TURKAN IPEK Işıl Zeynep
Contact details
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
Books:
- Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (2024). University youth in Turkey. A survey of politically socialised youth, L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 978-2-336-44780-3. https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/livre/la-jeunesse-universitaire-en-turquie/75925?srsltid=AfmBOooi-w20vy5xMy3BxrWYN4-AvAgum1Z3T6_quyrZkvxHKyDp9-jr
- Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (2016). Political Columnists in Turkey (1980-2014), ISBN 978-2-343-10600-7. https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/livre/chroniqueurs-politiques-en-turquie-1980-2014/22615
Book chapters:
- Gökçe Bayındır Goularas, Edanur Önel, Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (2024). “Introduction to Migration in Contemporary Turkey: Identity-based evaluation of the Turkish case” in. Migration, Identity and Politics in Turkey from the Ottoman Empire to Today. Lexington Books, Bloomsbury. 5-17. ISBN 978-1-66695-633-7. https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/migration-identity-and-politics-in-turkey-from-the-ottoman-empire-to-today-9798216338208/
- Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek, Nihan Kocaman (2019). “News Media Framing of Turkish-Russian Relations between 2015 and 2018” in Turkish-Russian Relations Prospects and Challenges. Gökçe Bayındır Goularas, Natalya Ketenci (eds.). 47-64. Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield.
- Edanur Önel, Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek, Gökçe Bayındır Goularas (2019). “Analyzing 2015 Refugee Crisis in Europe within Securitization Theory: Hungarian Case” in Refugee Crisis and Migration Policies. From Local to Global. Gökçe Bayındır Goularas, Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (eds.). 61-70. Lexington Books, Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/refugee-crises-and-migration-policies-9798881881474/
- Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek, Betül Nuhoğlu (2018). “Brain Drain and Sociopolitical Integration: Case Study of High-Skilled Turkish Migrants” in International Migration and Challenges in the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century. Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek, Gökçe Bayındır Goularas (eds.), 153-169, Lexington Books, Bloomsbury. ISBN: 978-1-4985-8601-6. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/international-migration-and-challenges-in-the-beginning-of-the-twentyfirst-century-9781498586023/
- Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (2018). “Political Participation Culture of Turkish Migrants”, in International Migrations in 21st century: Problems and Solutions (eds.) Gökçe Bayındır Goularas, Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek, 159-173, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. London. ISBN: 978-1-5275-0910-8. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.65325/EB6479/international-migration-21st-century-isil-zeynep-turkan-ipek-g%C3%B6k%C3%A7e-bayindir-goularas
- Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek (2017). “The Impact of SYRIZA Politics on Turkish-Greek Relations: A Media Analysis between January and August 2015”, in Rethinking Greek-Turkish Relations since 1999, (eds.) Gökçe Bayındır Goularas, Hakan Sezgin Erkan, 37-50, Lexington Books, Bloomsbury. ISBN: 978-1-4685-4696-6. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/rethinking-greekturkish-relations-since-1999-9781498546966/
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 Studies, 18(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