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Books
- 2009. Secularism and State Policies toward Religion: The United States, France, and Turkey (Cambridge University Press)
Turkish translation: 2011. Pasif ve Dışlayıcı Laiklik: A.B.D., Fransa ve Türkiye (Bilgi Üniversitesi Press).
2012. Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey (Columbia University Press), edited by Ahmet T. Kuru and Alfred Stepan.
Articles in Refereed Journals
- 2012. The Rise and Fall of Military Tutelage in Turkey: Fears of Islamism, Kurdism, and Communism, Insight Turkey, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 37-57.
- 2008. Secularism, State Policies, and Muslims in Europe: Analyzing French Exceptionalism, Comparative Politics, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 1-19
Arabic Translation in Alukah
2007. Passive and Assertive Secularism: Historical Conditions, Ideological Struggles, and State Policies toward Religion, World Politics, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 568-594.
2005. Globalization and Diversification of Islamic Movements: Three Turkish Cases, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 120, No. 2, pp. 253-274.
Reprinted in Frederic Volpi, ed., Political Islam: A Critical Reader (Routledge, 2010).
2002. Between the State and Cultural Zones: Nation-Building in Turkmenistan, Central Asian Survey, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 71-90.
Reprinted in French in Outre-Terre: Revue française de géopolitique, No. 16, 2006, pp. 351-365.
Reprinted in Turkish in Orta Asya’nın Sosyo-Kültürel Sorunları: Kimlik, İslam, Milliyet ve Etnisite, by Ertan Efegil and Pınar Akçalı, eds. (Istanbul: Gündoğan, 2003), pp. 169-199.
Article in Special Issue and Book Chapters
2009. Guest editor of the special issue on Islam and Democracy, Insight Turkey, Vol. 11, No. 4. (in that issue: A Research Note on Islam, Democracy, and Secularism, pp. 29-40.)
2008. (with Zeynep Akbulut Kuru). Apolitical Interpretation of Islam: Said Nursi's Faith-based Activism in Comparison with Political Islamism and Sufism, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Vol. 19, No.1, pp. 99-111.
2006. Reinterpretation of Secularism in Turkey: The Case of the Justice and Development Party, in The Emergence of a New Turkey: Democracy and the AK Parti, edited by M. Hakan Yavuz (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press). pp. 136-159.
2003. Fethullah Gülen’s Search for a Middle Way between Modernity and Muslim Tradition, in Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen Movement, edited by M. Hakan Yavuz and John L. Esposito (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press), pp. 115-130.
Reprinted in Turkish in Laik Devlet ve Fethullah Gülen Hareketi, edited by M. Hakan Yavuz and John L. Esposito (Istanbul: Gelenek Yayıncılık, 2004), pp. 161-176.
Other Essays
2008. Secularism in Turkey: Myths and Realities, Insight Turkey, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 101-110.
2006. (with Ahmet Yükleyen) Islam, Democracy, and Secularism in Europe: France, Germany, and the Netherlands (Istanbul: TESEV) (in Turkish) (64 pp.).
2002. The Rentier State Model and Central Asian Studies: The Turkmen Case, Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 51-71.
1999. “The Analysis of a Turkic Union through the Lens of Regional Integration Theories and International Conditions,” in Mim Kemal Öke, ed., Central Asian Republics in Transition (Istanbul: Alfa), pp. 152-210 (in Turkish).
1998. “Turkey’s Orientation toward Central Asia: Policy Change after Nine Centuries,” Türkiye Günlüğü, No. 51, pp. 78-88 (in Turkish).
1998. “Clash of Civilizations: Scientific Fact or Conspiracy Theory?” Türkiye Günlüğü, No. 49, pp. 71-79 (in Turkish).
Book Reviews (Selected)
- 2011. Are Muslims Distinctive? A Look at the Evidence by M. Steven Fish. Insight Turkey, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 214-7.
2011. The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey by Banu Eligür. Contemporary Islam.
2011. The Price of Freedom Denied by Brian J. Grim and Roger Finke. Middle East Policy, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 172-5.
2011. Islam and Secularism in Turkey: Kemalism, Religion, and the Nation State by Umut Azak. Middle East Journal, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 161-2.
2010. Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation by Tariq Ramadan. Politics and Religion, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 659-61.
2009. Party Building in the Modern Middle East by Michele Penner Angrist. International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 706-708.
2008. Contemporary Islamic Conversations: M. Fethullah Gülen on Islam, Turkey, and the West, ed. by Nevval Sevindi. Middle East Journal, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 529-530.
2008. Integrating Islam: Political and Religious Challenges in Contemporary France, Jonathan Lawrence and Justin Vaisse. Contemporary Islam, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2008, pp. 91-92.
2007. Between Islam and the State: Politics of Engagement by Berna Turam. Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 1560-1562.
2007. L'autre Turquie: Le mouvement aléviste et ses territoires by Élise Massicard. New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 36, pp. 174-175.
2005. Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, No. 10, pp. 1300-1304.-
2001. Islam and Modernity: Muslim Intellectuals Respond by John Cooper, et. al., eds. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 174-177.
2001. La Nouvelle Asie centrale ou la fabrication des nations by Oliver Roy. Cahiers d’études sur la Mediterranée orientale et le monde turco-iranien, No. 32: 347-351 (in French).
2001. The Forbidden Modern: Civilization and Veiling by Nilüfer Göle. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 181-183.
2001. Türk Dininin Sosyolojik İmkanı by Yasin Aktay. Turkish Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 154-6.
Encyclopedia entry
2009. Laiklik, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, ed. by John L. Esposito.
By Topic
Secularism and State-Religion Relations
Book
2012. Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey (Columbia University Press), edited by Ahmet T. Kuru and Alfred Stepan.
2009. Secularism and State Policies toward Religion: The United States, France, and Turkey (Cambridge University Press)
Turkish translation: 2011. Pasif ve Dışlayıcı Laiklik: A.B.D., Fransa ve Türkiye (Bilgi Üniversitesi Press).
Articles/Chapters
2008. Secularism, State Policies, and Muslims in Europe: Analyzing French Exceptionalism, Comparative Politics, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 1-19
Arabic Translation in Alukah
2007. Passive and Assertive Secularism: Historical Conditions, Ideological Struggles, and State Policies toward Religion, World Politics, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 568-594.
2006. Reinterpretation of Secularism in Turkey: The Case of the Justice and Development Party, in The Emergence of a New Turkey: Democracy and the AK Parti, edited by M. Hakan Yavuz (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press). pp. 136-159.
Essays
2008. Secularism in Turkey: Myths and Realities, Insight Turkey, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 101-110.
2006. (with Ahmet Yükleyen) Islam, Democracy, and Secularism in Europe: France, Germany, and the Netherlands (Istanbul: TESEV) (in Turkish) (64 pp.).
Book Reviews (Selected)
2011. The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey by Banu Eligür. Contemporary Islam.
- 2011. The Price of Freedom Denied by Brian J. Grim and Roger Finke. Middle East Policy, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 172-5.
- 2011. Islam and Secularism in Turkey: Kemalism, Religion, and the Nation State by Umut Azak. Middle East Journal, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 161-2.
- 2008. Integrating Islam: Political and Religious Challenges in Contemporary France by Jonathan Lawrence and Justin Vaisse. Contemporary Islam, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 91-92.
2007. L'autre Turquie: Le mouvement aléviste et ses territoires by Élise Massicard. New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 36, pp. 174-175.
2005. Sacred and Secular: Religion and Politics Worldwide by Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, No. 10, pp. 1300-1304.
2001. Türk Dininin Sosyolojik İmkanı by Yasin Aktay. Turkish Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 154-6.
Encyclopedia entry
2009. Laiklik, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, ed. by John L. Esposito.
Democracy and Authoritarianism in Muslim-majority Countries
Articles/Chapters
- 2012. The Rise and Fall of Military Tutelage in Turkey: Fears of Islamism, Kurdism, and Communism, Insight Turkey, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 37-57.
- 2009. Guest editor of the special issue on Islam and Democracy, Insight Turkey, Vol. 11, No. 4. (in that issue: A Research Note on Islam, Democracy, and Secularism, pp. 29-40.)
2002. Between the State and Cultural Zones: Nation-Building in Turkmenistan, Central Asian Survey, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 71-90.
Reprinted in French in Outre-Terre: Revue française de géopolitique, No. 16, 2006.
Reprinted in Turkish in Ertan Efegil and Pınar Akçalı, eds., Orta Asya’nın Sosyo-Kültürel Sorunları: Kimlik, İslam, Milliyet ve Etnisite (Istanbul: Gündoğan, 2003).
Essays
2002. The Rentier State Model and Central Asian Studies: The Turkmen Case, Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 51-71.
Book Reviews (Selected)
- 2011. Are Muslims Distinctive? A Look at the Evidence by M. Steven Fish. Insight Turkey, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 214-7.
- 2009. Party Building in the Modern Middle East by Michele Penner Angrist. International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 706-708.
2001. La Nouvelle Asie centrale ou la fabrication des nations by Oliver Roy. Cahiers d’études sur la Mediterranée orientale et le monde turco-iranien, No. 32, pp. 347-351 (in French).
Islamic Movements and Thought
Articles/Chapters
2008. (with Zeynep Akbulut Kuru) Apolitical Interpretation of Islam: Said Nursi's Faith-Based Activism in Comparison with Political Islamism and Sufism, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 99-111.
2005. Globalization and Diversification of Islamic Movements: Three Turkish Cases, Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 120, No. 2, pp. 253-274.
Reprinted in Frederic Volpi, ed., Political Islam: A Critical Reader (Routledge, 2010).
2003. Fethullah Gülen’s Search for a Middle Way between Modernity and Muslim Tradition, in M. Hakan Yavuz and John L. Esposito, eds., Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen Movement (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press), pp. 115-130.
Reprinted in Turkish in M. Hakan Yavuz and John L. Esposito, eds., Laik Devlet ve Fethullah Gülen Hareketi (Istanbul: Gelenek, 2004).
Book Reviews (Selected)
- 2010. Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation by Tariq Ramadan. Politics and Religion, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 659-61.
- 2008. Contemporary Islamic Conversations: M. Fethullah Gülen on Islam, Turkey, and the West ed. by Nevval Sevindi. Middle East Journal, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 529-530.
2007. Between Islam and the State: Politics of Engagement by Berna Turam. Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 1560-1562.
2001. Islam and Modernity: Muslim Intellectuals Respond by John Cooper, et. al., eds. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 174-177.
2001. The Forbidden Modern: Civilization and Veiling by Nilüfer Göle. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 181-183.
Turkish Foreign Policy
Essays
1999. “The Analysis of a Turkic Union through the Lens of Regional Integration Theories and International Conditions,” in Mim Kemal Öke, ed., Central Asian Republics in Transition (Istanbul: Alfa), pp. 152-210 (in Turkish).
1998. “Turkey’s Orientation toward Central Asia: Policy Change after Nine Centuries,” Türkiye Günlüğü, No. 51, pp. 78-88 (in Turkish).
1998. “Clash of Civilizations: Scientific Fact or Conspiracy Theory?” Türkiye Günlüğü, No. 49, pp. 71-79 (in Turkish).