The scholarly treatment of linguistic ethnonationalism is intimately linked to the question of the origins of the nation. A main division in scholarship on nationalism, between those who conceive the nation as an entirely modern phenomenon and those who trace its roots further back in time, has also resulted in contrasting positions regarding the…[Read more]

In this article I make a case for an analytic of atmospheres as a way to understand the seemingly ineffable yet powerful effects of vocal sound on listeners in an Islamic setting. Focusing on the recitation of devotional poetry in honor of the Prophet Muhammad among Mauritian Muslims, I seek to bring together neo-phenomenological approaches to…[Read more]

A three-part blogpost on forbidden video games, internet-bans in Turkey, with allusions to the history of games in Europe, and the separation of ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ worlds. Published at geekyapar.com.

A book review of the Turkish translation of Robert Darnton’s The Great Cat Massacre (2015), published on the Anamed blog.

A book review on Robert Darnton’s The Case for Books (2009), published on the Anamed blog.

An op-ed on the urban politics in Istanbul.

An op-ed on Justin McCarthy’s 2011 lecture at the London School of Economics. Published at the web news portal, Bianet.org.

A co-authored piece on the transformation of the Turkish state under the Justice and Development Party Government.

Hümanist, postyapısalcı, seküler, anti-emperyalist, teorisyen, İngiliz edebiyatı eleştirmeni ya da direnişçi, Said’in birbiriyle zaman zaman çelişen ve bu çelişkileriyle zenginleşen sıfatlarından hangisini alırsanız alın; neo-Osmanlıcı, Pan-İslamist, pragmatist, realpolitikci ve muktedir gibi, yine zaman zaman çelişen sıfatlara haiz Davutoğlu’…[Read more]