TURKAN IPEK Işıl Zeynep

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isilturkan@gmail.com

I am a lecturer at Yeditepe University, Istanbul, and a research associate in political sociology at MESOPOLHIS.

Academic work

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Areas of research

Political sociology

Political participation

Political communication

Migration: Turkish diaspora in France, skilled migration, integration and politicisation

Scientific coordinator, programme manager

Member of the association ISA - RC18 Political Sociology

Member of the association IPSA - RC06 Political Sociology.

Productions

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Articles

  • Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (2026). «The 2023 presidential elections in Turkey: political communication in the challenge of a security ‘negative discourse’», Communication policies, no.24 (to be published in 2026)
  • Debarre, S., Bayındır Goularas, G., Zeynep Turkan İpek, I., Betül Nuhoğlu Korkut, A. and Kocaman Mert, N. (2025). Voting in France and Turkey: a comparative analysis of the electoral behaviour of immigrants and bi-national descendants of immigrants. Critique internationale, . 107(2), 115-141. https://doi.org/10.3917/crii.107.0115.
  • Turkan İpek, I.-Z. (2024). Critique of communicative and political language through the migration issue during the 2023 elections in Turkey. Hermès, La Revue, 94(2), 140-144. https://shs.cairn.info/revue-hermes-la-revue-2024-2-page-140?lang=fr.
  • Bayındır Goularas, G., Turkan İpek, I.-Z., Nuhoğlu Korkut, A.-B. and Kocaman Mert, N. (2024). The visibility of the Turkish diaspora in France, Hermès, La Revue, 94(2), 35-39. https://shs.cairn.info/revue-hermes-la-revue-2024-2-page-35?lang=fr.
  • Bayındır Goularas, G., Turkan İpek, I.Z., Erözer, E. et al. Political News Monitoring and Questioning the Trustworthiness of News among Turkish University Students in the Infodemic COVID-19 Environment. JAYS 7, 83-96 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43151-024-00117-2
  • Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek, (2019). Political Socialisation Patterns of Turkish High Skilled Migrants, Migration Letters, 16(4), pp.563-573. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33182/ml.v16i4.589.
  • Narlı, N., Özaşçılar, M., & Turkan Ipek, I. Z. (2020). Turkish Daily Press Framing and Representation of Syrian Women Refugees and Gender-Based Problems: Implications for Social Integration. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies18(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2018.1557311 
  • Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (2018). “Political Participation and Media Use of Highly Qualified Migrants”, ViraVerita E-Journal: Interdisciplinary Encounters, 8, 99-122. ISSN: 2149-3081. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/viraverita/article/510886
  • Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (2018). “Electoral Integrity and Election Monitoring in Turkey”, Marmara University Journal of Political Science, 6(1), 143-168, ISSN 2147-6934. DOI: 10.14782/marusbd.412637.
  • Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (2018). “Risk Toplumunda Seçimler” (Elections in Risk Society), Sosyoekonomi, 26(36), 65-79. ISSN: 1305-5577. https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/301329.
  • Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek, Tevfik Karpuzcu (2016). “Türkiye'de Sivil Toplum Kurulusu ve Seçim Gözlem Grubu Örneği: Oy ve Ötesi” (Election Monitoring Organizations a Turkish Case: Vote and Beyond), Mülkiye Dergisi, 40(4). 193-212. ISSN 1305-9971. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/mulkiye/article/432748
  • Işıl Zeynep Turkan (2012). “Democratization and new media dilemmas: a case study of press freedom in Turkey”, Irish Studies in International Affairs, 23, 23-35. ISSN 0332-1460. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23489211.
  • Işıl Zeynep Turkan (2012). “Alış-veriş-tüketim mabetleri: sosyoekonomik açıdan mekân tüketiminde Türkiye örneği” (Temples of Shopping and Consumption: socio-economic aspect of space consumption in Turkey), İleti-ş-im, Galatasaray Üniversitesi Publishing House, 85-104, ISSN 1305-2411. https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/82904