Gülay Türkmen
Biographic Data
| ID | 91526 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gülay Türkmen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gülay |
| FAMILY NAME | Türkmen |
| SIGNATURE | TÜRKMEN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Göttingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2718-8555 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Democratic Decline and Return Migration: What Motivates Highly‐Skilled Voluntary Return to Post‐2016 Turkey
Migration scholars often present democratic decline as an emigration driver. This effect is more pronounced among highly‐skilled citizens who have the resources and capability to settle abroad. Yet, not much attention has been paid to why highly‐skilled emigrants would opt to return to their autocratizing countries, even if they are concerned about the political path the country has taken. This article provides answers to this puzzle through 41 s…
The Politics of Believing and Belonging: Increasing Diversity Among Muslim Immigrants in Germany
While the arrival of large numbers of migrants from Syria has transformed the German Muslim scene in recent years, we still know very little about “how” and “to what degree.” Equally lacking is information on how existing Muslim-majority communities have experienced this transformation and what kind of relations they have established (if at all) with the “newcomers.” In search for answers to these questions, this article focuses on intercommunity…
The State of Nationalism (SoN): Nationalism and Religion
The relationship between religion and nationalism has received increasing scholarly attention since the late 1990s. An article I co-authored a decade ago provided a detailed review of this literature as it intersected with macro-culturalist and micro-rationalist theories of violence. Since that time, the field has kept expanding and other reviews covering this topic have been published. In this review, I will follow in their footsteps by providin…
Categorical astigmatism: On ethnicity, religion, nationality, and class in the study of migrants in Europe
The study of migrant minorities in Europe has long been characterized by a turn to identity politics. This turn has had two shortcomings: First, it often conflates religion, ethnicity, and nationality, resulting in what I call "categorical astigmatism". Consequently, migrants find themselves lumped into categories they would not primarily identify with. Second, despite its importance in the lived experiences of migrants, class is treated as a "no…
Under the Banner of Islam: Turks, Kurds, and the Limits of Religious Unity
How do religious, ethnic, and national identities interact in religiously homogenous ethnic conflicts? Is it possible for religion to act as a resolution tool in such conflicts? Why? Why not? In search for answers to these questions, Under the Banner of Islam focuses on the ambivalent role Sunni Islam has played in Turkey’s Kurdish conflict—both as a conflict-resolution tool and as a tool of resistance—in the last two decades. Relying mainly on p…
What Does Trauma Have to Do with Politics? Cultural Trauma and the Displaced Founding Political Elites of Israel and Turkey
Recent political events, such as Brexit and Trump’s election, have inspired talk of collective trauma in academic publications and news outlets. Yet, scholars have been unclear about the processes that transform mundane political events into collective traumatic experiences. In this article, we ask how political factions come to interpret election outcomes as a trauma. We draw on cultural trauma theory to examine the ways state-founding political…
Negotiating Symbolic Boundaries in Conflict Resolution: Religion and Ethnicity in Turkey's Kurdish Conflict
Categorical astigmatism: On ethnicity, religion, nationality, and class in the study of migrants in Europe
The study of migrant minorities in Europe has long been characterized by a turn to identity politics. This turn has had two shortcomings: First, it often conflates religion, ethnicity, and nationality, resulting in what I call "categorical astigmatism". Consequently, migrants find themselves lumped into categories they would not primarily identify with. Second, despite its importance in the lived experiences of migrants, class is treated as a "no…
Negotiating Symbolic Boundaries in Conflict Resolution: Religion and Ethnicity in Turkey's Kurdish Conflict
What Does Trauma Have to Do with Politics? Cultural Trauma and the Displaced Founding Political Elites of Israel and Turkey
Recent political events, such as Brexit and Trump’s election, have inspired talk of collective trauma in academic publications and news outlets. Yet, scholars have been unclear about the processes that transform mundane political events into collective traumatic experiences. In this article, we ask how political factions come to interpret election outcomes as a trauma. We draw on cultural trauma theory to examine the ways state-founding political…
Negotiating Symbolic Boundaries in Conflict Resolution: Religion and Ethnicity in Turkey's Kurdish Conflict
What Does Trauma Have to Do with Politics? Cultural Trauma and the Displaced Founding Political Elites of Israel and Turkey
Recent political events, such as Brexit and Trump’s election, have inspired talk of collective trauma in academic publications and news outlets. Yet, scholars have been unclear about the processes that transform mundane political events into collective traumatic experiences. In this article, we ask how political factions come to interpret election outcomes as a trauma. We draw on cultural trauma theory to examine the ways state-founding political…
Under the Banner of Islam: Turks, Kurds, and the Limits of Religious Unity
How do religious, ethnic, and national identities interact in religiously homogenous ethnic conflicts? Is it possible for religion to act as a resolution tool in such conflicts? Why? Why not? In search for answers to these questions, Under the Banner of Islam focuses on the ambivalent role Sunni Islam has played in Turkey’s Kurdish conflict—both as a conflict-resolution tool and as a tool of resistance—in the last two decades. Relying mainly on p…
The State of Nationalism (SoN): Nationalism and Religion
The relationship between religion and nationalism has received increasing scholarly attention since the late 1990s. An article I co-authored a decade ago provided a detailed review of this literature as it intersected with macro-culturalist and micro-rationalist theories of violence. Since that time, the field has kept expanding and other reviews covering this topic have been published. In this review, I will follow in their footsteps by providin…
Categorical astigmatism: On ethnicity, religion, nationality, and class in the study of migrants in Europe
The study of migrant minorities in Europe has long been characterized by a turn to identity politics. This turn has had two shortcomings: First, it often conflates religion, ethnicity, and nationality, resulting in what I call "categorical astigmatism". Consequently, migrants find themselves lumped into categories they would not primarily identify with. Second, despite its importance in the lived experiences of migrants, class is treated as a "no…
Democratic Decline and Return Migration: What Motivates Highly‐Skilled Voluntary Return to Post‐2016 Turkey
Migration scholars often present democratic decline as an emigration driver. This effect is more pronounced among highly‐skilled citizens who have the resources and capability to settle abroad. Yet, not much attention has been paid to why highly‐skilled emigrants would opt to return to their autocratizing countries, even if they are concerned about the political path the country has taken. This article provides answers to this puzzle through 41 s…
The Politics of Believing and Belonging: Increasing Diversity Among Muslim Immigrants in Germany
While the arrival of large numbers of migrants from Syria has transformed the German Muslim scene in recent years, we still know very little about “how” and “to what degree.” Equally lacking is information on how existing Muslim-majority communities have experienced this transformation and what kind of relations they have established (if at all) with the “newcomers.” In search for answers to these questions, this article focuses on intercommunity…
Political science (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (3 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (3 works) · Turkish (3 works)