Binnaz TOPRAK
Born: March 24, 1942, Turkey
Sex : Female
Marital Status: Married, one child
Address: Department of Political Science and International Relations
Bogazici University, 80815 Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: 90, 212, 359 6527
Fax: 90, 212, 287 24 55
Email: toprak@boun.edu.tr
DEGREES EARNED
Honorary Degree in Humane Letters, St. Olaf College, Minnesota, April 2006
Ph.D. in Political Science, Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, 1976
B.A. in Political Science, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 1965
Lycee Diploma: American Academy for Girls, Uskudar, Istanbul, 1960
TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
September 1976- Present : Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University
September 1991-June 1992 :Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Minnesota University
September 1997- Present :Visiting Professor, Koc University, Istanbul.
January 1992- January 1994 :Chair, Department of Political Science, Bogazici University
January 2004- present : Chair, Department of Political Science and International Relations,
Bogazici University
Courses Taught :Political Sociology, Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Politics
of Developing Areas, Party Systems, Islam and Politics, Literature
and Politics, Cinema and Politics.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Islam and Political Development in Turkey, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1981.
Islam dan Perkembangan Politik di Turki, translated from the English Islam and Political Development in Turkey, Dr. Komaruddin Hidayat, translator; Jakarta: Pt. Tiara Wacana Yogya, 1999.
Ali Çarkoğlu and Binnaz Toprak, Türkiye’de Din, Toplum ve Siyaset (Religion, Society and Politics in Turkey), İstanbul: TESEV Yayınları, 2000.
Ersin Kalaycıoğlu and Binnaz Toprak, İş Yaşamı, Üst Yönetim ve Siyasette Kadın (Women in the Job Force, Top Administration and Politics), İstanbul, TESEV Yayınları, 2004.
Ali Çarkoğlu and Binnaz Toprak, Değişen Türkiye’de Din, Toplum ve Siyaset, TESEV Yayınları, 2006.
Articles
"Religion and Turkish Women," Nermin Abadan-Unat (ed.), Women in Turkish Society, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1981, 281-293.
"Türk Kadını ve Din," Nermin Abadan-Unat (ed.), Türk Toplumunda Kadın, Ankara: Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği Yayınları, 1979, 381-391.
"Türkiye`de Dinin Denetim İşlevi," Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, Vol. XXXIII, No. 1-2 , March-June 1978, 173-185.
İlkay Sunar and Binnaz Toprak, "Islam in Politics: The Case of Turkey," Government and Opposition, Vol. 18, No. 4, Autumn 1983, 421-441.
"Politicization of Islam in a Secular State: The National Salvation Party in Turkey," Said Amir Arjomand (ed.), From Nationalism to Revolutionary Islam, Oxford: Macmillan, 1984, 119-133.
"Die Religion und die Türkische Frau," Nermin Abadan-Unat (ed.), Die Frau in der Türkischen Gesellshaft, Frankfurt: Dağyeli Verlag, 1985, 240-258.
"Die Institutionalisierung des Laizismus in der Türkischen Republic," Jochen Blaschke and Martin van Bruinessen (eds.), Jahrbuch zur Geschichte und Gesellschaft des Vorderen und Mittleren Orients: Thema: Islam und Politik in der Türkei, Berlin: Express Edition, 1985, 95-108.
"Liberalizmin Liberal Gelenek İçinden Bir Eleştirisi: C.B. Macpherson," Toplum ve Bilim ,Winter 1985, 165-174.
"The Religious Right," Irvin Cemil Schick and Ertu§rul Ahmet Tonak (eds.), Turkey in Transition: New Perspectives , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986, 218-235.
"Islamic Intellectuals of the 1980`s in Turkey," Current Turkish Thought,"Perspectives on Islam" Series, Spring 1987, No. 62.
"Demokrasi ve Parlamento," TBMM Kültür, Sanat ve Yayın Kurulu Yayınları, Milli Egemenlik: Sempozyum ve Panellerde Sunulan Bildiriler, 1987, No. 32, 25-32.
"The State, Politics and Religion in Turkey," Metin Heper and Ahmet Evin (eds.), State, Democracy and Military: Turkey in the 1980’s, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1988, 119-135.
"Reception of the Iranian Revolution by the Muslim Press in Turkey," David Menashri (ed.) The Iranian Revolution and the Muslim World , Boulder: Westview Press, 1990, 250-260.
"Emancipated but Unliberated Women in Turkey: The Impact of Islam," Ferhunde Özbay (ed.), Women, Family and Social Change in Turkey, Bangkok: UNESCO, 1990, 39-49
"Religion as State Ideology in a Secular Setting: The Turkish-Islamic Synthesis," Malcolm Wagstaff (ed.) Aspects of Religion in Secular Turkey, University of Durham, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Occasional Paper Series, No 40, 1990, 10-15.
"Les Intellectuels islamistes," in Paul Dumont and François Georgeon (eds.), La Turquie au seuil de l`Europe , Paris: Editions L`Harmattan, 1991, 167-180.
"Dinci Sağ," Irvin Cemil Schick and Ertuğrul Ahmet Tonak (eds.), Geçiş Sürecinde Türkiye Istanbul: Belge Yayınları, 1990, 237-254.
"Surviving Modernization: Islam as Communal Means of Adaptation," Il Politico, LVI, 1991, n.1, pp. 147-161.
"Un nouvel horizon de l`identite turque: la Synthese turco-islamique," Dossiers du Cedej, Modernisation et Nouvelles Formes de Mobilisation Sociale, Cairo: Cedej, 1992, 165-171.
"Islamist Intellectuals: Revolt against Industry and Technology," Metin Heper, A. Öncü, H. Kramer (eds.), Turkey and the West: Changing Political and Cultural Identities, London: I.B. Tauris, 1993, 237-257
Faruk Birtek and B. Toprak, "The Conflictual Agendas of Neo-Liberal Reconstruction and the Rise of Islamic Politics in Turkey," Praxis International, July 1993, 192-212
“The Religious Right,” in Albert Hourani, Philip S. Khoury, and Mary C. Wilson, eds., The Modern Middle East, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1993, 625-642.
"Women and Fundamentalism: The Case of Turkey," Valentine M. Moghadam (ed.), Identity Politics and Women: Cultural Reassertions and Feminisms in International Perspective, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1994, 293-306
"Refah Partisi, " The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, 4 vols, Oxford University Press, 1995.
"N. Erbakan," The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World, 4 vols, Oxford University Press, 1995.
"Islam and the Secular State in Turkey," Çiğdem Balım et al (eds.), Turkey: Political, Social, and Economic Challenges in the 1990s, Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995, 90-96.
"Civil Society in Turkey," Augustus Richard Norton (ed.), Civil Society in the Middle East, Volume 2, Leiden: E.J.Brill, 1996, 87-118.
"Seçim Sistemleri ve 24 Aralık Seçimleri," Sosyal Demokrat Değişim, 96/1, 37-40.
"Prejudice as Social Science Theory: Samuel P. Huntington`s Vision of the Future," Perceptions:Journal of International Affairs, March-May 1996, 83-87.
“Güncel Tarih, Toplumsal Değişim ve İslam,” Suna Kili’ye Armağan, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Istanbul, 1998, 373-378.
“Türkiye’de Laiklik, Siyasal İslam ve Demokrasi,” Uluslararası Atatürk ve Çağdaş Toplum Sempozyumu, İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2002, 286-305.
“Secularism and Islam: The Building of Modern Turkey,” Macalester International, special issue, Hybrid Geographies in the Eastern Mediterranean: Views from the Bosphorous, Volume 15, Winter 2005, 27-43.
“A Secular Democracy in the Muslim World: The Turkish Model,” in Shireen T. Hunter and Huma Malik, eds., Modernization, Democracy, and Islam, Praeger and Center for Strategic and International Studies, Westport, Conn., 2005, 277-292.
“Islam and Democracy in Turkey,” Turkish Studies, Vol. 6, No.2, June 2005, 167-186.
“Economic Development versus Cultural Transformation: Projects of Modernity in Japan and Turkey,” New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 35, Fall, 2006, 85-128.
Book Review: Omer Taspinar, Kurdish Nationalism and Political Islam in Turkey: Kemalist Identity in Transition, in South European Society and Politics, March 2007, 136-138.
Translations
Gianfranco Poggi, Çağdaş Devletin Gelişimi, Şule Kut and Binnaz Toprak (translators), Hürriyet Vakfı Yayınları, 1991.
Tom Bottomore ve Robert Nisbet, "Yapısalcılık", Binnaz Toprak (translator), Tom Bottomore and Robert Nisbet (eds.), Sosyolojik Çözümlemenin Tarihi , İstanbul: V Yayınları, 1990, 572-612.
Book Reviews
Richard Tapper (ed.), Islam in Modern Turkey: Religion, Politics and Literature in a Secular State, London and New York, I.B. Tauris, 1991. Review in Development and Change, Vol 26, No 1, January 1995, 189-191
Elizabeth Özdalga, The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Report Series No: 33, Curzon Press, Richmond, G.B., 1998. Review in New Perspectives on Turkey, Spring 1998, 166-167.
Ömer Taşpınar, Kurdish Nationalism and Political Islam in Turkey: Kemalist Identity in Transition, Review in South European Society and Politics, March 2007, 136-138.
PAPERS AND CONFERENCES
"The Control Function of Religion in Turkey," Turkish Political Science Association, 27-29 January 1978, Ankara.
"Religion and Turkish Women," Turkish Social Science Association, 16-19 May 1978, Istanbul.
"Problems of Turkish Women," 18-21 October 1979, Nicosia.
"Religion and Politics in Turkey," American Universities Field Staff, 5-11 April 1981, Bellagio.
Politicization of Islam in a Secular State: The National Salvation Party in Turkey," Social Science Research Council, 14-17 May 1981, New York.
"The Institutionalization of Laicism in the Turkish Republic," Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung, 18-24 December 1981, West Berlin.
"Islam and Politics: The Turkish Case," International Political Science Association, 9-14 August 1982, Rio de Janeiro.
"An Assessment of the Political Science Discipline in Turkey," Boğaziçi University, 10 November 1984, Istanbul.
"Recent Elections in Turkey," Middle East Studies Association, 29 November-1 December 1984, San Francisco.
"The State, Politics and Religion in Turkey," Deutsches Orient Institut, 10-14 September 1985, Hamburg.
"Islamist Intellectuals," Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 27-31 October 1986, Paris.
"Democracy and the Parliament," Van University and the Turkish Grand National Assembly, 27 April 1987, Van.
"Democracy, Political Participation and Secularism in Turkey," SİSAV, 25-26 May 1987, Istanbul.
Discussant, "Turkey in the Year 2000," Turkish Political Science Association, 10-12 June 1987, Istanbul.
"Islamic Revival in Turkey," Frei University, 2 November 1987, West Berlin.
"Islamic Revival in Turkey," Hamburg University, 4 November 1987, Hamburg.
"The Understanding of Secularism in Republican Turkey," Hamburg Turkish Society, 5 November 1987, Hamburg.
"Reception of the Iranian Revolution by the Muslim Press in Turkey," Tel Aviv University, 4-6 January 1988, Tel Aviv.
"Separation of Church and State in the United States," USIS and Boğaziçi University, 11-12 March 1988, Istanbul.
Organizer of the conference on "Immigrant Community Formation," Boğaziçi University and Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung, May 19, 1988, Istanbul.
"Religion as State Ideology in a Secular Setting: The Turkish-Islamic Synthesis," British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, 10-13 July 1988, Leeds.
"Problems of Migrant Turkish Women in Foreign Countries," Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 18-24 November 1988, The Hague, Leewarden and Amsterdam.
"The Social Status of Turkish Women," Turkish Press Association and the Endowment for Turkish Women, 11 March 1989, Istanbul.
"Islam in Turkey," The KULSAN Foundation, 19-30 April 1989, Amsterdam.
"Islam in Turkey: Internal and External Factors," Berliner Institut für Vergleichende Sozialforschung, 13-18 June 1989, West Berlin.
"The Islamic Movement in Turkey" Mülkiyeliler Vakfı, February 10, 1990, Istanbul.
"Islam, Secularism, and the State," The Pera Group of Social Democrats, March 29, 1990, Istanbul.
"Surviving Modernization: Islam as Communal Means of Adaptation," University of Pavia, 26-27 April 1990, Pavia.
"A New Horizon of Identity: Turkish-Islamic Synthesis," Centre d`etudes et de documentation economique juridique et sociale, 8-10 June 1990, Cairo.
"Women and Fundamentalism: The Case of Turkey," World Institute for Development Economics Research, 8-10 October 1990, Helsinki.
"Islam, Turkey, and Europe," Business International`s 9th Annual Round Table with the Government of Turkey, 23-25 October, 1990, Ankara.
"Islamist Intellectuals and the West," Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, November 11-13, 1990, Ebenhausen.
"Science and Religion," TÜSES Foundation, January 18, 1991, İzmir.
"Women and Islam," Istanbul University, Center for Women`s Studies, 3 April, 1991, Istanbul.
"The Welfare Party," Boğaziçi University, 24-26 April 1991, Istanbul.
Participant, The Future of Social Science Research in the Middle East, The Ford Foundation, 18-22 May, 1991, Cairo.
"Turkish Women and Islamic Fundamentalism," University of Michigan, September 21, 1991, Ann Arbor.
"Islam and Politics in Turkey," Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, October 12, 1991, Minneapolis.
Discussant, "Crisis and Breakdown in Democratic Regimes," Ford Foundation, 14-16 November, 1991, Antalya.
"Impact of Islam on Turkish Politics," University of Pennyslvania, February 24, 1992, Philadelphia.
"Democracy, Civil Society, and Pluralism," TÜSES Foundation, 17-18 October, 1992, Baku.
"Islam in Changing Circumstances," Quakers, 26-30 January 1993, Penang.
"The Role of Religion in Secular Turkey," University of Manchester, 5-6 May 1993, Manchester.
"History, Structural Change, and Islam," Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, 24-26 May 1993, Ankara.
"The Making of Urban Culture in Turkey," University of Pavia, 8-9 October 1993, Pavia.
"Religion and Democracy in Turkey," Middle East Studies Association, 9-16 November 1993, Research Circle, North Carolina.
"Civil Society in Turkey," Civil Society in the Middle East Project, Richard Norton, Director, 28 October-3 December 1993, Bellagio.
Workshop on "Women, History and Modernity," Boğaziçi University and University of Michigan, September, 1994, Istanbul.
"Fundamentalism and Pluralism," Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University and Deutsches Kulturinstitut, December 1994, Ankara.
"The Islamic Factor in Turkish Political and Social Life," Türk Demokrasi Vakfı, January 1995, Ankara.
"Secularism versus Religion in Turkey," University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, October 20-21, 1995, London.
"Turkey: Bridge or Boundary of Europe?" Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research, November 8-11, 1995, Istanbul.
" Samuel P. Huntington and the Clash of Civilizations," Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Center for Strategic Studies, November 28, 1995, Ankara.
Discussant, "Republicanism, Democracy, and Identity," Ege University, April 10-12, 1996, İzmir.
"Importance of Islam in Turkish Society," Körber Stiftung, 3-5 May 1996, Bonn.
"Religious and Secular Radicalism in Turkey," Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and University of Haifa, 2-5 June 1996, Haifa.
" Europe and Turkey: Cultural Convergence" Turkish Society, London School of Economics and Political Science, 21 June 1996, London.
Participant, Organizing Committee for the Project on "Images of `The Other` in the Middle East: Reciprocal Perceptions of Jews and Muslims," The Rockefeller Foundation, August 26-29, 1996, Bellagio.
"The Ideology of the Refah Party in Turkey," Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Cairo University, 29-30 November, 1996, Castelgandolfo.
"Islam and Modern Turkey: The Role and Position of Women," University of Athens, December 12-14, 1996, Athens.
"Refah`s Views on Foreign Policy and Israel," Bar-Ilan University, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, January 14-15, 1997, Tel Aviv.
"The Welfare Party in Turkish Democracy," Turkish Democracy Foundation, 1-2 May,1997, Istanbul.
Discussant, International Conference on Media and Democracy, TESEV, May 8-10, 1997, Istanbul.
"Is Islamic Fundamentalism a Threat to Secularism and Democracy in Turkey?" Turkische Gemeinde in Deutschland, May 30-June 3, 1997, Antalya.
"Higher Education in Turkey: Issues in an Islamic-Secular Nation," Council on International Educational Exchange, November 18-19, 1997, Barcelona.
Discussant, Workshop on "World, Islam, and Democracy," Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, March 5-8, 1998, Dalaman.
“Studies on Islam and Secularism in Turkey: Changing Perspectives,” UNESCO and Panteion University, May 28-31, 1998, Athens.
“Religion as a Factor Shaping Turkey-EU Relations,” Political Science Departments of Göteborg and Boğaziçi Universities, August 17-19, 1998, Göteborg.
“Religion, Civilization, and Culture,” International Symposium on “Dialogue of Civilizations,” Diyarbakır Municipality, September 18-20, 1998, Diyarbakır.
“Secularism and its Problems,” Gaziantep University, October 2, 1998, Gaziantep.
“Secularism and Political Islam in Turkey,” Assembly of Turkish American Associations, October 7-9, 1998, Washington.
“An Islamist Party in Power in a Secular State: The Case of Refah,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, November 6-8, 1998, Quebec.
Discussant, Conference on “US-European Common Approaches to Turkey,” Istituto Affari Internazionali, Nov. 20-21, 1998, Rome.
Chair and Discussant, Closing Session, International Conference on the “History of the Turkish Republic: A Reassessment,” Turkish Academy of Sciences, Turkish Historical Association, Turkish Social Science Association, 10-12 December 1998, Ankara.
Discussant, International Conference on “New Approaches to the Study of Ottoman and Arab Societies,” Bogazici University History Department, May 27-30, 1999, Istanbul.
Lecture on “Recent Elections in Turkey,” Istituto Affari Internazionali, April 23, 1999, Rome.
“ Attitudes of the Turkish Public towards Political Islam,” Symposium on “Contemporary Turkey: Challenges of Change,” Tel Aviv University and Middle East Technical University, June 19-21, 1999, Tel Aviv.
“A Comparison of Japanese and Turkish Path to Modernity,” Workshop and Japan and Turkey, participant, December 1999,Tokyo and Kyoto.
Discussant at the 6th Turkish-German Symposium of the Korber Foundation, Bonn, 7-9 March, 2000.
“Islam and Nationalism,” Conference on “Building the New Europe: The Role or Roles of Turkey,” Pavia University, March 28-29, 2000.
Participant in a workshop on comparison of Japan and Turkey, October 2000, Istanbul.
Participant in a workshop on Japan and Turkey, June 2001, Tokyo and Kyoto.
”Islam and Democracy in Turkey,” International Conference on “Islam and Democracy,” Mershon Center, Ohio State University and the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic Studies Institute, March 18-27, 2002., Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Padang, Makassar.
Participant, Organizing Committee Member, Research on Muslim-Christian Relations in 21st Century Europe, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, 5-7 April, 2002, Athens.
Participant, International Conference on Gender, Koerber Foundation, 19-21 April 2002, Bonn.
“Türkiye’de Laiklik ve Demokrasi,” International Conference on Atatürk and Modern Society, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Türkiye İş Bankası ve Demokrasi ve Gençlik Vakfı, 25-27 September 2002, Istanbul.
“Türk Modeli Laikliğin 21. Yüzyılda Geleceği,” International Conference on State-Religion Relations: Different Models, Concepts, and Experiences, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 10-11 October, 2002, Istanbul.
“Islamic Politics in Turkey: Evolution towards a Liberal-Democratic Model,” Wiardi Beckman Foundation, 20 December 2002, Amsterdam.
“A Secular Democracy in the Muslim World: The Turkish Model,” International Workshop I on Islam and Democracy, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), May 13-14, 2003, Washington, D.C.
“Democracy and Moderation in an Islamic Society: The Case of Turkey,” Woodrow Wilson Center, May 15, 2003, Washington, D.C.
Organizer of the International Conference on “A Turkish-Greek Dialogue: Setting Problem Areas and Searching for Solutions,” Bogazici University, May 26-27, 2003, Istanbul.
“Political Islam in a Secular Democracy: The Case of Refah,” International Conference on “The Turkish Welfare Party Case: Implications for Human Rights in Europe,” Central European University, June 12-14, 2003, Budapest.
“A Secular Democracy in the Muslim World” The Turkish Model,” International Workshop II on Islam and Democracy, CSIS, July 14-15, 2003, Washington, D.C.
Discussant, “Nation-State versus Community? The Emergence of a European Cultural Foreign Policy,” International Workshop on “Europe- A union of Culture? Foreign Cultural Policy in the Enlarged European Union,” University of Konstanz and Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart, October 12-14, 2003, Berlin.
Participant, “U.S.-Islamic World Forum,” The Brookings Institution, January 10-12, 2004, Doha, Qatar.
“Women in Turkey: Results of a Survey,” Lecture at Northwestern University, Center for International and Comparative Studies, May 5, 2004, Chicago.
“The Question of Gender in the Muslim World,” International Seminar on “The Muslim World in the 21. Century,” 11-12 June, 2004, Istanbul.
“Islam and Democracy in Turkey,” Turkish Studies Association, International Seminar on “Religion and Politics in Turkey,” July 1-3, 2004, Istanbul.
“Islam and Democracy in Turkey: The Transformation of Islamist Parties,” Second ECPR Conference on the European Union, 24-25 June 2004, Bologna.
Moderator, International Conference on Women in Turkey, 13 October 2004, Brussels.
“The Transformation of Political Islam in Turkey,” Helsinki University, 15 October 2004, Helsinki.
“The Participation of Women in Turkey in Education, Employment, Top Administration, and Politics,” International Seminar on “Cultural Debates in the Process of Turkey’s Accession to the EU,” November 6 2004, The Hague.
“Political Islam in Turkey: Recent Developments,” International Seminar on “European Turkey: Modernization, Secularism, and Islam,” Cornell University, Institute for European Studies, December 3-4, 2004, Ithaca, NY.
“Laicity and the Historical Fulfillment of Islam,” Academie de Latinite-Bilkent University-Bilgi University, International Seminar on “Islam, Latinite, Transmodernite,” April 12-16, Ankara and Istanbul.
Chair and Discussant, International Seminar on “The Role of Women in Society: Different Perspectives,” May 24, 2005, Stockholm.
“Is Turkey Ready for EU Accession?” September 16, College de Europe, Warsaw.
“The Turkish Experience with Islam and Democracy,” 31 October 2005, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Chair and Discussant, istorical Fulfillment of Islam,” HisInternational Seminar on “Europeanization and Transformation: Turkey in the Post-Helsinki Era,” Koc University, 2-3 December 2005, Istanbul.
Chair and Discussant, istorical Fulfillment of Islam,” HisInternational Seminar on “Rethinking Europe through Rethinking Islam,” Bogazici University, 9-10 December 2005, Istanbul.
“Islam and Democracy in Turkey,” Conference on Turkish Politics, University of Illinois, March 8, 2006, Urbana-Champaign
Series of conferences on Turkish secularism, women, politics, and democracy, St Olaf College, Northfield, 3-5 April, 2006.
Lecture, “Participation of Women in Education, Work Force, Top Administration and Politics,” Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Government, March 15, 2006, Ankara.
“Kemalism versus Islam” Hellenic Centre for European Studies and University of Athens, International Seminar on “Decoding Modern Turkey and the Greek European Experience,” May 10, 2006, Athens.
Series of conferences in several cities in Denmark on Turkey’s EU Accession Process organized by the Social Democratic Party of Denmark, May 14-20, 2006.
“Changing Nature of Islamic Politics in Turkey,” International Workshop on Turkey’s Accession to the EU, University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp, June 9-10. 2006, Antwerp.
“Secularism, Islam, and Democracy in Turkey,” International Seminar on “The Alliance of Civilizations,” Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lithuanian Parliament, Turkish Foreign Ministry, and Vilnius University, June 15, 2006, Vilnius.
“Turkey between Modernity and Tradition.” International Seminar on “Europe and the Mediterranean: Inclusion and Diversity,” Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria, and Osterreichische Orient-Gesellscaft, June 28, 2006, Vienna.
“Religion, Society and Politics in Contemporary Turkey: Results of a Survey” Polski Institut, January 19, 2007, Warsaw.