Publications

 

‘Caricaturing the Enemy: Caricatures and the Greek-Turkish War 1919-1922’, together with Konstantinos Travlos and Doruk Akyüz, in European Journal of Humour Research (EJHR), 10(4), Jan 2023, doi.org/10.7592/EJHR.2022.10.4.707, pp. 57-81

Read this if you are interested in a interdisciplianry study of the use of caricatures during wartime. 

‘Representation of European Utopia and its Discontents in the Films of Fatih Akın’, in Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 62(6) Sage, Nov. 2022, Doi: 10.1177/00221678211009642, pp. 822-837

Read this if you are interested in the films of Fatih Akin and how they are used to interrogate idea of a European Utopia for those in the margins or the periphery. 

‘The Duality of Creative Hubs in Non-Western Contexts’, in Cultural Trends, 30(2) Routledge, Feb. 2021, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2021.1877994 , pp. 99-121

Read this if you are interested in the intersection of politics, capitalis, and the creative arts within the context of Turkey with a specific focus on the Bomontiada Cerative Arts hub in Istanbul, Turkiye.

‘Global Cities and Organized Crime: The Shifting Landscape of Gotham’, in The Journal of Popular Culture, 52(1) Wiley, Feb. 2019, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.12760, pp. 153-168

 Read this if you are interested in the series Gotham and on how it interrogates popular representations of urban crime in global cities. 

‘İstanbul’da Bir Üçüncü Mekân Okuması: ‘Pozitif’ Titreşimler ve Babylon’ (‘A Reading of Thirdspace in Istanbul: ‘Pozitif’ Vibrations and Babylon’) in Idealkent: Kent Araştırmaları Dergisi (Idealkent: Journal of Urban Studies) no. 2, Dec. 2010, Ankara, pp. 86-113 https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/idealkent/issue/36625/416949

 Read this , in Turkish, if you are interested in the role of creative spaces in the development of Istanbul as a Global City.

‘Resistive Sounds of Europe’s “Adopted” Children: The East / West and Black / White Crossovers’, in Cultural Landscapes: A Journal of Cultural Studies 1(2), 2008, pp. 70-92 Full Text

Read this if you are interested in the interaction of identities, globalization and music. 

Book Chapters

‘Istanbul’s Sounds and its “Creative” Hubs: Creative Actors Articulating the City into Transnational Networks through Music’, Creative Hubs in Question: Place, Space and Work in the Creative Economy (Eds. Rosalind Gill, Andy C. Pratt and Tarek E. Virani), Palgrave Macmillan, March 2019, ISBN: 978-3030106522 pp. 171-187

 

‘In Search of a New Paradise and the Construction of Hell in The 100’, together with A. Firestone, The Last Midnight: Essays on Apocalyptic Narratives in Millennial Media, (Eds. Amanda Firestone, Leisa A. Clark, and Mary F. Pharr), McFarland, Oct. 2016, ISBN: 978-1476663234 pp.154-163

‘İstanbul’un Küresel Akışlar İçerisindeki Dijital Sesleri ve Mekânları’ (‘The Digital Voices and Spaces of Istanbul within the Global Flows’) published in Kültür Envanteri – İstanbul’da Eğlence Kitabı (Entertainment in Istanbul: part of the Istanbul 2010 Capital of Culture Inventory series) (Eds. Volkan Aytar & Kübra Parmaksızoğlu), Istanbul Bilgi University Press, April 2011, Istanbul, pp. 179-186

 

‘Kartezyenden Panoptisizme: Bireyin Çözülüşü ve Bilim / İktidar ile Olan İlişkisi” (‘From Cartesian to Panopticism: The Disintegration of the Subject and its Relation with Power and Science’), together with G. Önder, (eds. E. Candan et al.), Bilim ve İktidar, Dipnot, 2008, Ankara, pp. 422-433