Başak Alpan

Project Coordinator

Başak Alpan is an Associate Professor and a Lecturer in European Politics and Political Sociology at the Centre for European Studies and the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK with her research on the Turkish discourses on ‘Europe’ in the post-1999 period. She conducts research and extensively writes on the European integration, discourse theory, post structuralism, Turkish-EU Relations and football and identity. Alpan worked in many EU-funded projects as a researcher, including FREE (Football Research in an Enlarged Europe), which aims at contributing to a better understanding of football as a highly relevant social and cultural phenomenon in contemporary Europe and FEUTURE (the Future of Turkey-EU Relations) aiming at mapping dynamics and testing alternative scenarios regarding the future of Turkish EU integration.

Publications:

    Journal Articles:
    • Alpan, B. (2019), ‘The Impact of EU-based Populism on Turkey-EU Relations’, International Spectator, 54 (4), pp. 17-31
    • Alpan, B. (2016) ‘From AKP’s “Conservative Democracy” to “Advanced Democracy”: Shifts and Challenges in the Debate on “Europe”’, South European Society and Politics, 21 (1), pp. 15-28
    • Alpan, B. (2015) ‘Bir İmkân olarak Avrupalılık Kimliği: Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Tartışmaların Neresinde?’, Marmara Avrupa Araştırmaları Dergisi, 23 (2), pp. 5-26.
    • Alpan, B. (2014), ‘“Europe-as-Hegemony” and Discourses in Turkey after 1999: What has Europeanisation got to do with it?’, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 16 (1), March 2014
    • Alpan, B. and T. Diez (2014), ‘the Devil is in the ‘Domestic’? : European Integration Studies and the Limits of Europeanisation in Turkey’, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 16 (1), March 2014
    Edited Books / Journals:
    • Alpan, B., A. Schwell and A. Sonntag (2015) (eds.) the European Football Championship: Mega Event and Vanity Fair, UK: Palgrave MacMillan
    • Alpan, B. and T. Diez (2014) (eds.) ‘the Devil is in the ‘Domestic’? : European Integration Studies and the Limits of Europeanisation in Turkey’, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 16 (1), March 2014
    Book chapters:
    • Alpan, B. (2020-forthcoming), ‘Europeanisation and Turkey’s EU Accession: where the Rubber Meets the Road’, in W. Reiners and E. Turhan (eds.), EU-Turkey Relations – Theories, Actors, Policies, London: Routledge
    • Alpan, B. and Ö. Şenyuva (2020), ‘Perceptions of “Brexit” within Turkish Political Debates: End of the Road or a New Trajectory?’ in J. Speyer, N. Chaban and A. Niemann (eds.), External Perceptions of the EU after Brexit and their Impact on Foreign Policy, London: Routledge, pp. 45-60
    • Alpan, B. (2019), ‘Like a Candle in the Wind? Insights and Recommendations on the Turkish Accession to the EU’, in M. Kaeding, J. Pollak and P. Schmidt (eds.) The Future of Europe: Views from Capitals, London: Palgrave, pp. 121-124.
    • Alpan, B. (2019), ‘Hegemonic Masculinity in Times of Crisis: 15 July Coup Attempt and the Turkish Football’ in F.Çiçekoğlu and Ö. Turan (eds.), The Dubious Case of a Failed Coup: Militarism, Mascullinities and 15 July in Turkey, London: Palgrave
    • Alpan, B. (2018), ‘Brexit and European Identity: Where are the Positions of Turkey-EU Relations in the Debate?’, in E. Esen and D. Şekeroğlu (eds.), Opportunities and Threats in Euroepan Integration and Turkey-EU Relations after Brexit, Berlin: Peter Lang.
    • Alpan, B. (2017), ‘From AKP’s “Conservative Democracy” to “Advanced Democracy”: Shifts and Challenges in the Debate on “Europe”’ in A. Kaliber and S. Aydın-Düzgit (eds.), Is Turkey de-Europeanising? Encounters with Europe in a Candidate Country, London: Routledge
    • Alpan, B. (2017), ‘Brexit ve Avrupa Kimliği: Türkiye‐AB İlişkileri Tartışmanın Neresinde?’ in E.Esen and D.Şekeroğlu (eds.), Brexit – Elveda Avrupa: İngiltere’nin AB’den Ayrılmasından Sonra Avrupa Bütünleşmesi ve Türkiye‐AB İlişkilerinde Fırsatlar ve Tehditler, Ankara: Siyasal Yayınevi.
    • Alpan, B. (2016), ‘Kimlik ve Vatandaşlık Tartışmaları’, F. Acar and H. F. Uslu (eds.) Siyaset Sosyolojisi: Temel Yaklaşımlar/Yeni Tartışmalar, Ankara: Dipnot Yayınları
    • Alpan, B. and Ö. Şenyuva (2015), ‘Does qualifying Really Qualify? Comparing the Representations of the Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 in the Turkish Media’, in B. Alpan, A. Schwell and A. Sonntag (eds.) The European Football Championship: Mega Event and Vanity Fair, UK: Palgrave MacMillan
    • Alpan, B. (2014), ‘Seeing the Trees, yet not losing Sight of the Forest: the Gezi Event and Politics of Contestation in Turkey’, IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2014, Barcelona: European Institute of the Mediterannean (IEMed) Press
    • Alpan, B. (2014), ‘the Genie is out of the Bottle: Contextualising the Gezi Event in Turkey’, in M. Sully (2014) (ed.), Governance and Sustainability: The Black Sea, Vienna: Go-Governance Institute Publications
    • Alpan, B. (2007), ‘Intellectual and Political “Europe”: Rupture or Continuity in Central Europe?’ in S. Kirschbaum (ed.) Central European History and the European Union: the Meaning of Europe, Great Britain: Palgrave Macmillan
    Edited Books / Journals:
    • Alpan, B. (2018), ‘Turkey and the European Union’, Mediterranean Politics, 23:2, pp. 316-320
    • Alpan, B. (2015) ‘Europe: the Faltering Project’, Global Affairs, 1:2, pp. 225-227
    Selected conference papers:
    • Alpan, B. (2019), ‘Framing and Contesting ‘Europe’ in Contested States: Narratives in North Cyprus and Kosovo’, paper presented at the UACES 49th Annual Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1-4 September 2019.
    • Alpan, B. And S. Gürkan (2019), ‘From Rapproachment to Disenchantment: Constructing the Discourses on Turkey-EU Relations in Turkish and European Parliaments’, paper presented at the UACES 49th Annual Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1-4 September 2019.
    • Alpan, B. and Ö. Kaygusuz (2019), ‘AB’nin Krizi ve Türkiye: Avrupa Parlamentosu’nun Türkiye Kararlari Bize ne Söylüyor?’, paper presented at the 16th TSBD (Turkish Social Sciences Association) Congress, Ankara, Turkey, 26-28 November 2019
    • Alpan, B. (2018), ‘Migrants “at home” or “visiting”?: Insights on the Collective Identities of the Turkish diaspora Football Supporters’, paper presented at the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence Conference, ‘Who to Support in the World Cup? The Dilemma of Diasporas’, University of Strasbourg, 14 June 2018.
    • Alpan, B. (2018), ‘Europe's "Normative Power" Versus Grass-Root Activism in Kosovo: The Case of the Movement for Self-Determination’, paper presented at 25th International Conference of Europeanists, to be held in Chicago, USA, March 28-30, 2018.
    • Alpan, B. and A. Sonntag (2017), ‘Pride and Prejudice: the Affective Dimension of Europeanisation since 1999’, paper presented at the 11th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Barcelona, Spain, 13-16 September 2017
    • Alpan, B. (2016) ‘Securitising Energy in Turkey and the EU: Cheap Talk Or New Policies?’, paper presented to 46th UACES Annual Conference, London, UK, 5-7 September 2016
    • Alpan, B. (2016), 'Türkiye-Avrupa maçı 'yatar'mı?: Avrupa Şampiyonası ve Kimlik Tahayyülleri', paper presented at the Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi (UİK) Conference, İzmir, 28 April-1 May 2016.
    • Alpan, B. (2016), 'Bir Potansiyel Olarak Avrupalılık Kimliği: Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Tartışmanın Neresinde?', paper presented at TASAM 5. Turkey-Europe Forum, İstanbul, 21 April 2016.
    • Alpan, B. (2015) ‘What was Offside Again?:Bio-Power and Construction of Female Bodies in Turkish Football’, paper presented at 9th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations, University of Catania, Giardini, Naxos, Sicily, Italy, 23-26 September 2015.
    • Alpan, B. (2015) ‘Turkish Accession to the European Union: Identities, Discourses, Confrontations’, paper presented at UACES 45th Annual Conference, Bilbao, Spain, 7-9 September 2015
    • Alpan, B. (2015) (with Özgehan Şenyuva) ‘Does Qualifying Really Qualify? Comparing the Representations of the Euro 2008 and Euro 2012 in the Turkish Media’, 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, ‘Contradictions: Envisioning European Futures’, Paris, France, 8-10 July 2015
    • Alpan, B. (2014) ‘Like a Candle in the Wind? Turkish Accession to the European Union’, paper presented at the International Affairs Seminar Series, University of Cornell, Ithaca, USA, 2 October 2014
    • Alpan, B. (2014) ‘Revisiting AKP’s ‘Conservative Democracy’ as an Empty Signifier in Turkish Politics: What Purchase for ‘Europe’?’, paper presented at the 2nd European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS), Izmir, Turkey, 21-24 May 2014
    • Alpan, B. (2014) ‘From Euro-fatigue to Euro Denialism: Turkey- EU Relations in the Context of the Gezi Event’, paper presented at the ResearchTurkey Seminar Series, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, UK, 31 May 2014
    • Alpan, B. (2013), ‘Is Another Football Possible?: Considerations on an Alternative Fan Identity in Turkey and the Case of Gençlerbirliği Fans’, paper presented at the FREE conference, ‘Kick it! The Anthropology of European Football’, Vienna, Austria, 25-26 October 2013
    • Alpan, B. and Ç. Akdere (2013), ‘Gramsci Again?: Contextualising Gramsci Translations in Turkish and French’, paper presented at the the international E-ET conference, ’Translations of Economic Texts into and from European Languages’, Pisa, Italy, 11-13 September 2013.
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Project Partners

METU
ESOGU
SNSPA
UP
ISU
IFNUL

Project is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union

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