Yaprak Gürsoy
Biographic Data
| ID | 1452746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yaprak Gürsoy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yaprak |
| FAMILY NAME | Gürsoy |
| SIGNATURE | GÜRSOY Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Istanbul Bilgi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8909-6819 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 71 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Perceptions of government performance and collective trauma
Research on government evaluations after disasters focuses on democracies and retrospective decision-making theory, where voters either attentively evaluate performance based on experiences or make blind decisions reflecting emotional dispositions. This study examines individuals’ appraisals of government performance across three dimensions following the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye: disaster management, preparedness, and blame attribution. Using …
The frenemy within
Emotions and narratives of the spirit of Gallipoli
This article examines Turkish narratives of the Gallipoli Campaign fought during the First World War, based on newspaper archival research covering the last 50 years. It argues that the memorialization of the Gallipoli Campaign reflects collective emotions underpinning Turkish national identity and self-perceptions of ambivalence in international relations. Compared with the Sèvres Treaty, which is the most frequently cited episode of the First W…
Anti-populist coups d’état in the twenty-first century
There is a burgeoning literature on how to deal with populism in advanced liberal democracies, which puts a strong emphasis on legalist and pluralist methods. There is also a new and expanding literature that looks at the consequences of coups d’état for democracies by employing large-N data sets. These two recent literatures, however, do not speak to one another, based on the underlying assumption that coups against populists were a distinctly t…
Moving Beyond European and Latin American Typologies
Despite the growing literature on Turkish populism, there is yet no consensus on how best to categorise the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AKP). This article argues that this lack of consensus is due to a selective focus on the attributes of AKP's populism. Indeed, when the party's features are examined holistically, it does not neatly conform to the dominant typologies of populism, which were conceived mostly for Eu…
Reconsidering Britain’s soft power
Enhancing Britain’s soft power has been a policy objective of the Conservative-led governments in the past few years. Policy relevant research on the matter mostly measures the positive perceptions of other countries’ publics toward the UK. This article proposes to dig deeper into the attitudes of foreign decision-makers in an unobtrusive manner to supplement these previous studies. As an illuminating case study, it investigates the views of the …
Turkish Public Opinion on the Coup Allegations
What is the impact of the recent allegations of coup plots in Turkey for democratization?At first glance, the Ergenekon case seems to be furthering democratization by cleansing the military of coup plotters, strengthening the hands of the civilians in reforming civil-military relations and reshaping the public's attitudes toward the military.However, this paper analyzes Turkish public opinion on the trials, based on an original nationwide opinion…
The Final Curtain for the Turkish Armed Forces? Civil–Military Relations in View of the 2011 General Elections
After providing a brief overview of civil–military relations in Turkey prior to the June 12, 2011, general elections, this article focuses on the way in which the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), the opposition Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP), and the Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi treated this issue in their election campaigns. It argues that the AKP had a dual discourse on civil–military relations and the CHP occasionally showed signs of defe…
The changing role of the military in Turkish politics
The exposure of alleged coup plots in 2007 has shaken the guardian role of the Turkish military in politics. What were the conditions that led to the exposure of the coups and what is their significance for the future of Turkish democracy? Drawing on insights from southern Europe, the article argues that failed coup plots can lead to democratic civil–military relations especially if they work simultaneously with other facilitating conditions, suc…
The Impact of EU-Driven Reforms on the Political Autonomy of the Turkish Military
Turkish civil–military relations entered a new phase starting with the first European-Union-induced reforms in 1999, and have gained a new momentum since 2007. This article first introduces the amendments to Turkish civil–military relations, then asks how much the constitutional and legal amendments have affected the political autonomy of the military. The article takes the indicators of military autonomy into consideration as a whole and argues …
Is There a Europeanization of Turkish Foreign Policy? An Addendum to the Literature on EU Candidates
The beginning of Turkey’s accession negotiations with the European Union on October 3, 2005 constituted an important turning point for Turkey’s relations with the EU and for Turkish socio‐political transformation. This paper poses the following questions: (i) Is there a Europeanization of Turkish foreign policy as a result of Turkey’s accession negotiations with the EU? (ii) If so, then what are the main areas and limits in which Europeanization …
Democratization and Foreign Policy Reforms in Turkey
The European Union membership process has had an impact on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy. However, when compared with previous candidate countries to the EU, the Europeanization of politics in Turkey has not been an even process. The reformation of politics in Turkey has had three main characteristics. First, instead of the pace of the reforms being linear, there has been a periodic rise and fall of interest in introducing amendmen…
Nostalgia for the Modern
"Nostalgia for the Modern: State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey, by Esra Özyürek." Canadian Journal of History, 42(3), pp. 565–566
The changing role of the military in Turkish politics
The exposure of alleged coup plots in 2007 has shaken the guardian role of the Turkish military in politics. What were the conditions that led to the exposure of the coups and what is their significance for the future of Turkish democracy? Drawing on insights from southern Europe, the article argues that failed coup plots can lead to democratic civil–military relations especially if they work simultaneously with other facilitating conditions, suc…
The Impact of EU-Driven Reforms on the Political Autonomy of the Turkish Military
Turkish civil–military relations entered a new phase starting with the first European-Union-induced reforms in 1999, and have gained a new momentum since 2007. This article first introduces the amendments to Turkish civil–military relations, then asks how much the constitutional and legal amendments have affected the political autonomy of the military. The article takes the indicators of military autonomy into consideration as a whole and argues …
Moving Beyond European and Latin American Typologies
Despite the growing literature on Turkish populism, there is yet no consensus on how best to categorise the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AKP). This article argues that this lack of consensus is due to a selective focus on the attributes of AKP's populism. Indeed, when the party's features are examined holistically, it does not neatly conform to the dominant typologies of populism, which were conceived mostly for Eu…
Anti-populist coups d’état in the twenty-first century
There is a burgeoning literature on how to deal with populism in advanced liberal democracies, which puts a strong emphasis on legalist and pluralist methods. There is also a new and expanding literature that looks at the consequences of coups d’état for democracies by employing large-N data sets. These two recent literatures, however, do not speak to one another, based on the underlying assumption that coups against populists were a distinctly t…
Turkish Public Opinion on the Coup Allegations
What is the impact of the recent allegations of coup plots in Turkey for democratization?At first glance, the Ergenekon case seems to be furthering democratization by cleansing the military of coup plotters, strengthening the hands of the civilians in reforming civil-military relations and reshaping the public's attitudes toward the military.However, this paper analyzes Turkish public opinion on the trials, based on an original nationwide opinion…
Is There a Europeanization of Turkish Foreign Policy? An Addendum to the Literature on EU Candidates
The beginning of Turkey’s accession negotiations with the European Union on October 3, 2005 constituted an important turning point for Turkey’s relations with the EU and for Turkish socio‐political transformation. This paper poses the following questions: (i) Is there a Europeanization of Turkish foreign policy as a result of Turkey’s accession negotiations with the EU? (ii) If so, then what are the main areas and limits in which Europeanization …
The Final Curtain for the Turkish Armed Forces? Civil–Military Relations in View of the 2011 General Elections
After providing a brief overview of civil–military relations in Turkey prior to the June 12, 2011, general elections, this article focuses on the way in which the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), the opposition Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP), and the Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi treated this issue in their election campaigns. It argues that the AKP had a dual discourse on civil–military relations and the CHP occasionally showed signs of defe…
Emotions and narratives of the spirit of Gallipoli
This article examines Turkish narratives of the Gallipoli Campaign fought during the First World War, based on newspaper archival research covering the last 50 years. It argues that the memorialization of the Gallipoli Campaign reflects collective emotions underpinning Turkish national identity and self-perceptions of ambivalence in international relations. Compared with the Sèvres Treaty, which is the most frequently cited episode of the First W…
The frenemy within
Reconsidering Britain’s soft power
Enhancing Britain’s soft power has been a policy objective of the Conservative-led governments in the past few years. Policy relevant research on the matter mostly measures the positive perceptions of other countries’ publics toward the UK. This article proposes to dig deeper into the attitudes of foreign decision-makers in an unobtrusive manner to supplement these previous studies. As an illuminating case study, it investigates the views of the …
Nostalgia for the Modern
"Nostalgia for the Modern: State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey, by Esra Özyürek." Canadian Journal of History, 42(3), pp. 565–566
Is There a Europeanization of Turkish Foreign Policy? An Addendum to the Literature on EU Candidates
The beginning of Turkey’s accession negotiations with the European Union on October 3, 2005 constituted an important turning point for Turkey’s relations with the EU and for Turkish socio‐political transformation. This paper poses the following questions: (i) Is there a Europeanization of Turkish foreign policy as a result of Turkey’s accession negotiations with the EU? (ii) If so, then what are the main areas and limits in which Europeanization …
Democratization and Foreign Policy Reforms in Turkey
The European Union membership process has had an impact on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy. However, when compared with previous candidate countries to the EU, the Europeanization of politics in Turkey has not been an even process. The reformation of politics in Turkey has had three main characteristics. First, instead of the pace of the reforms being linear, there has been a periodic rise and fall of interest in introducing amendmen…
The Impact of EU-Driven Reforms on the Political Autonomy of the Turkish Military
Turkish civil–military relations entered a new phase starting with the first European-Union-induced reforms in 1999, and have gained a new momentum since 2007. This article first introduces the amendments to Turkish civil–military relations, then asks how much the constitutional and legal amendments have affected the political autonomy of the military. The article takes the indicators of military autonomy into consideration as a whole and argues …
The Final Curtain for the Turkish Armed Forces? Civil–Military Relations in View of the 2011 General Elections
After providing a brief overview of civil–military relations in Turkey prior to the June 12, 2011, general elections, this article focuses on the way in which the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), the opposition Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP), and the Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi treated this issue in their election campaigns. It argues that the AKP had a dual discourse on civil–military relations and the CHP occasionally showed signs of defe…
The changing role of the military in Turkish politics
The exposure of alleged coup plots in 2007 has shaken the guardian role of the Turkish military in politics. What were the conditions that led to the exposure of the coups and what is their significance for the future of Turkish democracy? Drawing on insights from southern Europe, the article argues that failed coup plots can lead to democratic civil–military relations especially if they work simultaneously with other facilitating conditions, suc…
Turkish Public Opinion on the Coup Allegations
What is the impact of the recent allegations of coup plots in Turkey for democratization?At first glance, the Ergenekon case seems to be furthering democratization by cleansing the military of coup plotters, strengthening the hands of the civilians in reforming civil-military relations and reshaping the public's attitudes toward the military.However, this paper analyzes Turkish public opinion on the trials, based on an original nationwide opinion…
Reconsidering Britain’s soft power
Enhancing Britain’s soft power has been a policy objective of the Conservative-led governments in the past few years. Policy relevant research on the matter mostly measures the positive perceptions of other countries’ publics toward the UK. This article proposes to dig deeper into the attitudes of foreign decision-makers in an unobtrusive manner to supplement these previous studies. As an illuminating case study, it investigates the views of the …
Anti-populist coups d’état in the twenty-first century
There is a burgeoning literature on how to deal with populism in advanced liberal democracies, which puts a strong emphasis on legalist and pluralist methods. There is also a new and expanding literature that looks at the consequences of coups d’état for democracies by employing large-N data sets. These two recent literatures, however, do not speak to one another, based on the underlying assumption that coups against populists were a distinctly t…
Moving Beyond European and Latin American Typologies
Despite the growing literature on Turkish populism, there is yet no consensus on how best to categorise the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi or AKP). This article argues that this lack of consensus is due to a selective focus on the attributes of AKP's populism. Indeed, when the party's features are examined holistically, it does not neatly conform to the dominant typologies of populism, which were conceived mostly for Eu…
Emotions and narratives of the spirit of Gallipoli
This article examines Turkish narratives of the Gallipoli Campaign fought during the First World War, based on newspaper archival research covering the last 50 years. It argues that the memorialization of the Gallipoli Campaign reflects collective emotions underpinning Turkish national identity and self-perceptions of ambivalence in international relations. Compared with the Sèvres Treaty, which is the most frequently cited episode of the First W…
The frenemy within
Perceptions of government performance and collective trauma
Research on government evaluations after disasters focuses on democracies and retrospective decision-making theory, where voters either attentively evaluate performance based on experiences or make blind decisions reflecting emotional dispositions. This study examines individuals’ appraisals of government performance across three dimensions following the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye: disaster management, preparedness, and blame attribution. Using …
Politics (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Political economy (10 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (10 works) · Turkish (10 works) · Democracy (6 works) · Democratization (5 works)