occupation
Assistant Professor
Contact
Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Dr.
Burnaby
BC
V5A 1S6
Canada
ABOUT
I am Assistant Professor at the Department of Global Humanities of Simon Fraser University (Canada). I completed my PhD in Cross-Cultural & Regional Studies at the University of Copenhagen on the genealogy of populism in Turkey. I have conducted research on conflict, polarization, nationalism and populism in SE Europe and the Middle East. I have been Principal Investigator in research projects on Polarization and Democratic Dialogue in Turkish Society, the Lived Experience of Politics in Turkey, Muslim Communities in Europe. My most recent book is 'Turkish Politics and The People: Mass Mobilisation and Populism'(Edinburgh UP 2022). I have co-authored 'Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks' (Palgrave Macmillan 2013), 'Tormented by History: Nationalism in Greece and Turkey' (Oxford UP 2008) and co-edited 'Nation and Identity in Contemporary Europe' (Routledge 1996).
Discipline
Political Science
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Balkan Studies
Comparative
Conflict Resolution
Mediterranean Studies
Middle East/Near East Studies
Nationalism
Turkish Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Arabian Peninsula
Balkans
Europe
Gulf
Turkey
Specialties
Populism And Islamism In The Middle East & Compara
Populism And Collective Action In Turkey
Urban Citizenship In The Middle East
Languages
English (fluent)
Greek (native)
French (fluent)
Turkish (intermediate)
Education
PhD
| 2020
| Cross-Cultural & Regional Studies
| University of Copenhagen
BA
| 1985
| Political Science & International Studies
| Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
Abstracts
The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy of Populism
