Secularism
Identity Politics
Immigration
Multiculturalism
Constitutions
French politics
Turkish politics
Ongoing Research Projects:
"Politics of Multiculturalism, Religion and Diversity: A Comparison of France, Turkey and Germany", 2012-2013
Funded: Tübitak 2219
Host: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen
"Politics, Religion and Society before and through the 1980 Military Takeover in Turkey, 1975-1987, funded by the Boğaziçi University Research Fund 2012--
"Discriminatory and Multiculturalist Speech in the Turkish Media," funded by the Boğaziçi University Research Fund 2011--2012
"The Politics of Laiklik in the Writing of the 1961 Turkish Constitution," funded by the Boğaziçi University Research Fund 2010-2011
"The Guests Who Returned: Retired Memories of 'Europe' in Turkey," funded by the Boğaziçi University Research Fund 2006-2009
