Check my CV for books, opinion pieces, book reviews, and other scholarly activities.
Subnational Unit Proliferation in Parliamentary Systems (Revise and Resubmit)
Sacred Geography: A Spatial Analysis of Sufi Shrine Density and its Political implications in Turkey (working paper)
Sufi Paths to Power: Religion and International Order (Work in Progress)
Religion and Leaders in MENA (Under Review)
Technonationalism and Foreign Policy (Under Review)
Varieties of Nationalism and Defense Spending (Under Review)
*This list highlights my work at advanced stages of development. I also have several ongoing projects at earlier stages (in addition to two book length projects), including Islamophobia in the American states, Islamophobia and Christian nationalism, metadoxy in the Muslim world, and the legacies and contemporary implications of popular religion in Muslim-majority societies.
28. “Unruly Mystics and the State: Antinomian Dervishes, Religion, and State Formation in Medieval Anatolia.” Studies in Comparative International Development (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12116-025-09476-0"
27. “Crafting Cross-Border Connections: Religion and Perceptions of Erdoğan in the Middle East and North Africa”, Middle East Law and Governance, 16(3) (2024): 316–340.
26. “Military Might: A Domestic Economy Explanation of Turkish Foreign Policy.” Turkish Studies, 24.5 (2023): 764-787.
25. “Islamic Conception of Justice.” in G. Tamer (ed.), The Concept of Justice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, De Gruyter, Forthcoming.
24.“On Weber, Pathogens, and Culture: A Global Empirical Analysis of Religion and Individualism.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 61.2 (2022): 331-348. [Link]
23. “Soft Power, Domestic Dividends, and Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case of Palestine.” In Inter-State and Intra-State Conflicts in Global Politics, Lexington Books, pp. 89-106, 2022. [Link]
22.“Devotion at Sub-National Level: Ramadan, Nighttime Lights, and Religiosity in the Egyptian Governorates.” w/ M.Robbins, and S. Zaytseva. International Journal of Public Opinion Research 33.1 (2021): 99-117. [Link]
21.“Islamist Parties, Intraparty Organizational Dynamics, and Moderation as Strategic Behavior.” w/ M. Wuthrich, Mediterranean Politics (2020), [Link]
20.“Ethnic violence and substantive representation of minorities in parliament. w/ TM Yildirim, International Political Science Review (2019), [Link]
19.“Islam, Social Justice, and Democracy”, Politics and Religion 12.4, (2019): 549 - 576 [Link]
18.“Islam, Religious Outlooks, and Support for Democracy,” w. M. Wuthrich and A. Shamaileh, Political Research Quarterly, 72.2 (2019): 435-449. [Link]
17.“Hiding Behind Party Brand or Currying Favor with Constituents: Why Do Representatives Engage in Different Types of Constituency-Oriented Behavior?““w/ TM Yildirim, Party Politics, 25.3 (2019): 369-81. [Link]
16.“Self-expression Values, Loyalty Generation, and Support for Authoritarianism: Evidence from the Arab World,” Democratization, 25.7 (2019): 1132-1152. [Link]
15. “Who Favors al-Qaeda? Anti-Americanism, Religious Outlooks, and Favorable Attitudes toward Terrorist Organizations,” w/ B. O’Donnell and A. Tanner, Political Research Quarterly, 70.3 (2017): 480 – 494. [Link]
14. Globalization, Contact, and Religious Identity: A Cross-National Analysis of Interreligious Favorability, with M.A. Nawaz and T. Sydiq. Social Science Quarterly, 97 (2016): 271–292. [Link] [PDF]
13. Soft Power, Religion and anti-Americanism in the Middle East, w/ GM Tezcur, Foreign Policy Analysis, 12.3 (2016): 374-394. [Link] [PDF]
12. “Utilitarian and Modern: Clientelism, Citizen Empowerment, and Civic Engagement in the Arab World,” with Ethan Bernick, Democratization,22 (2015): 1161-1182. [Link] [PDF]
11. “Secular-Islamist Cleavage, Values and Support for Democracy and Shari’a in the Arab World,” Political Research Quarterly, 66.4 (2013): 781-79. [Link] [PDF]
10. “Social Identity and Attitudes toward Foreign Policy: Evidence from a Youth Survey in Turkey,”” International Journal of Middle East Studies, 45.01 (2013). [Link] [PDF]
9. “A Model and Test of Policy Making Process,” Journal of Politics and Law, w/ C. Oakley, G. Pesta, and T. Blomberg, 6.4, (2013). [Access]
8. “Islamophobia and Threat Perceptions: Explaining anti-Muslim sentiment in the West,” Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 32.3 (2012). [Link] [PDF]
7. “Modernization, Islam or Social Capital What Explains Attitudes toward Democracy in the Muslim World?” Comparative Political Studies, 43.11 (2010). [Link] (https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414010371903) [PDF]
6. “Committee Assignments in a Nascent Party System: the Case of the Turkish Grand National Assembly,” w/W. Forrest and Y. Tekin, International Political Science Review, 29.3 (2008). [Link] [PDF]
5. “Treaties, Collective Responses and the Determinants of Aggregate Support for European Integration,” European Union Politics, 6.4 (2005).[Link]
4. Türkiye’nin Dış Politikası Bağlamında Ortadoğu’ya Yönelik Tutumlar: Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Algıları Hakkında Bir Alan Araştırması [Turkish Foreign Policy and Attitudes Toward Middle East: A Case Study of College Students] with Fatih Ertugay, Review of International Law and Politics, Winter, 2011.
3. Parlamenterlerin Rol Davranislari Uzerine bir Inceleme: TBMM Uzerine bir Uygulama, [A study of Parliamentary Role behaviors: The case of Turkish Grand National Assembly, Istanbul University, Journal of Faculty of Political Sciences, 2006].
2. Demokratik Siyasal Yapılarda Temsil İlkesi: TBMM’nde Bir Alan Araştırması, [Representation in Democratic Institutions: The case of Turkish Grand National Assembly, Selcuk University, Journal of Administrative and Economic Sciences, 2006].
1. Avrupa Parlamentosu Seçimleri ve Muhtemel Üyelik Durumunda bu Seçimlerin Türkiye’de Siyasal Hayat ve Partiler Üzerine Yansımalarına İlişkin Öngörüler [EP elections and some Insights about the Impact of these Elections on Political Parties in Turkey, Journal of Liberal Thought, 9(36), Winter 2004]