Zeki Sarigil
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 140393 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Zeki Sarigil |
| NOMBRES | Zeki |
| APELLIDO | Sarigil |
| FIRMA | SARIGIL Z |
| AFILIACIONES | Bilkent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7188-004X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 20 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 196 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2007 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
The Limits of Incumbent Blame Games in Times of Crisis
This study investigates how blame-attributing crisis frames influence support for incumbents in an electoral authoritarian context, focusing on Türkiye. It asks how, to what extent, and under what conditions incumbents’ blame frames shape public attitudes toward the government. The study examines four crisis types (i.e., global warming , earthquake , economic collapse , and pandemic ) and compares the effects of religious , conspiratorial , and s…
An experimental study of public attitudes towards intimate partner homicide
Who Is Patriarchal? The Correlates of Patriarchy in Turkey
This study provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of patriarchal attitudes and orientations in Turkey, a Muslim-majority country. The following questions direct the current study: What factors account for patriarchal orientations at the mass level? How do social, political, and economic differences relate to individuals’ patriarchal attitudes and orientations? The answers are provided by original data derived from a nationwide survey, Türkiy…
A micro-level analysis of the contagion effect
The unit of analysis in almost all large-N studies on conflict contagion and diffusion is collective actors, such as states and ethnic groups or movements. Thus, contagion dynamics and processes at the individual level have been neglected. Using original data derived from a public opinion survey, this study examines the micro-level dynamics of contagion in the context of Turkey's Kurdish conflict. The study suggests that transnational ethnic ties…
Why Religious People Support Ethnic Insurgency? Kurds, Religion and Support for the PKK
This study challenges a dominant view that religion constrains the support for an ethnic insurgency. It argues that observing the discrepancy between religious brotherhood discourses of ethnic majority state and discrimination and inter-ethnic inequality in the social, political, and economic sphere as a result of the long-standing securitization of minority rights increase skepticism toward government among religious minorities. This long-term p…
Ethnic and Religious Prejudices in the Turkish Social Landscape
Focusing on the dominant group’s (Sunni-Turks) attitudes towards the largest ethnic and religious minorities (Kurds and Alevis, respectively) in the Turkish social landscape, this study investigates the determining factors of ethnic and religious prejudices in intergroup relations. The study draws several hypotheses about out-group rejection from social identity and ethnic competition theories and tests them utilizing new, original public opinion…
Inter-ethnic (In)tolerance between Turks and Kurds
Using public opinion survey data, this study investigates the determinants of inter-ethnic (in)tolerance among Turks and Kurds in Turkey. Our empirical analyses show that, compared with Turks, Kurds have a relatively higher level of tolerance towards the ethnic out-group. Our findings also suggest that different dynamics and factors mould Turks’ and Kurds’ tolerance towards ethnic out-group members. Religiosity, (ethno)nationalist orientations, i…
Who supports secession? The determinants of secessionist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds
Who supports secession in a multiethnic country? What factors lead to secessionist or separatist attitudes? Despite the substantial interest in secessionist movements, the micro‐level factors and dynamics behind mass support for secession have been understudied. Using original and comprehensive data derived from two public opinion surveys, conducted in 2011 and 2013 with nationwide, representative samples, this study investigates the determinants…
Showing the path to path dependence
This article investigates the conceptual and theoretical implications of the logic of habit for the path-dependence approach. In the existing literature, we see two different logics of action associated with two distinct models of path dependence: the logic of consequences (instrumental rationality) is linked with utilitarian paths (i.e. increasing returns) and the logic of appropriateness (normative rationality) constitutes normative paths (norm…
Public Opinion and Attitude toward the Military and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey
The political influence of the Turkish military has substantially declined in the last decade, triggered by the European Union's decision during the Helsinki Summit in 1999 to grant candidacy status to Turkey. This study illuminates Turkey's democratization process in the post-Helsinki period by empirically analyzing a relatively underinvestigated aspect of civil-military relations: public opinion and attitude toward the military and civil-milita…
Exploring the roots and dynamics of Kurdish ethno‐nationalism in Turkey
Using comprehensive and original data derived from a recent major public opinion survey, this study examines an under‐investigated aspect of the Kurdish issue in Turkey: the dynamics and factors behind Kurdish ethno‐nationalism at a mass level. The empirical findings disprove the conventional socio‐economic peace and Islamic‐peace hypotheses around this issue, and our statistical analyses provide strong support for the relative deprivation hypoth…
The Turkish Military
One of the defining features of Turkish politics has been the strong influence of the military in civilian politics. However, since the early 2000s, we have seen unprecedented developments, substantially constraining the political powers of the military. How can we interpret this period from a historical perspective? What are the continuities and discontinuities in Turkish civil-military relations? Do these developments mark the end of military g…
Religion and ethno‐nationalism
One approach within theIslamic camp treatsIslam, which emphasizes overarching notions such as the ‘Islamic brotherhood’ and ‘ummah’, as incompatible with ethno‐nationalist ideas and movements. It is, however, striking that in the last decades, severalIslamic and conservative groups inTurkey have paid increasing attention to theKurdish issue, supporting their ethnic demands and sentiments. Even more striking, the leftist, secularKurdish ethno‐nati…
Ethnic Groups at ‘Critical Junctures
Civil-Military Relations Beyond Dichotomy
For a better grasp of the role of militaries in political systems one should get beyond dichotomous approaches. This study identifies three distinct but interpenetrating realms in a polity: social, political and military. Based on the nature of the military's relations with social and political spheres and actors, it delineates four types of militaries: professional, nation's army, predatory praetorian and popular praetorian. This article also sh…
Bargaining in institutionalized settings
By analyzing the case of a bargaining situation in an institutionalized setting, which derives from Turkey’s reform process in a sensitive issue area ( civil—military relations), this study assesses the explanatory power of competing models of bargaining: rational, normative, and discursive/argumentative .The bargaining outcome in this case was puzzling because despite the existence of a strongly pro-status quo veto player (i.e. the military), th…
Curbing Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey
Within the debates on curbing Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey, the pro-Islamic approach puts emphasis on empowering the notion of 'Islamic brotherhood' between Turks and Kurds. The socio-economic approach, on the other hand, draws attention to improving the socio-economic status of the Kurds. By using World Values Survey data, this study tests these two distinct approaches. Logit estimates provide strong support for the socio-economic approac…
Paths are what actors make of them
Several institutionalist orientations such as historical institutionalism, especially its earlier versions, tend to treat institutional or policy change as a result of exogenous factors. Some others, on the other hand, emphasize endogenous sources of change. It has, however, already been shown theoretically and empirically that institutions may face both endogenous and/or exogenous triggers in their lifetime. This study suggests that we should ge…
Deconstructing the Turkish Military's Popularity
Why is the military so popular in Turkish society? By using World Values Survey data, this study explores the impact of several political, social, and personal factors on societal confidence in the military. Empirical results indicate that there is a significant variance in confidence in the military across certain political groups. Although the military's popularity is high among nationalists, it is rather limited among pro-Islamic and pro-Kurdi…
Europeanization as Institutional Change
Institutional change has become a primary issue in recent institutionalist literature. By analyzing the civilianization process of the Turkish political system in the context of the Europeanization process, this study attempts another theoretical answer. The puzzling question is why the Turkish military, a veto player in the Turkish political system, has accepted its loss of power? This study shows that the military, which expressed its commitmen…
Who supports secession? The determinants of secessionist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds
Who supports secession in a multiethnic country? What factors lead to secessionist or separatist attitudes? Despite the substantial interest in secessionist movements, the micro‐level factors and dynamics behind mass support for secession have been understudied. Using original and comprehensive data derived from two public opinion surveys, conducted in 2011 and 2013 with nationwide, representative samples, this study investigates the determinants…
Religion and ethno‐nationalism
One approach within theIslamic camp treatsIslam, which emphasizes overarching notions such as the ‘Islamic brotherhood’ and ‘ummah’, as incompatible with ethno‐nationalist ideas and movements. It is, however, striking that in the last decades, severalIslamic and conservative groups inTurkey have paid increasing attention to theKurdish issue, supporting their ethnic demands and sentiments. Even more striking, the leftist, secularKurdish ethno‐nati…
Curbing Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey
Within the debates on curbing Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey, the pro-Islamic approach puts emphasis on empowering the notion of 'Islamic brotherhood' between Turks and Kurds. The socio-economic approach, on the other hand, draws attention to improving the socio-economic status of the Kurds. By using World Values Survey data, this study tests these two distinct approaches. Logit estimates provide strong support for the socio-economic approac…
The Turkish Military
One of the defining features of Turkish politics has been the strong influence of the military in civilian politics. However, since the early 2000s, we have seen unprecedented developments, substantially constraining the political powers of the military. How can we interpret this period from a historical perspective? What are the continuities and discontinuities in Turkish civil-military relations? Do these developments mark the end of military g…
Showing the path to path dependence
This article investigates the conceptual and theoretical implications of the logic of habit for the path-dependence approach. In the existing literature, we see two different logics of action associated with two distinct models of path dependence: the logic of consequences (instrumental rationality) is linked with utilitarian paths (i.e. increasing returns) and the logic of appropriateness (normative rationality) constitutes normative paths (norm…
Exploring the roots and dynamics of Kurdish ethno‐nationalism in Turkey
Using comprehensive and original data derived from a recent major public opinion survey, this study examines an under‐investigated aspect of the Kurdish issue in Turkey: the dynamics and factors behind Kurdish ethno‐nationalism at a mass level. The empirical findings disprove the conventional socio‐economic peace and Islamic‐peace hypotheses around this issue, and our statistical analyses provide strong support for the relative deprivation hypoth…
Who Is Patriarchal? The Correlates of Patriarchy in Turkey
This study provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of patriarchal attitudes and orientations in Turkey, a Muslim-majority country. The following questions direct the current study: What factors account for patriarchal orientations at the mass level? How do social, political, and economic differences relate to individuals’ patriarchal attitudes and orientations? The answers are provided by original data derived from a nationwide survey, Türkiy…
Inter-ethnic (In)tolerance between Turks and Kurds
Using public opinion survey data, this study investigates the determinants of inter-ethnic (in)tolerance among Turks and Kurds in Turkey. Our empirical analyses show that, compared with Turks, Kurds have a relatively higher level of tolerance towards the ethnic out-group. Our findings also suggest that different dynamics and factors mould Turks’ and Kurds’ tolerance towards ethnic out-group members. Religiosity, (ethno)nationalist orientations, i…
Deconstructing the Turkish Military's Popularity
Why is the military so popular in Turkish society? By using World Values Survey data, this study explores the impact of several political, social, and personal factors on societal confidence in the military. Empirical results indicate that there is a significant variance in confidence in the military across certain political groups. Although the military's popularity is high among nationalists, it is rather limited among pro-Islamic and pro-Kurdi…
Europeanization as Institutional Change
Institutional change has become a primary issue in recent institutionalist literature. By analyzing the civilianization process of the Turkish political system in the context of the Europeanization process, this study attempts another theoretical answer. The puzzling question is why the Turkish military, a veto player in the Turkish political system, has accepted its loss of power? This study shows that the military, which expressed its commitmen…
Civil-Military Relations Beyond Dichotomy
For a better grasp of the role of militaries in political systems one should get beyond dichotomous approaches. This study identifies three distinct but interpenetrating realms in a polity: social, political and military. Based on the nature of the military's relations with social and political spheres and actors, it delineates four types of militaries: professional, nation's army, predatory praetorian and popular praetorian. This article also sh…
Ethnic Groups at ‘Critical Junctures
Why Religious People Support Ethnic Insurgency? Kurds, Religion and Support for the PKK
This study challenges a dominant view that religion constrains the support for an ethnic insurgency. It argues that observing the discrepancy between religious brotherhood discourses of ethnic majority state and discrimination and inter-ethnic inequality in the social, political, and economic sphere as a result of the long-standing securitization of minority rights increase skepticism toward government among religious minorities. This long-term p…
Ethnic and Religious Prejudices in the Turkish Social Landscape
Focusing on the dominant group’s (Sunni-Turks) attitudes towards the largest ethnic and religious minorities (Kurds and Alevis, respectively) in the Turkish social landscape, this study investigates the determining factors of ethnic and religious prejudices in intergroup relations. The study draws several hypotheses about out-group rejection from social identity and ethnic competition theories and tests them utilizing new, original public opinion…
Public Opinion and Attitude toward the Military and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey
The political influence of the Turkish military has substantially declined in the last decade, triggered by the European Union's decision during the Helsinki Summit in 1999 to grant candidacy status to Turkey. This study illuminates Turkey's democratization process in the post-Helsinki period by empirically analyzing a relatively underinvestigated aspect of civil-military relations: public opinion and attitude toward the military and civil-milita…
Paths are what actors make of them
Several institutionalist orientations such as historical institutionalism, especially its earlier versions, tend to treat institutional or policy change as a result of exogenous factors. Some others, on the other hand, emphasize endogenous sources of change. It has, however, already been shown theoretically and empirically that institutions may face both endogenous and/or exogenous triggers in their lifetime. This study suggests that we should ge…
A micro-level analysis of the contagion effect
The unit of analysis in almost all large-N studies on conflict contagion and diffusion is collective actors, such as states and ethnic groups or movements. Thus, contagion dynamics and processes at the individual level have been neglected. Using original data derived from a public opinion survey, this study examines the micro-level dynamics of contagion in the context of Turkey's Kurdish conflict. The study suggests that transnational ethnic ties…
Bargaining in institutionalized settings
By analyzing the case of a bargaining situation in an institutionalized setting, which derives from Turkey’s reform process in a sensitive issue area ( civil—military relations), this study assesses the explanatory power of competing models of bargaining: rational, normative, and discursive/argumentative .The bargaining outcome in this case was puzzling because despite the existence of a strongly pro-status quo veto player (i.e. the military), th…
Europeanization as Institutional Change
Institutional change has become a primary issue in recent institutionalist literature. By analyzing the civilianization process of the Turkish political system in the context of the Europeanization process, this study attempts another theoretical answer. The puzzling question is why the Turkish military, a veto player in the Turkish political system, has accepted its loss of power? This study shows that the military, which expressed its commitmen…
Paths are what actors make of them
Several institutionalist orientations such as historical institutionalism, especially its earlier versions, tend to treat institutional or policy change as a result of exogenous factors. Some others, on the other hand, emphasize endogenous sources of change. It has, however, already been shown theoretically and empirically that institutions may face both endogenous and/or exogenous triggers in their lifetime. This study suggests that we should ge…
Deconstructing the Turkish Military's Popularity
Why is the military so popular in Turkish society? By using World Values Survey data, this study explores the impact of several political, social, and personal factors on societal confidence in the military. Empirical results indicate that there is a significant variance in confidence in the military across certain political groups. Although the military's popularity is high among nationalists, it is rather limited among pro-Islamic and pro-Kurdi…
Bargaining in institutionalized settings
By analyzing the case of a bargaining situation in an institutionalized setting, which derives from Turkey’s reform process in a sensitive issue area ( civil—military relations), this study assesses the explanatory power of competing models of bargaining: rational, normative, and discursive/argumentative .The bargaining outcome in this case was puzzling because despite the existence of a strongly pro-status quo veto player (i.e. the military), th…
Curbing Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey
Within the debates on curbing Kurdish ethno-nationalism in Turkey, the pro-Islamic approach puts emphasis on empowering the notion of 'Islamic brotherhood' between Turks and Kurds. The socio-economic approach, on the other hand, draws attention to improving the socio-economic status of the Kurds. By using World Values Survey data, this study tests these two distinct approaches. Logit estimates provide strong support for the socio-economic approac…
Civil-Military Relations Beyond Dichotomy
For a better grasp of the role of militaries in political systems one should get beyond dichotomous approaches. This study identifies three distinct but interpenetrating realms in a polity: social, political and military. Based on the nature of the military's relations with social and political spheres and actors, it delineates four types of militaries: professional, nation's army, predatory praetorian and popular praetorian. This article also sh…
Ethnic Groups at ‘Critical Junctures
Religion and ethno‐nationalism
One approach within theIslamic camp treatsIslam, which emphasizes overarching notions such as the ‘Islamic brotherhood’ and ‘ummah’, as incompatible with ethno‐nationalist ideas and movements. It is, however, striking that in the last decades, severalIslamic and conservative groups inTurkey have paid increasing attention to theKurdish issue, supporting their ethnic demands and sentiments. Even more striking, the leftist, secularKurdish ethno‐nati…
Exploring the roots and dynamics of Kurdish ethno‐nationalism in Turkey
Using comprehensive and original data derived from a recent major public opinion survey, this study examines an under‐investigated aspect of the Kurdish issue in Turkey: the dynamics and factors behind Kurdish ethno‐nationalism at a mass level. The empirical findings disprove the conventional socio‐economic peace and Islamic‐peace hypotheses around this issue, and our statistical analyses provide strong support for the relative deprivation hypoth…
The Turkish Military
One of the defining features of Turkish politics has been the strong influence of the military in civilian politics. However, since the early 2000s, we have seen unprecedented developments, substantially constraining the political powers of the military. How can we interpret this period from a historical perspective? What are the continuities and discontinuities in Turkish civil-military relations? Do these developments mark the end of military g…
Showing the path to path dependence
This article investigates the conceptual and theoretical implications of the logic of habit for the path-dependence approach. In the existing literature, we see two different logics of action associated with two distinct models of path dependence: the logic of consequences (instrumental rationality) is linked with utilitarian paths (i.e. increasing returns) and the logic of appropriateness (normative rationality) constitutes normative paths (norm…
Public Opinion and Attitude toward the Military and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey
The political influence of the Turkish military has substantially declined in the last decade, triggered by the European Union's decision during the Helsinki Summit in 1999 to grant candidacy status to Turkey. This study illuminates Turkey's democratization process in the post-Helsinki period by empirically analyzing a relatively underinvestigated aspect of civil-military relations: public opinion and attitude toward the military and civil-milita…
Who supports secession? The determinants of secessionist attitudes among Turkey's Kurds
Who supports secession in a multiethnic country? What factors lead to secessionist or separatist attitudes? Despite the substantial interest in secessionist movements, the micro‐level factors and dynamics behind mass support for secession have been understudied. Using original and comprehensive data derived from two public opinion surveys, conducted in 2011 and 2013 with nationwide, representative samples, this study investigates the determinants…
Inter-ethnic (In)tolerance between Turks and Kurds
Using public opinion survey data, this study investigates the determinants of inter-ethnic (in)tolerance among Turks and Kurds in Turkey. Our empirical analyses show that, compared with Turks, Kurds have a relatively higher level of tolerance towards the ethnic out-group. Our findings also suggest that different dynamics and factors mould Turks’ and Kurds’ tolerance towards ethnic out-group members. Religiosity, (ethno)nationalist orientations, i…
Ethnic and Religious Prejudices in the Turkish Social Landscape
Focusing on the dominant group’s (Sunni-Turks) attitudes towards the largest ethnic and religious minorities (Kurds and Alevis, respectively) in the Turkish social landscape, this study investigates the determining factors of ethnic and religious prejudices in intergroup relations. The study draws several hypotheses about out-group rejection from social identity and ethnic competition theories and tests them utilizing new, original public opinion…
Why Religious People Support Ethnic Insurgency? Kurds, Religion and Support for the PKK
This study challenges a dominant view that religion constrains the support for an ethnic insurgency. It argues that observing the discrepancy between religious brotherhood discourses of ethnic majority state and discrimination and inter-ethnic inequality in the social, political, and economic sphere as a result of the long-standing securitization of minority rights increase skepticism toward government among religious minorities. This long-term p…
Who Is Patriarchal? The Correlates of Patriarchy in Turkey
This study provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of patriarchal attitudes and orientations in Turkey, a Muslim-majority country. The following questions direct the current study: What factors account for patriarchal orientations at the mass level? How do social, political, and economic differences relate to individuals’ patriarchal attitudes and orientations? The answers are provided by original data derived from a nationwide survey, Türkiy…
A micro-level analysis of the contagion effect
The unit of analysis in almost all large-N studies on conflict contagion and diffusion is collective actors, such as states and ethnic groups or movements. Thus, contagion dynamics and processes at the individual level have been neglected. Using original data derived from a public opinion survey, this study examines the micro-level dynamics of contagion in the context of Turkey's Kurdish conflict. The study suggests that transnational ethnic ties…
An experimental study of public attitudes towards intimate partner homicide
The Limits of Incumbent Blame Games in Times of Crisis
This study investigates how blame-attributing crisis frames influence support for incumbents in an electoral authoritarian context, focusing on Türkiye. It asks how, to what extent, and under what conditions incumbents’ blame frames shape public attitudes toward the government. The study examines four crisis types (i.e., global warming , earthquake , economic collapse , and pandemic ) and compares the effects of religious , conspiratorial , and s…
Sociology (16 obras) · Law (15 obras) · Political science (15 obras) · Politics (15 obras) · Turkey's Politics and Society (15 obras) · Law (11 obras) · Turkish (9 obras) · Economics (8 obras) · Political economy (8 obras) · Religion and Society Interactions (8 obras)