Conference and Workshop Presentations
(with Vivien Lowndes) Investigating the spatial dynamics of refugee policy frames in Turkey, Paper presented at the workshop “The framing of the ‘migration crisis’ cross-nationally: From problem definition to institutionalization (or not)”, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 4-5 October 2018.
Claiming Moral Superiority: Construction of External and Internal 'Others' in AKP's Discourses on Syrian Refugees, Paper Presentedat Center for Ideology and Discourse Analysis, University of Essex, February, 2018.
Historical Mission, National Pride and Moral Superiority: Construction of External and Internal 'Others' in AKP's Discourses on Syrian Refugees, Paper presented at METU-Kent Workshop on Population Movements in/from the Eastern Mediterranean, University of Kent, November 2017.
Discourses on Syrian Refugees in the Turkish Parliamentary Debates and Presidential Speeches, Paper presented at the Middle East and North Africa Research Cluster Annual Conference, Nottingham Trent University, May 2017.
(with Özlem Kayhan Pusane) How the Internet Has Turned into a Domain for Civil-Military Power Struggle in Turkey, Paper Presented at the 73rd Midwest Political Studies Association Conference, Chicago, April 2015.
(with Elif Çağlı) The Internet and Women's NGOs in Turkey: The case of Ka-Der, Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Conference of Political Studies Association, Cardiff, United Kingdom, April 2013.
(with Lawrence Pratchett) Citizenship in the Age of the Internet: A Comparison of Liberal-Individualist and Civic-Republican Traditions [İnternet Çağında Yurttaşlık: Liberal-Bireyci ve Sivil-Cumhuriyetçi Geleneklerin Karşılaştırılması], Küreselleşme, Yeni Eşitsizlikler ve Yurttaşlık Sempozyumu, Marmara Üniversitesi, March 2012.
İnternet ve Yurttaşlık Kavramının Dönüşümü [Internet and the Transformation of the Concept of Citizenship], Paper presented at the 16th Internet Conference, Ege Üniversitesi, İzmir, December 2011.
Türkiye’de Sayısal Bölünme [Digital Divide in Turkey], Paper presented at the 28th Informatics Conference, Ankara, October 2011.
The Implications of the Arab Spring for Turkish Foreign Policy in the Middle East, International Conference on "Iran, Turkey and the Arab Spring: Foreign Policy towards Recent Developments in the Middle East", University of Tehran, Center for Graduate Studies, May 2011.
(with Lawrence Pratchett) Electronic Citizenship in Britain and Turkey: Rights, Responsibilities, Liberties, Paper presented at the 69th Annual National Conference of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, March 2011.
(with Lawrence Pratchett) Citizenship in the Age of the Internet: A Comparative Analysis of Britain and Turkey, Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of Political Studies Association, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, April 2010.
The European Union as a Desecuritizer: Securitization and Desecuritization of Turkey’s Kurdish Question, Paper presented at the 58th Annual Conference of Political Studies Association, Swansea University, United Kingdom, April 2008.
Constitutional Dimension of the Parliamentary Elections in Turkey, Paper presented at Strategic Research Center, Tehran, December 2007.
Europeanization and Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Middle East: A process of desecuritization?, Paper presented at Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Meeting, Montreál, Canada, November 2007.
Securitization and desecuritization: Assessing the impact of the EU membership process on political culture in Turkey, Paper presented at European Political Science Network Plenary Conference “Europe Integration and/or Fragmentation”, University of Ljubljana, June 2007.
Europeanization in Turkey: Searching for Impacts on Foreign Policy, Paper presented at the European Political Science Network Pleanary Conference "Europe In Context: Debating the Project, Central European University, Budapest, June 2006.
(with Lawrence Pratchett) Enacting Electronic Democracy, Paper presented at the 55th Annual Conference of Political Studies Association, University of Leeds, April 2005.
The Internet and Citizens’ Participation: Exploring the Barriers to Reform, Congress on Political and Electoral Reforms at the Local Level, Universiteit Gent, Belgium, December 2004.
The Internet and Citizen Participation: How Institutional Environment Impacts upon the Strategy of a Local Authority? Paper presented at European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Marburg, Germany, September 2003.
The Use of the Internet for Citizen Participation: Enhancing Democratic Local Governance? Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Political Studies Association, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, April 2003.
Political Participation at the Local Level: New Challenges in Researching the Impacts of the Internet, Paper presented at the Central and Northern Universities Graduate Network Conference, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, November 2001.