Mehtap Söyler

Mehtap Söyler
  • PhD in Political Science
  • Professor (Associate) at Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University

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14
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Current institution
Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University
Current position
  • Professor (Associate)
Additional affiliations
December 2023 - December 2023
German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Position
  • Associate
September 2023 - December 2023
German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Position
  • Visiting Fellow
July 2016 - February 2022
Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University
Position
  • Professor (Associate)
Education
September 2004 - July 2006
University of Bath
Field of study
  • Contemporary European Studies
October 2002 - June 2004
Marmara University
Field of study
  • Politics and International Relations of the European Union
September 1994 - June 1999
Middle East Technical University
Field of study
  • International Relations

Publications

Publications (14)
Book
This case study generates an analytical framework for identifying path-dependent causes underpinning the deep state that is a modality of dual domination –Herrschaft in a Weberian sense—emerging from the interplay between formal and informal institutions, rules, and norms. As deep state refers to a particular level of the coercive state apparatus’...
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In this workshop we will explore methodological issues pertaining to research on political scientists per se (their trajectories, professional situations, patterns of publication, working conditions, etc.). Short presentations and following collective discussion will aim at opening a space for engaging with challenges, contributions and/or proposal...
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In qualitative research, counterfactual method is employed for making causal inferences about individual historical events. Necessary condition counterfactuals are utilized in historical research for developing, clarifying, comparing, and testing theoretical explanations through within-case analysis. Theories on the Cold War’s peaceful end marked b...
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Bu makale, siyasi rejimler ve liberal demokrasilerin Covid-19 pandemisi ile etkileşimini çeşitli yaklaşımlar ve tekniklerle araştırmıştır. İlk olarak, 2019-2021 arasında Web of Science veri tabanında taranan Covid-19 pandemisi ve siyasi rejimlerle ilgili çalışmalar bibliyometrik analizle incelenmiştir. Araştırma alanına dair kavram haritasında demo...
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Öz: Tek veya az sayıda vakada, vaka-içi analizle nedensel ve zamansal çıkarım yapmak için uygulanan süreç takibi, nitel araştırmanın temel analitik araçlarındandır. Bu makale, küme kuramına dayalı bir yöntem olarak süreç takibini, çıkarımsal faydalarını, kuram geliştirmek ve nedensel mekanizmaları ortaya çıkararak kuram test etmek için nasıl kullan...
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Öz: Bu makale, sosyal bilimlerde nitel ve nicel yöntem farkına çoğulcu yaklaşımı ve nitel yöntemin kazanımlarını tanıtır. King, Keohane ve Verba'nın (KKV) teşvik ettiği tekçi yaklaşım, olasılık ve istatistik kuramının nitel ve nicel yöntemin ortak çıkarımsal mantığı olduğunu savunur. KKV-sonrası dönemde çoğulcu yaklaşım, nitel yöntemin kendine özgü...
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Studies that assess the track record of International Relations and sister disciplines, such as Political Science and Public Administration, in Turkey, draw attention to the shortcomings regarding concept and theory generation, revision, and test. Giovanni Sartori’s seminal works that shifted concepts into the center of methodological issues have p...
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This article asks how concepts of democracy travel in non-Western contexts. Firstly, it discusses how positivist and interpretivist methodologies approach the travelling problem. It opts for an eclectic approach and suggests that neo-positivism offers the possibility of a constructive dialogue with interpretivist methodologies. As positivist “conce...
Article
Democratization studies have proven that the main difference between autocracy and democracy is, counter-intuitively, not the basic regime structure, but rather, the function and validity of democratic formal institutions defined as rules and norms.1 In ‘defective democracies’,2 or in the grey zone between authoritarian regimes and consolidated dem...

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