Yaprak Gürsoy
Visiting Assistant Professor,
Sabanci University
Degrees
Ph.D. 2008, University of Virginia
Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics
M.A. 2002 University of Virginia (Foreign Affairs)
B.A. 2000 Koç University, Istanbul (International Relations)
Principal Presentations and Publications
Publications:
Review of James Ker-Lindsay, Crisis and Conciliation: A Year of Rapprochement between Greece and Turkey (I.B. Tauris 2007), Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2 (October 2008): 502-504. (AHCI)
"The Effects of the Population Exchange on the Greek and Turkish Political Regimes in the 1930s" East European Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 2 (Summer 2008): 97-128. (SSCI)
"Civil-Military Relations as a Component of Democratic Consolidation in Turkey: A Comparison with Greece," Turkey-European Relations: Dilemmas, Opportunities, and Constraints, edited by Meltem Müftüler Baç and Yiannis A. Stivachtis (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.), 303-324.
Review of Esra Ozyurek, Nostalgia for the Modern: State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey (Duke, 2006), Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Winter 2007): 565-566
"Democratization in Greece and Turkey," International Governance and International Security: Issues and Perspectives, edited by Yiannis A. Stivachtis, Athens: Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 2005.
Presentations:
"Regime Change and the Role of the Military in the Aegean after the Second World War: Reconsidering the Foreign Influence," International Political Science Association (IPSA), Research Committee 24, Armed Forces and Society, Triennial Conference: New Challenges and Environments, Santiago, Chile, 26-28 June 2008.
"The EU's Common Foreign, Security and Defense Policies and the Turkish Perceptions," (with Meltem Muftuler-Bac) and "Regime Change in the Aegean after the Second World War: Reconsidering the Foreign Influence," International Studies Association (ISA), 49th Annual Convention, San Francisco, 26-29 March 2008.
"Effects of Civilian Support and Military Unity in the Outcome of Coups: The Cases of Turkish and Greek Military Interventions," The Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society (IUS), Biennial Conference, Chicago, 26-28 October 2007.
"Regime Change in the Aegean after the Second World War: Reconsidering the Foreign Influence," Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA), 20th International Symposium, New Haven, Connecticut, 18-20 October 2007.
“Military Rule and Democracy in Greece and Turkey,” Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA), 19th International Symposium, Chicago, 3-5 November 2005.
“Military Rule and Democracy in Greece and Turkey,” American Political Science Association (APSA), Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1-4 September 2005.
“Military Rule and Democracy in Greece and Turkey,” World International Studies Committee (WISC), First Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul, 24-27 August 2005.
“Democratization in Greece and Turkey,” International Council Central and Eastern European Studies (ICCEES), 8th World Congress, Berlin, 25-30 July 2005.
“Democratization in Greece and Turkey,” Middle Eastern Technical University (METU), 4th Conference on International Relations, Ankara 30 June-2 July 2005.
“Democratization in Greece and Turkey,” Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2nd International Conference on European and International Affairs, May 27-29 2004.
“Democracy and Dictatorship in Greece,” London School of Economics and Political Science, PhD Symposium on Modern Greece, 21 June 2003.
