Başak Alpan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4406631 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Başak Alpan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Başak |
| FAMILY NAME | Alpan |
| SIGNATURE | ALPAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middle East Technical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1955-4700 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Anxieties of a Self-Claimed Middle Power
This article examines the transformation of Turkey’s foreign policy under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) through the lens of ontological security. While Turkey has historically been engaged with the European ideal as the manifestation of the ontological security, the AKP era has witnessed significant shifts driven by a multi-layered activism stemming from the self-claimed middle powerhood. The study argues that ontological security provi…
Turkish Foreign Policy and Ontological (In)Security
Since the foundation of the Republic in 1923, Turkish foreign policy has been shaped by not only material interests and geopolitical calculations but also by deeper existential anxieties surrounding national identity and recognition. This article explores Turkey’s foreign policy through the conceptual framework of ontological (in)security, particularly during the Justice and Development Party (AKP) era. Drawing upon historical trajectories, theor…
Politische Fußballstadion
This chapter explores moral and ethical discussions that emerged in Sweden when the number of artificial grass pitches rose substantially. Based on research in the Swedish top-tier football league, named Allsvenskan, I shall present conflicting discourses that appear whenever grass is considered. The grass discussions often take a wider, political turn and reflect attitudes towards developments in modern football. The main problem, as perceived b…
The Political Football Stadium
This edited volume focuses on the stadium as a political space and examines how stadiums are viewed as the objects and catalysts of political change.
Political Football Stadium
Turkish foreign policy in the Balkans amidst ‘soft power’ and ‘de-Europeanisation’
Since the beginning of the 2000s, extensive academic research has echoed one popular opinion, ‘Turkey is back to the Balkans’. These studies have been scrutinizing the complicated role of Turkey in the Balkans, usually drawing upon the use of soft power by the former. This impact in the region remained intact during the 2010s, although the overall Turkish foreign policy in the 2010s has been highly securitized and de-Europeanized, losing its soft…
Turkey and the Balkans
This article is about the main framework and the rationale of the special issue, which deals with Turkey’s increasing ethno-religious, pragmatic and complicated involvement and activism in the Balkans since 2002, under the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi – AKP). The main focus of the Issue is how the intersectionality between domestic and foreign policy has played an important role in Turkey’s recent relations with the B…
Introduction
This introductory article argues that there is a need to introduce a renewed approach to the field of European Studies which takes into account various perspectives from the ‘periphery’ to unfold complexities and challenges of teaching and learning ‘Europe’ away from the immediate geographical and conceptual focus of the European studies. By elaborating on the notion of ‘periphery’ and exploring how European Studies resonate beyond ‘the centre’, …
Turkey and the European Union
It would not be an overstatement to claim that ‘Europe’ has been the most popular yet most volatile buzzword for Turkish politics. Stretching from Selim the Third, the Ottoman Sultan who initiated
From AKP’s ‘Conservative Democracy’ to ‘Advanced Democracy
Following the AKP's victory in the 2002 general elections, 'conservative democracy' has emerged as a trademark in Turkish politics, focusing on cosmopolitanism and European integration. In the late 2000s, the party's favourite notion was 'advanced democracy', this time underlining Turkey's leadership claim in the region and displaying a more critical approach to 'Europe'. In this paper, I aim to show how different narratives on 'Europe' emerged w…
Europe
The Devil is in the ‘Domestic’? European Integration Studies and the Limits of Europeanization in Turkey
The editors would like to thank Atila Eralp, Murat Ali Dulupçu, Murat Okçu, Tolga Bölükbaşı, Zeki Sarıgil, Saime Özçürümez and Daria Isachenko for organizing and chairing these events. The issue benefited greatly from the feedback of 14 anonymous referees of the contributions here, which the editors truly appreciate.Additional informationNotes on contributorsBaşak AlpanBaşak Alpan is an Assistant Professor and a Lecturer in European Politics and …
‘Europe-as-Hegemony’ and Discourses in Turkey after 1999
This paper focuses on the significance of the discourses and the notion of 'hegemony' to understand the process of Europeanization within the Turkish political landscape. By applying the poststructuralist theoretical framework of Laclau and Mouffe to the analysis of the shifting discourses on 'Europe' in Turkey after 1999, the paper identifies the different ways in which the concept has shaped domestic political debates and the political struggle…
From AKP’s ‘Conservative Democracy’ to ‘Advanced Democracy
Following the AKP's victory in the 2002 general elections, 'conservative democracy' has emerged as a trademark in Turkish politics, focusing on cosmopolitanism and European integration. In the late 2000s, the party's favourite notion was 'advanced democracy', this time underlining Turkey's leadership claim in the region and displaying a more critical approach to 'Europe'. In this paper, I aim to show how different narratives on 'Europe' emerged w…
Introduction
This introductory article argues that there is a need to introduce a renewed approach to the field of European Studies which takes into account various perspectives from the ‘periphery’ to unfold complexities and challenges of teaching and learning ‘Europe’ away from the immediate geographical and conceptual focus of the European studies. By elaborating on the notion of ‘periphery’ and exploring how European Studies resonate beyond ‘the centre’, …
Anxieties of a Self-Claimed Middle Power
This article examines the transformation of Turkey’s foreign policy under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) through the lens of ontological security. While Turkey has historically been engaged with the European ideal as the manifestation of the ontological security, the AKP era has witnessed significant shifts driven by a multi-layered activism stemming from the self-claimed middle powerhood. The study argues that ontological security provi…
The Devil is in the ‘Domestic’? European Integration Studies and the Limits of Europeanization in Turkey
The editors would like to thank Atila Eralp, Murat Ali Dulupçu, Murat Okçu, Tolga Bölükbaşı, Zeki Sarıgil, Saime Özçürümez and Daria Isachenko for organizing and chairing these events. The issue benefited greatly from the feedback of 14 anonymous referees of the contributions here, which the editors truly appreciate.Additional informationNotes on contributorsBaşak AlpanBaşak Alpan is an Assistant Professor and a Lecturer in European Politics and …
‘Europe-as-Hegemony’ and Discourses in Turkey after 1999
This paper focuses on the significance of the discourses and the notion of 'hegemony' to understand the process of Europeanization within the Turkish political landscape. By applying the poststructuralist theoretical framework of Laclau and Mouffe to the analysis of the shifting discourses on 'Europe' in Turkey after 1999, the paper identifies the different ways in which the concept has shaped domestic political debates and the political struggle…
Europe
From AKP’s ‘Conservative Democracy’ to ‘Advanced Democracy
Following the AKP's victory in the 2002 general elections, 'conservative democracy' has emerged as a trademark in Turkish politics, focusing on cosmopolitanism and European integration. In the late 2000s, the party's favourite notion was 'advanced democracy', this time underlining Turkey's leadership claim in the region and displaying a more critical approach to 'Europe'. In this paper, I aim to show how different narratives on 'Europe' emerged w…
Turkey and the European Union
It would not be an overstatement to claim that ‘Europe’ has been the most popular yet most volatile buzzword for Turkish politics. Stretching from Selim the Third, the Ottoman Sultan who initiated
Turkish foreign policy in the Balkans amidst ‘soft power’ and ‘de-Europeanisation’
Since the beginning of the 2000s, extensive academic research has echoed one popular opinion, ‘Turkey is back to the Balkans’. These studies have been scrutinizing the complicated role of Turkey in the Balkans, usually drawing upon the use of soft power by the former. This impact in the region remained intact during the 2010s, although the overall Turkish foreign policy in the 2010s has been highly securitized and de-Europeanized, losing its soft…
Turkey and the Balkans
This article is about the main framework and the rationale of the special issue, which deals with Turkey’s increasing ethno-religious, pragmatic and complicated involvement and activism in the Balkans since 2002, under the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi – AKP). The main focus of the Issue is how the intersectionality between domestic and foreign policy has played an important role in Turkey’s recent relations with the B…
Introduction
This introductory article argues that there is a need to introduce a renewed approach to the field of European Studies which takes into account various perspectives from the ‘periphery’ to unfold complexities and challenges of teaching and learning ‘Europe’ away from the immediate geographical and conceptual focus of the European studies. By elaborating on the notion of ‘periphery’ and exploring how European Studies resonate beyond ‘the centre’, …
The Political Football Stadium
This edited volume focuses on the stadium as a political space and examines how stadiums are viewed as the objects and catalysts of political change.
Political Football Stadium
Politische Fußballstadion
This chapter explores moral and ethical discussions that emerged in Sweden when the number of artificial grass pitches rose substantially. Based on research in the Swedish top-tier football league, named Allsvenskan, I shall present conflicting discourses that appear whenever grass is considered. The grass discussions often take a wider, political turn and reflect attitudes towards developments in modern football. The main problem, as perceived b…
Anxieties of a Self-Claimed Middle Power
This article examines the transformation of Turkey’s foreign policy under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) through the lens of ontological security. While Turkey has historically been engaged with the European ideal as the manifestation of the ontological security, the AKP era has witnessed significant shifts driven by a multi-layered activism stemming from the self-claimed middle powerhood. The study argues that ontological security provi…
Turkish Foreign Policy and Ontological (In)Security
Since the foundation of the Republic in 1923, Turkish foreign policy has been shaped by not only material interests and geopolitical calculations but also by deeper existential anxieties surrounding national identity and recognition. This article explores Turkey’s foreign policy through the conceptual framework of ontological (in)security, particularly during the Justice and Development Party (AKP) era. Drawing upon historical trajectories, theor…
Political science (12 works) · Politics (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (8 works) · Political economy (7 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (6 works) · Europeanisation (5 works) · Turkish (4 works) · Economics (3 works)