Kemal Kirişci

CURRICULUM VITAE

Place/date of birth:     Bienne, 01/September/1954

DEGREES:

Ph.D. in International Relations, Department of Systems Science, The City University, London, 1986.

M.A. in International Relations, The University of Kent at Canterbury, England, 1979.

B.A. in Finance and Management, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 1976.

PRESENT POSITION:

Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair in European integration, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul.

Lecturer at training seminars organized for Turkish officials by the UNHCR and the Turkish Ministry of the Interior (1997 – ongoing)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, Washington DC (September 2009-July 2010).

Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa (2008-2009 academic year).

Director of European Studies Center and Jean Monnet Center of Excellence, Boğaziçi University, 2002-2008.

Faculty, Salzburg Seminar Session 440: Immigration and Inclusion: Rethinking National Identity, 27-30 March 2007.

Faculty, Salzburg Seminar Session 409: Migration, Race and Ethnicity in Europe, 17-24 June 2003.

Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, (December 1999-January 2002).

Member of the External Research Advisory Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (1996-2000).

Fulbright Scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota (March-July 1998)

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota (Winter Quarter, 1998).

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Center for Middle Eastern and North Africa Studies, University of Michigan (Fall, 1997 and Winter 1999).

Part-time faculty at the General Staff Armed Forces College, Istanbul (1992-1998, 1999-2004).

Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, (March - September 1994).

Assistant Director of the Institute of Social Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, (1992-1994).

Assistant Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, (1990 - 1992).

Adjunct Professor of International Relations, Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland, (1983- 1992).

Assistant Professor of International Relations, International Studies Division, American College of Switzerland, Leysin, Switzerland, (1989 - 1990).

Visiting Professor of International Relations, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri, (March - June 1988).

Lecturer in International Relations, The City University, London, 1985 to 1986.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

European Integration, European Asylum and Immigration Policies, International Relations Theory, International Organizations, International Politics of the Middle East, Government and Society in the Middle East, Turkish Foreign Policy, Diplomatic History since 1648, Introduction to Political Science, and Refugee Studies.

LANGUAGES:

Turkish, English, French and some German and Swedish.

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

Land of Diverse Migrations: Challenges of Emigration and Immigration in Turkey (co-edited with A. İçduygu) (Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2009)

Turkish Immigrants in the European Union: Determinants of Immigration and Integration (co-edited book with R.Erzan) (Routledge, London, 2007)

Turkey In World Politics: An Emerging Multi-Regional Power (Co-edited with B. Rubin (Lynne Reinner, Boulder, 2001).

The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in the Middle East (co-authored with A. Carkoğlu and M. Eder) (Routledge, London, 1998).

The Kurdish Question and Turkey: An Example of a Trans-State Ethnic Conflict (co-authored with G. Winrow) (Frank Cass, London, 1997).

The PLO and World Politics, (Frances Pinters, London, 1986).

Monographs:

Getting to Zero: Turkey, Its Neighborhood and the West (Transatlantic Academy, Washington DC, 2010) (Collaborative work)

Mirage or Reality: Post-National Turkey and its Implications for Immigration (CARIM Research Report 2009/14, European University Institute, The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence) (available at: http://cadmus.eui.eu/dspace/handle/1814/11415)

“Three Way Approach” to Meeting the Challenges of Migrant Incorporation in the European Union: Reflections from a Turkish Perspective, (CARIM Research Report 2008/3, European University Institute, The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence) (http://www.eui.eu/RSCAS/e-texts/CARIM_RR_2008_03.pdf)

“The Kurdish Question and Turkey: Future Challenges and prospect for a Solution”, ISPI - Working Paper  No. 24, (December 2007).  (http://www.ispionline.it/it/documents/wp_24_2007.pdf)

Border Management and EU-Turkish Relations: Convergence or Deadlock (CARIM Research Report 2007/03, European University Institute, Florence, 2007). Available at: http://cadmus.eui.eu/dspace/handle/1814/7988)

Turkish Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times (Chaillot Papers, No. 92, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris, September 2006).

Turkey in the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (Co-authored with J. Apap and S. Carrera) (EU-Turkey Working Papers, No: 3, August 2004, CEPS, Brussels, 2004).

Justice and Home Affairs Issues in EU-Turkish Relations (Monograph, TESEV, Istanbul, 2002).

Book chapters:

“Introduction: Turkey’s International Migration in Transition” in Land of Diverse Migrations: Challenges of Emigration and Immigration in Turkey (co-edited with A. İçduygu) (Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2009)

“Religion as an Argument in the Debate on Turkish EU Membership” in D. Jung and C. Raudvere (eds.) Religion, Politics and Turkey’s EU Accession (Palgrave/MacMillan, 2008)

“Turkey too Big, too Poor and too Different: Asset or Liability?” in C. Timmerman, Sara Mels and D. Rochtus (eds.) European and Turkish Voices in Favour and Against Turkish Accession to the European Union (Brussels: Peilang, 2008)

“Migration and National Identity” in Reşat Kasaba (ed.) Cambridge History of Turkey: Volume 4 (Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp. 175-198.

“Turkish asylum policy and human rights: Adjusting to international norms and EU accession requirements” in Z. Kabasakal-Arat (ed.) Human Rights Policies and Prospects in Turkey (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), pp. 170-183.

“Turkey: Political Dimension of Migration”, in P. Fargues (ed.), Mediterranean Migration 2006-2007 Report (CARIM, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, 2007).

“National Identity, Asylum and Immigration: EU as a vehicle of "post-national" transformation in Turkey” in Hans-Lukas Kieser (ed.) Turkey: Nationalism, Post-Nationalism and the European

Community (I.B. Taurus, 2006).

“The Hague Programme: Challenges of Turkish pre-accession in the area of asylum, migration and border control” in J. W. de Zwaan and F. A. Goudappel (eds.) Freedom, Security and Justice in the European Union (Asser Press, The Hague, 2006).

“Turkey: Political Dimension of Migration”, in P. Fargues (ed.), Mediterranean Migration Report 2005 (CARIM, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Florence, 2005).

“Turkey on the edges of the ‘Convention on the Future of Europe’” in S. Lucarelli and C. M. Radaelli (eds.) Mobilizing Politics and Society?: The EU Convention’s Impact on Southern Europe (Routledge, London, 2005).

“Turkey, the EU and the Middle East: Should Turkey come from Mars or Venus?” in A. Clesse and S. Taşhan (eds.) Turkey and the European Union: 2004 and beyond (Dutch University Press, Amsterdam, 2004).

“Asylum, Immigration and National Identity: Challenges to Turkish Harmonization of Policy and Practice with that of the EU” in N. Tocci and A. Evin (eds.) Towards Accession Negotiations: Turkey’s Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges Ahead (European University Institute, Florence, July 2004).

“Civil Society, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: Greek-Turkish Relations” (co-authored with Ali Çarkoğlu) in T. Belge (ed.) in Voices For The Future: Civic Dialogue Between Turks and Greeks (Istanbul Bilgi University Press, Istanbul, 2004)

“The Kurdish Question and Turkish Foreign Policy” in D. Kerides and L. Martin (eds.) The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy (M.I.T press, Cambridge, 2004).

“Turkish Asylum Practices in a European Perspective” in Emrehan Zeybekoğlu and Bo Johansson (eds.) Migration and Labour in Europe: Views from Turkey and Sweden (Şefik Matbaası, Istanbul, 2003).

“The Question of Asylum and Illegal Migration in European Union-Turkish Relations” in A. Çarkoğlu and B. Rubin (eds.) Turkey and the European Union: Domestic Politics, Economic Integration and International Dynamics (Frank Cass, London, 2003).

“Immigration and Asylum Issues in EU-Turkish Relations: Assessing EU’s Impact on Turkish Policy and Practice” in S. Lavenex and E. Uçarer (eds.) Migration and the Externalities of European Integration (Lexington Books, 2002).

“Evaluating the Question of Minorities in Turkey in the light of Turkish-EU Relations” in B. Duner (ed.) Turkey: the Road Ahead?” (The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, 2002)

“The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy Toward the Middle East” in B. Rubin and K. Kirisci (eds.) Turkey In World Politics: An Emerging Multi-Regional Power (Lynne Reinner, Boulder, 2001).

“U.S. and Turkish Relations: New Uncertainties in a Renewed Partnership” in B. Rubin and K. Kirisci (eds.) Turkey In World Politics: An Emerging Multi-Regional Power (Lynne Reinner, Boulder, 2001).

“Turkey and the Muslim Middle East” in A. Makovsky and S. Sayarı (eds.) Turkey’s New World: Changing Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy (The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington DC, 2000)

“Turkey and the United States: Ambivalent Allies” in T. Keaney and B. Rubin (eds.) Friends of America: U.S. Allies in a Changing World (Frank Cass, London, 2000).

"Turkey: Foreign Policy Making and the Mediterranean" in T. Couloumbis et al. (eds.) The Foreign Policies of the European Union`s Mediterranean States and Applicant Countries in the 1990s: A Comparative Analysis (Macmillan, London, 1999).

"Minority/Majority Discourse: The Case of the Kurds in Turkey" in D. Gladney (ed.) Making and Marking Majorities (Standford University Press, Stanford,1998).

“Turkey” in J. Hampton (ed.) Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey (Global IDP Survey, Earthscan Publications, London, 1998).

“Forced migration into, inside and out of Turkey” in W. Heller (ed.) Migration und sozioökonomische Transformation in Südosteuropa (Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft, München, 1997).

"Turkey and Economic Integration in the Middle East" in S. A. Salama (ed.) The Middle East Market: Is It The Only Choice? (Al-Ahram, Cairo, 1996) (in Arabic).

"New Patterns of Turkish Foreign Policy Behaviour" in C. Balım et al. (eds.) Turkey: Economic, Political and Foreign Policy Challenges for the 1990s (E. J. Brill, Leiden, 1995).

"Interdependence and Conflict in Afghanistan" in J. Rosenau and H. Tromp (eds.) Interdependence and Conflict in World Politics (Gower Publishing Company, Aldershot, England, 1989).

Journal and web articles:

“Harmonisation of Migration Policy and Turkey’s Security Challenges” EDAM Discussion Series, 2009/01 (available at: www.edam.org.tr)

“The transformation of Turkish foreign policy: the rise of the trading state” New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 40, (2009) pp. 29-57.

(available at: http://www.edam.org.tr/images/PDF/yayinlar/makaleler/npt_40_kemal_kirisc...

“Managing Irregular Migration in Turkey: A Political-Bureaucratic Perspective” Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration, (Analytical and Synthetic Notes 2008/61, Circular Migration, European University Institute, The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies).

“Informal circular migration into Turkey: The bureaucratic and political context” Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration, (Analytical and Synthetic Notes, Circular Migration, European University Institute, The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, May 2008),

available at http://www.carim.org/index.php?areaid=8&contentid=235.

“Turkey: A country of transition from Emigration to Immigration” Mediterranean Politics Vol. 12, No. 1 (March 2007).

“Introduction” and “Conclusion” to the Special Issue of Turkish Studies on “Determinants of Immigration and Integration of Turkish Immigrants in the European Union” (eds. together with R. Erzan), Vol. 7, No. 1 (March 2006).

“A friendlier Schengen visa system as a tool of “soft power”: The experience of Turkey” European Journal of Migration and Law Vol. 7, No. 4, (2005).

“Turkey and the European Union:  The Domestic Politics of Negotiating Pre-Accession”, Macalester International, Vol. 15, (Spring 2005).

“The December 2004 European Council Decision on Turkey: Is it an historic turning point? Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA), Vol. 8, No. 4 (December 2004) available from http://meria.idc.ac.il/, html version at http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2004/issue4/jv8no4a8.html

“Asylum, Immigration, Irregular migration and Internally Displacement in Turkey: Institutions, Policies and Analysis” Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration, (European University Institute, The Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, November 2004), available at http://www.carim.org/Social/TUR-INST01.asp

“Reconciling refugee rights with efforts to combat irregular migration: the case of the European Union and Turkey” Global Migration Perspectives, No. 11, October 2004, available at http://www.gcim.org/ir_gmp.htm

“Turkish Immigrants: Their Integration within the EU” (with Refik Erzan) Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3, Fall, 2004.

“Reconciling Refugee Protection with Combating Irregular Migration: Turkey and the EU” Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Vo. IX, No. 2, Summer 2004.

“Turkey on the edges of the ‘Convention on the Future of Europe’” (together with Zeynep Gülşah Capan) Journal of South European Society and Politics, Vol. 9, No. 1, (Spring 2004).

“Should Turks come from Mars or Venus?”, Bitterlemons-International, June 2004, Edition 22, Volume 2,  available at: http://www.bitterlemons-international.org/inside.php?id=174

“Perceptions of Greeks and Greek-Turkish rapprochement by the Turkish public” (co-authored with Ali Çarkoğlu) Turkish Studies, Vol. 5, No.1 (Spring 2004).

“Between Europe and the Middle East: The Transformation of Turkish Policy” Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA), Vol. 8, No. 1 (March 2004) available from  http://meria.idc.ac.il/

“Turkey: A Transformation from Emigration to Immigration” Migration Information Source: Country Profiles (Migration Policy Institute, Washington DC, November 2003,

available at: http://www.migrationinformation.org/Profiles/display.cfm?id=176

“The Question of Asylum and Illegal Migration in European Union-Turkish Relations” Turkish Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2003), pp. 79-106.

“Internationalism vs. Parochialism in the era of Globalization: Can the EU help the search for security in the Middle East?” Turkish Policy Quarterly Vol. 1, No. 4, Winter 2002.

“The ‘enduring rivalry’ between Greece and Turkey: can ‘democratic peace’ break it?” Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 2002, available at http://www.alternativesjournal.net/volume1/number1.htm

“UNHCR and Turkey: Cooperating towards an improved implementation of the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees” International Journal of Refugee Law, Vol. 13, No. 1/2, 2001.

“Disaggregating Turkish citizenship and immigration practices” Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 36, No. 3, July 2000.

“Asylum in Turkey: Forced migration from the Balkans to Turkey and the case of Kurdish refugees and internally displaced” (co-authored with Necmi Sönmez) AWR Bulletin, Vol. 36, No.4, (1998).

“Turkey and the United States: Ambivalent Allies” Middle East Review of International Affairs (Electronic Journal), Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1998.

“Turkish Security and the Middle East” Middle East Review of International Affairs (Electronic Journal), Vol. 1, No. 2, July 1997.

“Editorial Note: Symposium on International Migration and Turkey” Boğaziçi Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1-2, (1996).

"The Challenges of Terrorism: A Turkish Perspective" Foreign Policy (Ankara), Vol. 20, Nos. 3-4 (1996).

"`Coerced Immigrants`: Refugees of Turkish Origins since 1945" International Migration Vol. 34, No. 3 (1996).

"Is Turkey lifting the "geographical limitation"?: The November 1994 Regulation on Asylum in Turkey" International Journal of Refugee Law Vol. 8, No. 3, (1996).

"Refugee vs. State Security: The Case of Operation Provide Comfort" Refuge: Canada`s Periodical on Refugees Vol. 15, No. 3, (1996).

"Turkey and the Kurdish Safe-Haven in Northern Iraq" Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Volume 19, No. 3 (1996).

"Turkey in Search of Security in the Middle East: The Economic Dimension" Perceptions (Journal of International Affairs - Ankara), Volume 1, No. 1 (March-May 1996).

"Report on Recent Movements of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Illegal Immigrants into Turkey" (co-authored with Necmi Sönmez) AWR Bulletin, Vol. 33, No.4, (1995).

"Post Second World War Immigration From Balkan Countries to Turkey" New Perspectives on Turkey, Spring, 12 (1995).

"Provide Comfort or Trouble: Operation Provide Comfort and Turkish Foreign Policy" Turkish Review of Middle East Studies, (1994).

"`Provide Comfort` and Turkey: Decision Making for Refugee Assistance" Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement Vol. 2, No. 2, (Autumn 1993).

"The End of the Cold War and Changes in Turkish Foreign Policy Behavior", Foreign Policy (Ankara), Vol. 17, nos: 3-4, (1993).

"Introduction" and "Kurdish Ethnicity and Turkish Security" in Turkish Security Policy and the "Out of Area" Issue: Implications for NATO (co-authored project submitted to NATO, March 1993).

"Asylum Seekers and Human Rights in Turkey" Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights Vol. 10, No. 4, (1992).

"Refugee Movements and Turkey" International Migration Vol. 29, No. 4, (1991).

"The Legal Status of Asylum Seekers in Turkey: Problems and Prospects" International Journal of Refugee Law Vol. 3, No. 3, (1991).

"The Diplomatic Performance and Status of the Palestine Liberation Organization", Research Report IJA, No. 1, (1988).

PUBLICATIONS FORTHCOMING:

“Turkey’s Kurdish Challenge” in G. Stansfield and R. Lowe The Kurdish Policy Imperative (forthcoming, Chatham House, London)

“A ‘three way approach’ to incorporating Muslim immigrants in the EU: A Turkish perspective” International Journal of Multicultural Societies (forthcoming summer 2010)

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

“Democracy diffusion in the Middle East: Is there a role for Turkey?” presentation at the conference on Turkey’s emerging role in its neighborhood, Northwestern University, Evanston, 17 May 2010

“Democracy diffusion: the Turkish experience” draft paper to be presented at the Council of European Studies Conference, 15 April 2010, Montreal

“A New Perspective on Democracy Assistance: Lessons Learned from the Turkish Experience” draft Paper prepared for presentation at the panel on “Turkish Soft Power? Historical and Contemporary Influences on Turkish Foreign Policy” ISA Convention 2010, New Orleans, 18 February 2010.

“The transformation of Turkish foreign policy: The rise of the trading state”, presentation prepared for the conference on “Transformation of Turkish foreign policy”, London School of Economics, 4 December 2009

“Turkish-Syrian Relations and the Middle East” talk presented at Damascus University, Damascus, 12 November 2009

“Civilianizing Turkish foreign policy: the role of civil society in Turkey’s relations with its neighborhood” Paper prepared for the conference on Turkey and the Middle East 10-11 November 2009, the Aqqad House, the Danish Institute in Damascus

“A critical assessment of Turkey’s ‘New’ Foreign Policy” presentation delivered at GSPIA and CIPS at Ottawa University, 25 March 2009.

Presentation at the panel on “ESDP and the Outsiders” at the Conference on Saint Malo + 10: Is the ESDP Capable and Credible?, Donald Gordon Conference Center, Queen’s University, Kingston, 4 December 2008.

“Turkey’s Kurdish Challenge: Renegotiating the State, the Nation and the Neighborhood” presentation delivered at the Department of Political Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, 20 November 2008.

Participant at the panel “Turkey’s Challenges and Opportunities and Its Region: Iraq, Iran, the Caucasus and the EU Process” at the Conference on Turkey, the Region and US-Turkish Relations: Assessing the Challenges and Prospects, Brookings and SETA, University of California Washington Center, Washington DC, 28 October 2008.

“Controlling Extra-EU Transnational Mobility as a Source of Insecurity between the EU and Transit Migration Countries” paper presented at the Conference on Transnational Europe: Promise, Paradox, Limits, Carleton University, Ottawa, 17-18 October, 2008.

Participant at the panel on “Repercussions of the War in Iraq: Intended and Unintended Consequences” at the Conference on Reconfiguring a Region: Opportunities and Challenges in the Middle East, Yale University, 26-27 September 2008.

“The European Union’s common immigration policy: Calling for partnerships with third countries but seeking security unilaterally” paper delivered at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, 28-31 August 2008.

“Managing irregular migration: The Turkish experience” Paper prepared for the Thematic Session on Irregular Migration into and through Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries, CARIM, European University Institute, Florence, 6-8 July 2008.

“Turkish bureaucratic and Public Attitudes on Turkey’s Accession to the EU” presentation at the conference on The EU-membership and non EU-membership alternatives for Turkey organized by the Open Society Institute Sofia, 19-20 April 2008.

“How Would Membership Affect Population Movements Within the EU?” paper presented at the 908th Wilton Park Conference on Turkey’s Accession Process to the European Union held in Istanbul, 31 March – 3 April 2008.

“Democracy, pluralism and the challenges of Turkish accession to the EU” paper prepared for the conference on Turkey in Motion held at the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination of Princeton University, 28-29 February 2008

“Transformation of Turkish foreign policy and the rise of the trading state” presentation at the conference on Options for an International Trade and Investement Strategy for Turkey in the Next Decade, organized by DEIK and TEPAV, Antalya, 9 February 2008.

“Informal “circular migration” into Turkey: The bureaucratic and political context” paper presented at the seminar on Circular Migration from Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries: Experiences, Opportunities and Constraints  at CARIM, European University Institute 28-29 January 2008.

“New Cold Wars? Civilization discourse and beyond” paper to presented at the conference on Expanding Horizons – Challenges, Solidarities, Resistances, Lisbon, 30 November 2007

“Turkey’s European Journey” presentation at the seminar organized by the European Institute at the London School of Economics, 22 November 2007.

“European Union Common Asylum and Migration Policies” presentation at the Refugees Management in PSO Course, Gendarmerie Schools Command, Ankara, 12-16 November 2007.

“European Union and Turkish Relations: Challenges and Prospects” presentation at the National Europe Centre, Australian National University, 9 October 2007.

“Turkish Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times” presentation at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, 8 October 2007.

“Muslim immigrants and challenges of incorporation in Europe: a three way approach to managing hybrid societies” paper presented at the conference on Immigrants as Citizens: Transnationalism and Incorporation as Future Directions in Turkish Relations with Australia, Europe and North America, University of Sydney, 6-7 October 2007.

“Turkey’s EU Transformation: Challenges and Prospects Ahead” presentation at the 6th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium, Istanbul, 2 October 2007

“Challenges for Europe, Russia and FSU Republics” participant at the Chatham House Working Group on Challenges for Europe, Eurasia  and the Other Former Soviet States, 27-28 June 2007, Chatham House, London.

“The limits of conditionality and Europeanization: Turkey’s dilemmas in adopting the EU acquis on asylum” draft paper prepared for the panel on “Immigration, asylum and supranational governance: Implications of Europeanization” at the EUSA Tenth Biennial International Conference, Montreal, 17-19 May 2007.

“Turkey’s European Transformation and its Impact on Regional Security” presentation at the Centre for International Studies, Queens University, Kingston, 17 May 2007.

Turkey: Elections, the EU, the Kurds and the Future of Islamist Governance” presentation at the seminar on “Turkey at a turning point: The battle for Turkey’s soul” at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Washington DC, 15 May 2007.

“Turkish Foreign Policy ‘Without’ a New President” presentation at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington DC, 14 May 2007.

“What is Turkey’s Place in Europe? European Contestation of Turkish Membership” paper presented at the conference on Turkey and Israel – A Comparative Analysis, Tel Aviv University, 30 April 2007.

“The Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey and its relations to the European Union” presentation to the 21th International Training Course in Security Policy, Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, 8 March 2007.

“Immigration Issues in EU-Turkish Relations: Harmonization or Externalization?” presentation at the Centre for European Studies and the Institute of European and Russian Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, 12 February 2007.

“Religion as an argument in the Debate on Turkish Membership” paper presented at the conference on Turkey: An International Crossroads, 12th Annual International Studies Symposium, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, 10 February 2007.

“Religion as an argument in the Debate on Turkish Membership” paper presented at the conference on Turkey in Europe, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, 18-20 January 2007.

“The challenges of Europeanization without membership: the case of Turkish immigration policy” presentation at the European University Institute Migration Program, Florence, 6 December 2006.

“Turkey and the EU: Turkey’s Perspective” presentation at the seminar series on Turkey and Europe, University Helsinki, 27 November 2006.

“EU-Turkish Relations: A traincrash vs full-steam ahead” Department of Political Science, Montreal University, Montreal, 23 November 2006.

“Harmonization or externalization: Asylum and irregular migration issues in EU-Turkish relations” presentation at CERIUM, University of Montreal, Montreal, 22 November 2006, video recording at: http://www.cerium.ca/article3494.html

“Turkish Pre-Accession to the European Union and the Dynamics of Domestic Politics” presentation at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, 21 November 2006.

“The Quest for ‘Democratic Peace’ in the Middle East: Can Turkey’s EU Vocation Help?” paper presented at the Middle East Studies Association Annual Conference, Boston, 18-21 November 2006.

“Turkish Foreign Policy in Turbulent Times” presentation at the JFK School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, 20 November 2006.

“Turkey’s foreign policy in turbulent times: the EU dimension” presentation at the Elliott School of International Affairs, GWU, Washington DC, 16 November 2006.

“Will Turkey ever become a member of the European Union?” presentation at the European Institute, Basel University, 23 October 2006.

“Limits of Conditionality and Europeanization: Turkey’s dilemma ‘To Lift or Not to Lift’ the Geographical Limitation to the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees” paper prepared for the European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on EU Politics, Third Pan-European Conference, Bilgi University, Istanbul, 21-23 September 2006.

“State of the EU-Turkey relations: alternative point of view” presentation at the EU lobbyists and refugee coordinators meetings of Amnesty International, 13-15 September 2006, Istanbul.

“Consequences of Turkish membership for the EU and its neighborhood” paper prepared for the conference on Caspian Outlook 2008, Bled Strategic Forum, Bled, 27-28 August 2006.

“Limits of Conditionality: Challenges to Harmonizing Turkish Refugees Policy to the EU Acquis” paper presented for The 5th  METU International Relations Conference, Ankara, 15-17 July 2006.

“Turkey’s immigration and emigration dilemmas at the gate of the European Union” paper presented together with Gamze Avcı at the conference on Migration and Development Challenges: Perspectives from the South, Bellagio, Italy, 10-13 July 2006.

“The Transformation of Turkey and Pre-Accession to the European Union: Challenges, Opportunities and Tasks” presentation at the Euromediterranean School of Law and Politics, Lecce University, Lecce, 28 June 2006.

“Turkey too big, too poor and too different: asset or liability” paper presented at the conference on Four voices: Turkey’s Accession to the European Union”, ACSIA Workshop, Antwerp University, Antwerp, 9-10 June 2006.

“Consequences of Turkish membership for the EU and its neighborhood” paper presented to the conference on Where next for Europe?, The Finnish Institute of International Relations, Helsinki, 13 June 2006.

“Turkey too big, too poor and too different: asset or liability” paper presented to the conference on Four Voices: Turkish Accession to the European Union, UCSIA, Antwerp University, 8-10 June 2006.

“Kantiniazation of Turkish foreign policy: Constructing a zone of democratic peace in Turkey’s region?” presentation to the conference on Decoding Modern Turkey and the Greek European Experience, EKEM, Athens, 10 May 2006.

“The Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey and its relations to the European Union” presentation to the 20th International Training Course in Security Policy, Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, 9 March 2006

“Challenges for Europe, Russia and FSU Republics” talking points presented at the Chatham House Working Group on Challenges for Europe, Eurasia  and the Other Former Soviet States, 11-12 January 2006, Chatham House, London.

“Transforming ‘hearts and minds’ in EU-Turkish relations and expanding the zone of ‘democratic peace’: Challenges, Opportunities and Tasks ahead” Draft paper prepared for the conference Portugal in Europe and in the World: 25 Years Foreign and Security Policy, IEEI, Lisbon, 5-6 December 2005

“The role of the European Union in EU-Turkish relations” presentation at the closing seminar of the EU Framework Five Research project EUBORDERCONF led by Birmingham University, Brussels, 25 November 2005.

Participant at the workshop on Governance and the Military: Perspectives for Change in Turkey  organized by Center for European Studies (Brüksel) ile Istanbul Policy, Ankara, 15-16 November 2005.

“Turkish Perspective” presentation at the workshop on “Iran’s Role in the Greater Middle East: Options for a Transatlantic Approach” organized by the Center for European Policy Centre, Brussels, 3-4 November 2005.

“Turkey and migration” presentation at the seminar of Euro-Mediterranean Consortium for Applied Research on International Migration, European University Institute, Florence, 19-20 October 2005.

“Migration issues in EU-Turkish Relations” presentation at the conference on Societe, Droit et Religion en Europe, University of Robert Schuman, Strasbourg 7-9 July 2005

‘To Lift or Not to Lift’ the Geographical Limitation to the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees: Turkey’s Pre-accession to the EU and Asylum”, Draft paper prepared for The 4th  METU International Relations Conference, Ankara, 30 June – 2 July 2005

“The Hague Programme: Challenges of Turkish pre-accession in the area of asylum, migration and border control” discussion points prepared for the Conference The Implementation of the Hague Programme, 23-24 June 2005, Rotterdam

Presentation and participant at the Conference on ESDP and the Mediterranean: prospects for the security dialogue of the Barcelona process, EU-ISS, Paris, 10 May 2005.

“Turkey’s Pre-Accession: The Pumpy Road to European Union Membership”, presentation at Macalester College, St. Paul, 5 April 2005

“Turkish Accession to the EU: A Trojan Horse or a Partner in Expanding Democratic Peace”, presentation to the European Studies Consortium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 4 April 2005

“A friendlier Schengen visa system as a tool of “soft power”: The experience of Turkey” Draft paper prepared for presentation at the 2005 Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, 31 March – 2 April 2005, Austin, Texas

“Turkey and the European Union: A Clash or a Mesh of Civilizations” presentation at Trinity University, San Antonio, 30 March 2005

“Is Turkey a European Country: Framing the debate on Turkey’s EU Membership?” Presentation at the Cox International Center, Georgia University, Athens, 29 March 2005

“Turkey a separate world or a new borderline for Europe?” presentation at the Conference on European Union and Turkey: towards a new perspective, Brindisi, 11 March 2005

“The Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey and its relations to the European Union” presentation to the 19th International Training Course in Security Policy, Geneva Center for Security Policy, Geneva, 10 March 2005

“Asylum: EU Process and Turkey” ICMC Seminar on Asylum Law for the Police, Baltalimani, Istanbul, 8 March 2005

“Perspectives from Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom” presentations at the Wilton Park Conference on Cyprus: The Way Forward, Larnaca, 7-10 February 2005

“Challenges for Europe, Russia and FSU Republics” talking points presented at the Chatham House Working Group on Challenges for Europe, Eurasia  and the Other Former Soviet States, 15-16 December 2004, Chatham House, London.

Participant at the Regional Hearing for Europe, Global Commission on International Migration, Budapest, 25-26 November 2004.

“Is Turkey a European Country?” presentation at the conference on Turkey – the European Perspective organized by Fundacja Unia&Polska, Warsaw, 8-9 November 2004.

“Old and new patterns of immigration into Turkey: EU as a vehicle of "post-national" transformation in Turkey” draft paper presented at on Turkey – Towards Post Nationalism, Basel, 14-16 October 2004.

“Turkey’s Pre-Accession and Immigration Issues” draft paper presented at the conference on Population Challenges, International Migration and Reproductive Health in Turkey and the European Union: Issues and Policy Implications, Istanbul, 11-12 October 2004.

“Harmonizing Turkish Immigration Policies with the EU: the challenges ahead” paper presented for the conference on Immigration Issues in European Union-Turkish Relations: Determinants of Immigration and Integration, 8-9 October 2004, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

“Reconciling refugee protection with combating irregular migration: Turkey and the EU” paper prepared for the Council of Europe Regional Conference on Migrants in transit countries: sharing responsibility for management and protection”, İstanbul, 30 September – 1 October 2004

“Assessing Turkey’s accession to the European Union: A Trojan Horse or a partner for expanding ‘democratic peace’” draft paper presented at the conference on Solidarity in Europe: Are Migration and Enlargement Real Challenges?, 23-25 September 2004, University of Antwerp, Antwerp

“Immigration in the 21st Century: What are the challenges and how might it be managed?” lecture at the Wharton Fellows Seminar on Toward a New Europe, Prague, 12-14 September, 2004

“Turkey: Challenges of Harmonizing Immigration Policies with the EU” draft paper prepared for the Dialogues session on Emerging Countries of Immigration at the HMI World Congress Human Movements and Immigration, Barcelona, 1-5 September 2004

“Turkey, the EU and the Middle East: Can Turkey help with democratization in the Middle East?” draft paper prepared for the workshop on Turkey’s World in the Early Twenty-First Century, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 16-17 August 2004

“The Domestic Politics of Negotiating Turkey’s Pre-Accession” draft paper prepared for the Second Pan-European Conference on EU Politics: Implications of a Wider Europe, 24-26 June 2004, Bologna, Italy

“Challenges for Europe, Russia and FSU Republics” talking points presented at the Chatham House Working Group on Challenges for Europe, Eurasia  and the Other Former Soviet States, 2-3 June 2004, Chatham House, London.

“Turkey, the EU and the Middle East: Should Turks come from Mars or Venus?” draft paper prepared for the Third METU Conference themed “Europe in Changing World” 24-26 May 2004, Ankara.

Presentation at the “New Horizons for Turkish Foreign Policy” conference organized by the Boğaziçi Yöneticler Vakfı, 22 May 2004, Dedeman Hotel, Istanbul.

“Democracy Without Borders?” presentation at the conference on Tomorrow’s Europe: Democracy Without Borders?, organized by the European Association of Political Consultants, 6-8 May 2004, Istanbul.

Presentation to the session on “Main obstacles to a peaceful reconstruction of the Middle East: Israel-Palestine, Iraq, Iran” at the EUISS Seminar on Options For the Greater Middle East, Paris, 3 May 2004.

“Turkey: A NATO country between the EU and the Middle East” draft paper presentation at the Royal Danish Defense College, Copenhagen, 23 April 2004.

“The Eastern Mediterranean: Stakes, Pitfalls and Opportunity for Peace” presentation to the 19th International Training Course in Security Policy, Geneva Center for Security Policy, 4 March 2004, Geneva.

“La Turquie et le Greater Middle East” debate participant, organized by the Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales, Paris, 7 April 2004

“Dynamique des reformes en cours et perspectives politiques” presentation at the Fifth French-Turkish Strategy Meeting, organized by IRIS and SAM, 6 April 2004, Goethe Institute, Paris

“How would Turkish membership affect population movements and social integration within the EU?” draft paper presentation at the Wilton Park conference on Turkey, and Its Prospects for Accession to the European Union, 23-26 March 2004, Istanbul

“Un Nouveau Pays d’Immigration aux Portes  de l’Union Europeenne: L’Identite Nationale, la Politique d’Asile et l’Immigration Turque” paper presented at INED, Paris, 15 January 2004

“Spain, Turkey, Europe : From Confrontation to Integration” debate participant, organized by the FAES Foundation, Madrid, 23 December 2003.

“Turkey between the Middle East and Europe: Assessing the impact of the aftermath of the US intervention in Iraq on Turkey and Turkish foreign policy” draft paper prepared for presentation at IFRI, Paris, 12 December 2003

“Europe and the FSU Recent Developments” talking points presented at the Chatham House Working Group on Challenges for Europe, Eurasia  and the Other Former Soviet States, 10-11 December 2003, Chatham House, London.

“Turkey’s Justice and Home Affairs Issues in EU Candidacy Process” presentation prepared for the conference on Turkey in the Aftermath of the War in Iraq, 8 December 2003, Tel Aviv University

“Harmonizing Turkish asylum and immigration policy with the EU: Civic and Human Rights Approach vs. Security Approach” presentation prepared for the Session on Demographic Impact: Migration at the conference on Turkey and the EU, From Association to Accession?, 6-7 November 2003, Amsterdam

“Asylum, Immigration and National Identity: Challenges to Turkish Harmonization of Policy and Practice with that of the EU” paper prepared for presentation for the Third Annual EU-Turkey Conference, Siena, 20-21 October 2003.

Conference on Turkey and the European Union: 2004 and Beyond, participant, Luxembourg Institute for European and International Relations, 3-4 October 2003.

“Old and New Patterns of Immigration and Turkey’s national identity” paper presented for at the conference on Türk(iye) Kültürleri 3-5 September 2003, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van

“The West and Its Institutions: Losing Allies but Gaining Converts – the case of Turkey” paper presented at the conference on Geopolitical Change, the Use of Force, and New Strategic Doctrines, 12-14 September 2004, Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, Virginia.

“Europe and the FSU After the Iraqi Conflict” talking points presented at the Chatham House Working Group on Challenges for Europe, Eurasia  and the Other Former Soviet States, 11-12 June 2003, Chatham House, London.

“Two Level Diplomatic Games: The role of Public Opinion in Greek-Turkish Relations” Presentation at the conference on The Future of Greek-Turkish Relations  and the European Union: Problem and Perspectives, HEI, Geneva, 20 May 2003.

“Can the EU help to reconcile Greece and Turkey?” Presentation at the conference on Guerre-Paix-Avenir, Centre Culturel Francaiş, İzmir, 28 May 2003.

“Religiosity and Foreign Policy Preferences in Turkey” Presentation at the conference on The Religious Dimension in World Politics, May 21-22, 2003, BESA, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv

“Turkey’s encounter with Europe and Its attitudes toward Greece and Cyprus” presentation at the conference on Cyprus’s European Accession and the Greek-Turkish Rivalry, April 4-6, 2003, Yale University, New Haven.

“Country Report: Turkey” paper presented at the Conference on the “Past, Present and Future of European East-West Migrations: Old Predicaments and New Challenges”, 10-12 April 2003, Center for International Organizations, Warsaw.

“War in Iraq and the Future of Turkish-American Relations” Presentation at Rayburn House Office Building, the US Congress, Washington DC, 4 April 2003.

“Two Level Diplomatic Games: The role of Public Opinion in Greek-Turkish Relations” presentation for the Study Group on Modern Turkey, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1 April 2003

“The Eastern Mediterranean: Stakes, Pitfalls and Opportunity for Peace” presentation to the 17th International Training Course in Security Policy, Geneva Center for Security Policy, 27 March 2003, Geneva.

“Implication of the War on Terrorism/Iraq for Europe and the FSU” talking points presented at Working Group on Challenges for Europe, Russia and the Other Former Soviet States, 19-20 November 2002, Chatham House, London

“Internationalism vs. Parochialism in the era of Globalization: Can the EU help the search for security in the Middle East?” paper prepared for the Seminar on Mideast Regional Security Dilemmas: Searching for Solutions, Athens, Greece, October 5-8, 2002

“Old and New Patterns of Immigration and Turkey’s national identity” paper prepared for presentation at the workshop on Migration Research in Turkey, 6-7 September 2002, Centre for European Studies, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

“In a Globalizing World Reconciling National Security with Refugee Rights: Fortress Europe or Friendly Schengen?” paper presented at the METU Conference on International Relations, 3-5 July 2002, METU, Ankara.

“The Question of Cyprus and Turkish Public Opinion” presentation prepared for the conference on Cyprus’s accession to the European Union, 4 May 2002, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul.

“Justice and Home Affairs Issues in EU-Turkish Relations” presentation made at the Center for European Policy Studies, 22 March 2002, Brussels.

“Hobbes, Locke, Kant and the Security Malaise in the Middle East” paper presented at the conference on Mideast Regional Security in a Transitional Era Istanbul, Turkey, 6-9 January 2002.

“EU-Turkey Labaratory/Cyprus: the next stage”, 2nd Meeting, 14-15 December 2001, The European University Institute, Florence.

“Problems of Refugees: Importance and Relevance for the Black Sea Region” presentation delivered at the conference Coping with New Security Threats in the Black Sea Region co-organized by the EastWest Institute and the ICBSS, Athens, 27-29 November 2001.

“Turkey and Europe: Prospects for the Near Future” presentation delivered at the Annual Convention of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations, Washington DC, 2-3 November 2001.

“Evaluating the Question of Minorities in Turkey in the light of Turkish-EU Relations” paper prepared for presentation at the conference Turkey, the road ahead? The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, 25-26 October 2001.

“Egyptian-Turkish Second Track Diplomacy Meeting” Ankara Palas State Guest House, 30 January 2001.

“UNHCR and Turkey: Nudging Turkey towards a better implementation of the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees” paper prepared for presentation at the 7th IRAP Conference The Refugee Convention at 50, 8-11 January 2001, Eskom Conference Center, South Africa

“Turkey and its Foreign Policy in the New Millennium” presentation made to a seminar at the South African Institute of International Affairs, 9 January 2001,University of Witwatersrand, Johanesburg.

“Notions of citizenship and practices of immigration in Turkey” presentation made to the Study Group on Modern Turkey, 18 October 2000, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Harvard University.

“Turkish Perception of Gulf Security: a strategic overview of relations between Turkey and Turkey’s Middle Eastern Neighbors” presentation made at the Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defence University, 20 October 2000, Washington DC.

Participant at Taking Stock of the Middle East Peace Process and Post-Peace Process, Muscat, Oman, 17-22 September 2000.

“Betraying a civic definition of Turkish citizenship: the case of Kurds in the early Republican era (1923-1938)” draft paper prepared for presentation at the International Conference on Citizenship, State, and Identity in a Globalizing World, 1-3 June 2000, Bilkent University, Ankara

“Turkey’s threat perceptions and the search for a security regime in the Middle East”, Draft paper prepared for submission at the Workshop on Promoting Regional Security in the Middle East, 29-30 March 2000, Cairo.

“Turkish Foreign Policy and the European Union” paper presented at the conference on Turkey in the European Union: A Question of Image or Governance? organized by the Center for European Studies (CES), Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 3 December 1999.

Participant at Workshop on Promoting Regional Security in the Middle East, Cairo, 2-3 November 1999.

“The ‘enduring rivalry’ between Greece and Turkey: can ‘demoratic peace’ break it?” Draft paper prepared for the panel on “Greece – Turkey: Prospects for Cooperation or Confrontation?” at the Halki International Seminar on The Emerging Security Environment in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea to be held from September 12 - 16, 1999 on the Dodecanese island of Halki.

“Geo-strategic allies in a relationship of ambivalence: evaluating American-Turkish relations towards the year 2000” paper presented at the conference on America’s Allies in a Changing World 9-10 November 1998, BESA, Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv.

“Turkish foreign policy and the Kurdish problem” paper presented at the conference on The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy, October 24-25 October 1998, Harvard University, Center for Middle East Studies.

“Report on Turkey: asylum in Turkey, forced migration from the Balkans to Turkey and the case of Kurdish refugees and internally displaced” Paper co-prepared with Necmi Sonmez for the 48th Congress of the A.W.R., Gorizia, Italy, 28-30 September 1998.

“Ethnicity and Turkish Foreign Policy” co-authored with Martin Sampson and presented at the conference on Communal Identity and Foreign Policy in the Middle East, University of Maryland, 11 June 1998.

“Turkish-Arab Relations: Current Turkish Policies and Future Prospects” paper presented at conference on Turkish Foreign Policy Toward the 21st Century: Policy Implications for the U.S. and the Region, The Washington Institute for Near East Studies, 6-7 April 1998.

“Emerging Patterns of Regional Security and Cooperation in the Middle East” paper presented at the ISA Annual Convention, 18-22 April 1998, Minneapolis.

“Mixing and Unmixing People: Migration, Nation-building, and the Roots of the Kurdish Problem in Turkey” presentation to the International Center for Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship, New School for Social Research, 9 April 1997.

"Democratic Peace and Cooperation in the Middle East: A Preliminary Model for Cooperation Among `Like-Minded` Countries" Paper prepared for the 31st Annual Meeting of MESA, 22-24 November 1997, San Fransico.

"Constructing Majorities in Turkey: The Making of the `Mountain Turks`" Presentation to the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies and the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 13 November 1997.

"Causes and Consequences of the Kurdish Problem" Presentation at Seminar XXI on Ethnic Conflict, 3-5 October 1997, Airlie House, Virginia.

“Post Gulf War Politics and Prospects of Political Cooperation in the Middle East” Paper prepared for the 38th Annual ISA Convention Coping with Insecurity: Threats more than Enemies, Toronto, Canada, 18-22 March 1997.

"Post Cold-War Turkish Security and the Middle East" Paper prepared for the Conference on Israel and Turkey Current Politics and Foreign Policy, Tel Aviv, BESA Center, 14-15 January 1997.

"Forced Migration into, out of and inside Turkey" Paper prepared for the Conference on Migration and Socio-Economic Transformation in South-East Europe, Potsdam, Potsdam University, 18-21 September 1996.

"Migration and security in Turkey" Paper presented for the Conference on Migration and Security in the Black Sea Region, Bogazici University, Istanbul, 13-14 September 1996.

"A Mediterranean Pact of Stability: A Turkish Perspective" Paper prepared for the Conference on Mediterranee: Quelles Propositions pour le Pacte de Stabilite?, Marseille, FMES, 20-22 June 1996.

"The Challenges of Terrorism" Trilateral Colloqium, 20-21 May 1996, BESA, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv.

"Turkey in Search of Security in the Middle East: The Economic Dimension" Paper prepared for the Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, Washington D.C., 6-10 December 1995.

"Ethnicity and Civil Society: the case of Kurds in Turkey" paper presented at the Fourth General Assembly of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 19-22 October 1995.

"Minority and Majority Discourse: the Case of Kurds in Turkey" Paper prepared for the Conference on Configuring Minority/ Majority Discourse: Problematizing Multiculturalism East-West Centre, Honolulu, 11-12 August 1994.

"Provide Comfort or Trouble: Kurdish Ethnicity and Turkish Foreign Policy" paper prepared for the Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, Research Triangle, North Carolina, 11-14 November.

"New Patterns of Turkish Foreign Policy Behaviour" Conference on Change in Modern Turkey: Politics, Economy, and Society Manchester University, England, 4-5 May 1993.

"Iraqi Kurds in Turkey: Decision Making for Refugee Assistance" paper prepared for the Annual Convention of the International Studies, Acapulco, Mexico, 23-27 March 1993.

"Contemporary Turkish Refugee Problems: A research Outline" prepared for European Development Institutes, Working Group on Refugees Geneva, 14-16 February 1991.

"The Dynamics of Protest in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip: an International Political Perspective" paper prepared for the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, London, 28 March - 4 April 1989.

PUBLICATIONS IN TURKISH

“Yumuşak Güç Aracı Olarak Daha Dostça bir Şengen Vize Sistemi: Türkiye’nin Deneyimi” Uluslararası İlişkiler, Vol. 4, No. 13, Spring 2007.

“Türkiye ve Avrupa Birliği: Katılım Öncesi Dönemin İç ve Dış Politika Dinamikleri” Uluslararası İlişkiler, Vol. 2, No. 8, Winter 2005-2006.

“Eski ve yeni göç modelleri ile Türkiye’nin ulusal kimliği” in G. Pultar and T. Erman (eds.) Türk(iye) Kültürleri (Tetragon, Istanbul, 2005).

“Sivil Toplum, Kamuoyu ve Dış Politika: Türk-Yunan İlişkileri” (co-authored with Ali Çarkoğlu) in T. Belge (ed.) in Geleceğin Sesi: Türk-Yunan Yurttaş Diyaloğu (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press, 2004).

“ABD, Ana Taşıyıcı Kolonları Yıktı” NPQ Türkiye, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2003.

Günümüzde Türkiye’nin Dış Politikası, editted with Barry Rubin, (Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi, 2002).

“Zorunlu Göç ve Türkiye” in Sığınmacı, Mülteci ve Göç Konularına İlişkin Türkiye’deki Yargı Kararları (Birleşmiş Milletler Mülteciler Yüksek Komiserliği, Ankara, 2000).

“İki Bloklu Sistemde Türkiye’nin İzlediği Politika ve Sonuçları” in 21 nci Yüzyılın ilk Çeyreğinde Türkiye’nin Genel Vizyonu Politikası ve Stratejisi, 07-08 Aralık 1999: Bildiriler, Soru – Cevaplar, Katkılar ve Konuşma Metinleri (Harp Akademileri Basım Evi, İstanbul, 2000).

“Türkiye’ye Yönelik Göç Hareketlerinin Değerlendirilmesi”,  in Z. Bora (ed.) Bilanço 1923-1998: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti’nin 75 Yılına Toplu Bakış (Volume 1) (Tarih Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul, 1999).

"Orta Doğu`da Siyasi Işbirliği ve Ekonomik Bütünleşme: Türkiye`nin Bölgesel Orta ve Uzun Dönem Politika Analizi" co-authored with A. Carkoğlu and M. Eder (Report in Turkish prepared for the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, Istanbul, 1998)

Kürt Sorunu: Kökeni ve Gelişimi (co-authored with G. Winrow) (Tarih Vakfi, Istanbul, 1997).

“Sivil Toplum ve Birey: Helsinki Yurttaslar Dernegi’nin ‘Yerel Yönetimlerde Yurttas Katılımı’ Projesi Üstüne Düşünçeler” in Yurtaş Katılımı: Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları ve Yerel Yönetimler Arasında Ortaklık ve Işbirliği (Helsinki Yurttaslar Derneği, 1997, Istanbul).

"Türkiye ve Kuzey Irak`taki Kürt Güvenli Bölgesi" Avrasya Dosyası Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1996.

"Huzur mu Huzursuzluk mu: Cekic Güç ve Türk Dış Politikası" in F. Sönmezoğlu (ed.) Türk Dış Politikası`nin Analizi (Der Yayınları, 1994, Istanbul).

"Uluslararası Sistemdeki Değişmeler ve Türk Dış Politikasının Yeni Yönelimleri" in F. Sönmezoğlu (ed.) (1994).

RESEARCH AWARDS

Open Society Institute, “Immigration Issues in EU-Turkish Relations” June 2003 – June 2005 (Group Project)

Boğaziçi University Outstanding Achievement in Research Award 2002

Boğaziçi University Research Foundation, “Public Opinion Survey on Turkish Foreign Policy”, October 2001-October 2002 (Group project).

United States Institute of Peace – “The Role of Public Opinion in Greek-Turkish Relations” August 2001-September 2002 (Group project).

Boğaziçi University Research Foundation, “Identities in Question: Greek-Turkish Relations in a Period of Transformation?”, February 2001-February 2002 (Group project director).

Fulbright grant "U.S. Foreign Policy and Human Rights: the Case of Turkey" - April - July 1998.

International Organization for Migration - "Migration and Security in the Black Sea Region" (Grant to organize an international workshop) – 1996.

Boğaziçi University Research Foundation - "Forced Migration and Turkey" - (1995-96).

The Turkish Social and Economic Studies Foundation - "Political Cooperation and Economic Integration in the Middle East" - 1995-96 (Group project).

United States Institute of Peace - "Turkey and the Kurds: An Example of a Trans-State Ethnic Conflict" - 1993-95 (Group project).

NATO Group Research Grants - "Turkish Foreign Policy and the `Out of Area` Issue: Implications for NATO" - 1991-92 (Group project)

Boğaziçi University Alumni Association - "Changing Patterns of Turkish Foreign Policy Behaviour" - 1991-92