Research

Journal articles:

Somer, Murat, and Metehan Tekinırk. 2024. “Regime Uncertainty, Democratic Erosion and Resilience, and Turkish Opposition Actors.” Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft (German Journal of Comparative Politics) 18: pp. 7–35. doi.org/10.1007/s12286-024-00595-x.

Tekinırk, Metehan, and Dylan Irons. 2024. “Making Sense of Erdoğan’s Immigration and Naturalization Policies amidst Turkey’s Migrant and Economic Crises.” EuropeNow 58, August 2024. https://www.europenowjournal.org/2024/08/15/making-sense-of-erdogans-immigration-and-naturalization-policies-amidst-turkeys-migrant-and-economic-crises/

Book chapters:

“Globalization, the Rhetoric of Nationalism, and the Resilience of Neo-liberalism,” in Research Handbook on Nationalism (eds. Liah Greenfeld & Zeying Wu). London: Elgar, 2020, pp. 215-229.

Research

I am a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. I work in the fields of Comparative Politics, Political Sociology, and International Relations.

I primarily study political culture and institutions, and also have a background in political economy.

I obtained my Ph.D. from Boston University in 2022 with a monograph focusing on the populism - national identity/nationalism relationship. My other areas of specialization include democratization and autocratization, party politics, counter-culture and social movements.