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Research Areas

• Nationalism and Political Thought
• Populism, Authoritarianism, and Turkish Politics
• Migration Governance and Public Services
• Digital Politics and Political Communication
• Political Sociology and Ideology
• Comparative Politics

My research focuses on the symbolic, ideological, and affective dimensions of political life. I work especially on nationalism, political thought, populism, the transformation of the Turkish right, migration governance, and digital politics. I am interested in how political meanings are produced, circulated, and contested in both institutional and mediated settings, and how Turkey-based research can contribute to broader international debates in political theory and contemporary political analysis.

Teaching

Undergraduate (B.A.)

• History of Political Thought
• Contemporary Political Thought
• Democracy and Human Rights
• Political History

Graduate (M.A.)

• State Theories
• Globalisation, Nation-State and National Security

Graduate (M.A. & PhD)

• Political Ideologies in Contemporary Turkey

Doctoral (PhD)

• State–Society Relations

Publications

This page presents a selected and updated list of my publications, research projects, and academic service. My work focuses on nationalism, populism, political thought, Turkish politics, migration governance, and digital politics. A full academic CV is available upon request.

Selected Publications

Türkolmez, Onur. 2020. Nationalism against Nationalism: The Place of Nationalism in the Power Strategies of the Yön-Devrim Movement and Aydınlar Ocağı. Çizgi Kitabevi.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2021. “Toward a Bourdieusian Theory of Nationalism: Nationalism as Symbolic Capital in the Conflict of Habitus and Symbolic Violence.” Journal of Nationalism Studies 3(1).

Türkolmez, Onur. 2023. “From Popular-Will Parliamentarism to Exceptional Authoritarianism: The Construction of a Schmittian Political Universe in the Turkish Right and Aydınlar Ocağı.” In Political Representations in Turkish Political Life, Vol. 2, edited by İlhan Bilici. Tezkire Yayınları.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2025. “Political Unity in Post-Civil War Syria: An Evaluation through the State Theories of Ibn Khaldun and Carl Schmitt.” In Migration, History and Society, edited by Zeynel Özlü. Paradigma Akademi.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2023. “A Comparative Analysis of the Development of Nationalism in Syria and Turkey.” In Turkey-Syria: Shared Culture, Shared History, and Migration, edited by Zeynel Özlü, Yücel Karadaş, and İbrahim Özhazar. Gaziantep University Press.

Coşkun Tuna, Pınar, and Onur Türkolmez. 2023. “New Social Movements and Digital Activism.” Journal of Public Administration and Policies 4(2): 211–240.

Research Projects

Researcher. 2023–2024. Migration Preferences and Access to Public Services among the Displaced after the Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes: A Qualitative Study in Gaziantep and Sakarya. TÜBİTAK 1002.

Journal Articles

Türkolmez, Onur. 2021. “Toward a Bourdieusian Theory of Nationalism: Nationalism as Symbolic Capital in the Conflict of Habitus and Symbolic Violence.” Journal of Nationalism Studies 3(1).

Türkolmez, Onur. 2020. “When Hegemonic Ideology Transforms: Turkish Nationalism and Kemalism as Popular Ideology.” PESA International Journal of Social Research 6(1): 22–31.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2014. “The Concept of Religious Nationalism and Religious Nationalism in Turkey.” Bilgi 14(28): 35–56.

Aksoy, Abdulkadir, and Onur Türkolmez. 2020. “Inviting Democracy into the Digital Age: The Cambridge Analytica Scandal.” Journal of Political Administrative and Local Studies 3(1): 41–59.

Coşkun Tuna, Pınar, and Onur Türkolmez. 2023. “New Social Movements and Digital Activism.” Journal of Public Administration and Policies 4(2): 211–240.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2020. “The Place of Religion in the Construction of National Identity: Early Islamist Approaches to Turkish Nationalism.” Gaziantep University Journal of FEAS 2(2): 156–166.

Bulut, Yakup, and Onur Türkolmez. 2025. “An Evaluation of the Relationship between Postgraduate Education and Academic Quality in Turkey.” Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Research 9(22): 616–626.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2017. “Did Putin Save Russia, or Did Russia Create Putin? A Reassessment of the Last Century.” PESA International Journal of Social Research 3(2): 17–29.

Books and Edited Volumes

Türkolmez, Onur. 2020. Nationalism against Nationalism: The Place of Nationalism in the Power Strategies of the Yön-Devrim Movement and Aydınlar Ocağı. Çizgi Kitabevi.

Şahin, Köksal, and Onur Türkolmez. 2021. State and Administration in Political Thought. Siyasal Kitabevi.

Aksoy, Abdulkadir, and Onur Türkolmez, eds. 2022. Democracy: Theoretical and Contemporary. Çizgi Kitabevi.

Book Chapters

Türkolmez, Onur. 2025. “Political Unity in Post-Civil War Syria: An Evaluation through the State Theories of Ibn Khaldun and Carl Schmitt.” In Migration, History and Society, edited by Zeynel Özlü. Paradigma Akademi.

Bulut, Yakup, and Onur Türkolmez. 2025. “The Changing Role of Civil Society Organizations and Their Impact on Public Administration.” In Post-Bureaucratic Transformation in Turkish Public Administration, edited by Abdullah Yılmaz and Duru Şahyar Akdemir. Sayda Yayınları.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2023. “From Petty-Bourgeois Radicalism to Middle-Class Unease: A Reassessment of Kemalism in the Centenary.” In 50th Anniversary Volume of Gaziantep University, edited by Mehmet Soğukömeroğulları, Yavuz Sinan Ulu, and İsmail Yılmaz. Gaziantep University Press.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2023. “From Popular-Will Parliamentarism to Exceptional Authoritarianism: The Construction of a Schmittian Political Universe in the Turkish Right and Aydınlar Ocağı.” In Political Representations in Turkish Political Life, Vol. 2, edited by İlhan Bilici. Tezkire Yayınları.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2023. “A Comparative Analysis of the Development of Nationalism in Syria and Turkey.” In Turkey-Syria: Shared Culture, Shared History, and Migration, edited by Zeynel Özlü, Yücel Karadaş, and İbrahim Özhazar. Gaziantep University Press.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2022. “Hegel.” In Encyclopedia of Political Science. Nobel.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2022. “Leninism.” In Encyclopedia of Political Science. Nobel.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2022. “Rousseau.” In Encyclopedia of Political Science. Nobel.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2022. “Debates on the Effects of New Populist Regimes on Democracy and Strategies for Exiting Populism.” In Democracy: Theoretical and Contemporary. Çizgi Kitabevi.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2017. “An Essay on the Changing Forms of Religiosity in the National Turkish Student Union.” In The National Turkish Student Union in Its 100th Year, edited by Mahmut Hakkı Akın and Serkan Yorgancılar. Çizgi Kitabevi.

Selected Conference Papers

Türkolmez, Onur. 2018. “Is It Possible to Derive a Theory of Nationalism from Pierre Bourdieu? Beyond the Struggles of Nation-Formation.” Presented at the International Symposium on Strategic and Social Research, Istanbul.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2017. “Transformations and Continuities from Neo-Marxism to Post-Marxism: A Comparison between Nicos Poulantzas and Pierre Bourdieu.” Presented at the International Congress on Political, Economic and Social Studies, Ankara.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2016. “Nationalism as the Social Mediator of the Institutionalization of the Modern State in Turkey.” Presented at the 14th International Congress of Social Sciences in the Turkish World, Gostivar.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2013. “The Transfer Superiority of the Deputy and the Crisis of Democracy.” Presented at the Kocaeli University Social Sciences Congress, Kocaeli.

Türkolmez, Onur. 2012. “Freedom of Expression in Turkey and Changing Periodic Perceptions.” Presented at the 10th Graduate Conference of the Turkish Association of Political Sciences, Ankara.

Editorial Roles

Area Editor, Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences, 2025–present.
Area Editor, Gaziantep University Journal of FEAS, 2025–present.
Editor-in-Chief, Gaziantep University Journal of FEAS, 2022–2024.
Area Editor, Journal of Political Administrative and Local Studies, 2022–2024.
Assistant Editor, Journal of Political Administrative and Local Studies, 2020–2021.
Assistant Editor, PESA International Journal of Social Research, 2015–2018.

Current Projects

• Contemporary Turkish nationalism and its symbolic transformation
• Populism and the ideological reconfiguration of the Turkish right
• Secular opposition nationalism and anti-refugee discourse in Türkiye
• Migration governance and public service access after the February 6 earthquakes
• Digital politics, conspiracy narratives, and political communication

Contact

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