Meltem Müftüler Baç

E-Mail

meltemmuftuler-bac@sabanciunivedu

Phone

(216) 483 9247

Personal Web

http://myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/muftuler/

Title

Dean

Jobs

Dean

Education

Ph.D in International Relations, Temple University 1992

M.A in International Relations, Temple University 1989

B.A. in Political Science and International relations, Boğaziçi University 1988.

Areas of Interest

International Relations Theory, Politics of European integration, Turkey's relations with the EU.

Awards

University of Stockholm Affiliated Scholar - University of Stockholm 2013
Council of Europe, leader for Task Force on Wider Europe - Council of Europe 2012
Jean Monnet Center for Excellence - European Commission 2011
Teaching Excellence Award - FASS 2011
Chair, Steering Committee, Standing Group on the EU, ECPR - European Consortium for Political research 2009
Jean Monnet Chair ad personam - European Commission 2004
Distinquished Young Scientist Award - TUBA-Turkish Academy of Sciences 2003
Young Investigator Award - TUBA-Turkish Academy of Sciences 2002
Fulbright Post-Doctoral Award - Fulbright Commission 1999

Memberships

International Studies Association

American Political Science Association

British International Studies Association

European Union Studies Association

Publications

Article
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2025) "A fragile relationship: Turkey and the European Union moving beyond membership with external differentiated integration". Published Online First https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2024.2442870
Sharani, Samer and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2025) "Towards a functional place: Syrian refugees' contending with the European Union's host-home schism", International Migration, Vol.63, No.1 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Aydın Düzgit, Senem and Uzun-Teker, Ezgi (2024) "The EU's global strategic partner(ship): a tool for the maturation of European foreign policy?", European Security, Vol.33, No.3, 426-448 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2023) "Turkey's influence as a third country on the European Union: from association to a key partner", Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol.61, No.6, 1471-1487 (SSCI)
Muğurtay, Nihat and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2023) "Turkish power contestation with the United Arab Emirates: an empirical assessment of official development assistance", International Politics, Vol.60, No.3, 659-684 (SSCI)
Apaydın, Samet and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2022) "The Syrian refugee crisis through the lenses of Turkish political discourses: an analysis of deliberations in the Turkish Parliament", International Migration, Vol.60, No.5, 217-236 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2022) "Externalization of migration governance, Turkey's migration regime, and the protection of the European Union's external borders", Turkish Studies, Vol.23, No.2, 290-316 (SSCI)
Cihangir Tetik, Damla and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2021) "A comparison of development assistance policies: Turkey and the European Union in sectoral and humanitarian aid", Journal of European Integration, Vol.43, No.4, 439-457 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Müftüler, Canan (2021) "Provocation defence for femicide in Turkey: the interplay of legal argumentation and societal norms", European Journal of Women's Studies, Vol.28, No.2, 159-174 (SSCI)
Gafuri, Adea and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2021) "Caught between stability and democracy in the Western Balkans: a comparative analysis of paths of accession to the European Union", East European Politics, Vol.37, No.2, 267-291 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2021) "Turkey's grand strategy in the context of global and regional challenges", Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Vol.25, No.2, 178-202 (NA)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2019) "Backsliding in judicial reforms: domestic political costs as limits to EU's political conditionality in Turkey", Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol.27, No.1, 61-76 (SSCI)
Cihangir Tetik, Damla and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2018) "Turkey's compliance with the European Union's development policy: a pattern of external differentiated integration?", Journal of European Integration, Vol.40, No.7, 939-959 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2018) "Remolding the Turkey-EU relationship", Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol.17, No.1, 119-128 (ESCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2018) "Turkey, the European Union and alternative futures after Brexit", Discover Society (NA)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2017) "Turkey's future with the European Union: an alternative model of differentiated integration", Turkish Studies, Vol.18, No.3, 416-438 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Çiçek, Aylin Ece (2017) "A comparison of the European Union's accession negotiations with Bulgaria and Turkey: the role of bilateral issues", Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol.25, No.2, 180-196 (ESCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2017) "Assessing Turkey's foreign policy choices towards the European Union", Insight Turkey, Vol.19, No.1, 117-134 (NA)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2016) "Turkey's ambivalent relationship with the European Union: to accede or not to accede", Uluslararasi İlişkiler Dergisi, Vol.13, No.52, 89-103 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2016) "The Pandora's box: democratization and rule of law in Turkey", Asia Europe Journal, Vol.14, No.1, 61-77 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Suleymanoglu Kurum, Rahime (2015) "Deliberations in the Turkish Parliament: the external perceptions of European foreign policy", Journal of Language and Politics, Vol.14, No.2, 258-284 (SSCI)
Hatipoğlu, Emre and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Murphy, Teri Lynne (2014) "Simulation games in teaching international relations: insights from a multi-day, multi-stage, multi-issue simulation on Cyprus", International Studies Perspectives, Vol.15, No.4, 394-406 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2014) "Changing Turkish foreign policy towards Iraq: new tools of engagement", Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol.27, No.3, 538-552 (SSCI)
Tağma, Halit Mustafa Emin and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Uzun, Ezgi (2013) "The path to an entrenching alliance: utilitarianism and historical institutionalism in committing to NATO's missile defense system", Uluslararasi İlişkiler Dergisi, Vol.9, No.36, 75-100 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, Fuat (2012) "The era of dominant-party politics", Journal of Democracy, Vol.23, No.1, 85-99 (SSCI)
Kıbrıs, Arzu and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2011) "The accession games: a comparison of three limited-information negotiation designs", International Studies Perspectives, Vol.12, No.4, 399-427 (SSCI)
Onar, Nora Fisher and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2011) "The adultery and the headscarf debates in Turkey: fusing "EU-niversal" and "alternative" modernities?", Women's Studies International Forum, Vol.34, No.5, 378-389 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Başkan, Deniz (2011) "The future of energy security for Europe: Turkey's role as an energy corridor", Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.47, No.2, 361-378 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2011) "Turkish foreign policy, its domestic determinants and the role of the European Union", South European Society and Politics (Sp. Iss. SI), Vol.16, No.2, 279-291 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Gürsoy, Yaprak (2010) "Is there a Europeanization of Turkish foreign policy?: an addendum to the literature on EU candidates", Turkish Studies, Vol.11, No.3, 405-427 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2008) "Turkey’s accession to the European Union: The impact of the EU’s internal dynamics", International Studies Perspectives, Vol.9, No.2, 201-219 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2008) "The European Union's Accession Negotiations with Turkey from a foreign policy perspective", Journal of European Integration, Vol.30, No.1, 63-78 (OTHER)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2008) "Turkey and the European Union’s political conditionality", EUSA Review, Vol.21, No.1, 6-7 (NA)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Taşkın, Evrim (2007) "The European Union's enlargement: does culture and identity play a role?", Ankara Review for European Studies, Vol.6, No.2, 31-50 (NA)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2007) "Information societies, new terrorism: its impact on international politics", Review of international law and politics, Vol.3, No.9, 130-138 (OTHER)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2006) "Turkey and the USA at cross roads: the impact of the war in Iraq", International Journal, Vol.61, No.1, 61-82 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2005) "Turkey's political reforms: the impact of the European Union", Southeast European Politics and Societies, Vol.10, No.1, 16-30 ()
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Güney, Aylin (2005) "The European Union and the Cyprus problem 1961-2003", Middle Eastern studies, Vol.41, No.2, 281-293 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2004) "Turkey's accession to the European Union: institutional and security challenges", Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Vol.9, No.Autumn, 29-44 (OTHER)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2004) "The new face of Turkey: the domestic and foreign policy implications of November 2002 elections", East European Quarterly, Vol.37, No.4, 421-438 (SSCI)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2003) "Turkish political science and European integration", Journal of European public policy, Vol.10, No.4, 655-663 (SSCI)
McLaren, Lauren M. and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2003) "Turkish Parliamentarians' Perspectives on Turkey's Relations with the European Union", Turkish Studies, Vol.4, No.1, 195-218 ()
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and McLaren, Lauren M. (2003) "Enlargement preferences and policy making in the EU: impacts on Turkey", Journal of European Integration, Vol.25, No.1, 17-30 (OTHER)
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem (2002) "Turkey in the EU’s enlargement process: obstacles and challenges", Mediterranean Politics, Vol.7, No.2, 79-95 (OTHER)
Book
Parliamentary cooperation and diplomacy in EU external relations: an essential companion, Raube, Kolja and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Wouters, Jan (eds.), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, May 2019
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, Divergent pathways: Turkey and the European Union: re-thinking the dynamics of Turkish-European Union relations, Leverkusen Opladen, Germany: Verlag Barbara Budrich, January 2016
Global Turkey in Europe III: democracy, trade, and the Kurdish question in Turkey-EU relations, Aydın-Düzgit, Senem and Huber, Daniela and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, E.Fuat and Schwarz, Michael and Tocci, Nathalie (eds.), Rome: Nuova Cultura, June 2015
Global Turkey in Europe II: energy, migration, civil society and citizenship issues in Turkey-EU relations, Aydın-Düzgit, Senem and Huber, Daniela and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, Fuat and Tasci, Jan and Tocci, Nathalie (eds.), Rome: Nuova Cultura, April 2014
Turkey-European Union relations: dilemmas, opportunities, and constraints, Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Stivachtis, Yannis A. (eds.), Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, May 2008
Book Section / Chapter
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "External differentiated integration: the modalities of Turkey's opting into the European Union", Redefining EU Membership: Differentiation In and Outside the European Union, Fromage, Diane (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2024, 253-272
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "An impasse in Turkey's relations with the European Union: the interplay of democratic lapse and external differentiated integration", One Hundred Years of Turkish Foreign Policy (1923-2023): Historical and Theoretical Reflections, Özkeçeci-Taner, Binnur and Akgül Açıkmeşe, Sinem (eds.), London: Palgrave Macmillan Cham, September 2023, 55-73
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Cihangir Tetik, Damla, "Turkey and the European Union in the Middle East: potential for cooperation or continuing discord?", Routledge Handbook of EU-Middle East Relations, Bouris, Dimitris and Huber, Daniella and Pace, Michelle (eds.), London: Routledge, December 2021, 191-204
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Küresel salgın tehdidi altında küresel sistem", Covid-19 Sonrası Küresel Sistem: Eski Sorunlar, Yeni Trendler, Ulutaş, Ufuk (ed.), Ankara: Stratejik Arastirmalar Merkezi, April 2020, 20-23
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European neighbourhood policy", The Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics, Laursen, Finn (ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, October 2019
Demirsu Dı Bıase, İpek and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The Turkish-EU cooperation on the refugee crisis: the Turkish perceptions in the parliamentary debates", Parliamentary Cooperation and Diplomacy in EU External Relations: An Essential Companion, Raube, Kolja and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Wouters, Jan (eds.), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, May 2019, 251-268
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Enlarging the European Union: member state preferences and institutional dynamics", Foreign Policies of EU Member States: Continuity and Europeanisation, Hadfield, Amelia and Manners, Ian and Whitman, Richard G. (eds.), London: Routledge, July 2017, 148-162
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, Fuat, "Turkey's unconsolidated democracy: the nexus between democratisation and majoritarianism in Turkey", Global Turkey in Europe III: Democracy, Trade, and the Kurdish Question in Turkey-EU Relations, Aydın-Düzgit, Senem and Huber, Daniela and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, Fuat and Tocci, Nathalie (eds.), Roma: Nuova Cultura, June 2015, 121-129
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Görgülü, Aybars, "Turkey and the European Union: partners in foreign policy cooperation in the South Caucasus", New Approaches to EU Foreign Policy, Wilga, Maciej and Karolewski, Ireneusz Pawel (eds.), New York: Routledge, May 2014, 222-239
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Conclusions: the future of Europe, differentiated integration and Turkey's role", Global Turkey in Europe II: Energy, Migration, Civil Society and Citizenship Issues in Turkey-EU Relations, Aydın-Düzgit, Senem and Huber, Daniela and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Keyman, Fuat and Tasci, Jan and Tocci, Nathalie (eds.), Rome, Italy: IAI (Istituto Affari Internazionali), April 2014, 215-220
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkish foreign policy, its domestic determinants and the role of the European Union", Turkey and the EU: Accession and Reform, Avcı, Gamze and Çarkoğlu, Ali (eds.), London: Routledge 2013, 71-83
Fisher, Nora Elizabeth and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey in cosmopolis? Turkish elite perceptions of the European project", Collective Identity and Democracy in the Enlarging Europe, Gora, Magdalena and Mach, Zdzislaw and Zielinska, Katarzyna (eds.), Brussels: Peter Lang, March 2012, 51-69
Fisher-Onar, Nora Elizabeth and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey in cosmopolis? Turkish elite perceptions of the European project", Collective Identity and Democracy: The impact of EU Enlargement, Gora, Magdalena and Mach, Zdzislaw (eds.), Oslo, Norway: Arena (Centre for European Studies) 2012, 127-154
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Avrupa Birliği genişleme süreci: Türkiye-AB ilişkilerine kuramsal bir yaklaşım", Türkiye AB İlişkileri: Beklentiler ve Kaygılar, Esen, Oğuz and Başkan, Filiz (eds.), Ankara: Eflatun Yayınları, September 2009, 21-32
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European Union's accession negotiations with Turkey from a foreign policy perspective", The Future of European Foreign Policy, Jones, Erik and Van Genugten, Saskia (eds.), London: Routledge, April 2009, 60-76
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European Union's legitimacy crisis and the final frontiers of Europe", European Integration from Rome to Berlin, 1957-2007: History, Law and Politics, Baquera Cruz, Julio and Closa Montero, Carlos (eds.), Bruxelles, Belgium: P.I.E. Peter Lang, March 2009, 263-280
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Information societies, new terrorism: its impact on international politics", USAK Yearbook of International Politics and Law, Laçiner, Sedat and Özcan, Mehmet and Bal, İhsan and Bahar, Halil İbrahim (eds.), Ankara: USAK (Uluslararası Stratejik Araştırmalar Kurumu), November 2008, 1-10
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey’s accession negotiations with the European Union: the long path ahead", Turkey-European Union Relations: Dilemmas, Opportunities, and Constraints, Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Stivachtis, Yannis A. (eds.), Lanham, MD, USA: Lexington Books, May 2008, 115-133
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European Union and the 2nd pillar integration: the common foreign and security policy", The State of European Integration, Stivachtis, Yannis A. (ed.), England: Ashgate, December 2007, 3-18
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey’s accession to the EU: its potential impact on common European security and defence policy", Turkey and European Security, Gasparini, Giovanni (ed.), Rome, Italy: Quaderni, IAI, February 2007, 13-29
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The institutional and theoretical implications of the enlargement on Turkey's accession to the European Union", D'Un Elargissement A L'Autre, La Turquie et les Autres Candidats, Verez, Jean-Claude (ed.), Paris: L'Harmattan, July 2005, 149-163
McLaren, Lauren M. and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkish parliamentarians' perspectives on Turkey's relations with the European Union", Turkey and the European Union: Domestic Politics, Economic Integration, and International Dynamics, Çarkoğlu, Ali and Rubin, Barry (eds.), London: Frank Cass, April 2003, 195-219
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkey and European security", Towards a European Security and Defense Policy, Positions, Perceptions, Problems, Perspectives, Ehrhart, Hans-Georg (ed.), Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsanstalt, March 2002, 206-216
Papers in Conference Proceedings
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Backsliding in Turkey: the role of judicial independence", 2017 APSA Annual Meeting, APSA (American Political Science Association), September 2017
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Kıbrıs, Arzu, "The European Union's role in transatlantic relations: a coherent body or disjointed partner for the USA", International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Arizona, USA: International Studies Association, April 2013
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "Turkish foreign policy challenges: reconciling security interests in Europe and the Middle East", International Studies Association, 53rd Annual Conference, Arizona: International Studies Association, March 2012
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European Union, Turkey and the security dimension", Extra Europa Symposium, Linz Austria: XING, March 2009, 46-47
Gürsoy, Yaprak and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The EU’s common foreign, security and defense policies and the Turkish perceptions", The Annual Meeting of the ISA's 49th Annual Convention, Bridging Multiple Divides, San Francisco, CA, USA: International Studies Association (ISA), March 2008
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European Union's legitimacy crisis: its impact on Turkey's accession", Beyond Homogeneity, CEU, Budapest: Central European University, May 2006, 85-93
Working Paper / Technical Report
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Aydın Düzgit, Senem and Uzun, Ezgi and Martill, Benjamin and Mesarovich, Alexander and Schnitzler, Gaspard, "Conceptually defining global strategic partnership", November 2022
Demirsu Dı Bıase, İpek and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The Turkish-EU cooperation on the refugee crisis: the Turkish perceptions in the parliamentary debates", August 2017, Sabancı University ID:Working Paper No. 07
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem, "The European Union enlargement: a preliminary look into external and internal scope conditions", November 2015
Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Çiçek, Aylin Ece, "A comparative analysis of the European Union's accession negotiations for Bulgaria and Turkey: who gets in, when and how?", April 2015
Hatipoğlu, Emre and Müftüler-Baç, Meltem and Karakoç, Ekrem, "Explaining variation in public support to Turkey's EU accession: Turco-scepticism in Europe", July 2014
Before SU Publications
BOOK: Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Türkiye ve Avrupa Birliği; Soğuk Savaş sonrası İlişkiler, Istanbul, Alfa yayınlari ,2001

Meltem Müftüler-Baç and Gulnur Aybet, 'Transformations in Security and Identity after the Cold War: Turkey’s problematic relationship with Europe', International Journal, vol.55, no.4, Autumn 2000,567-582.(SSCI)

Meltem Müftüler-Baç,'Turkey’s role in the European Union’s Security and Foreign Policies', Security Dialogue, vol.31, no.4, December 2000, 489-502. (SSCI)

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'The Impact of the European Union on Turkish Politics', East European Quarterly, vol.XXXIV (34),no.2, June 2000, 159-179. (SSCI)

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'Through the Looking Glass: Turkey in Europe', Turkish Studies, vol.1, no.1, Spring 2000, 21-35.

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'Turkish Women’s Predicament', Women Studies International Forum, vol.22, no.3, July 1999, 303-316.(SSCI)

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'The Cyprus Debacle: What the Future holds',Futures, vol.31, July 1999, 559-575. (SSCI)

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'Turkey's New vocation', Journal of South East Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, vol.22, no.3, Spring 1999, 1-15.

Meltem Müftüler-Baç , 'Negotiating Kurdish Separatism in Turkey', in Theory and Practice in Ethnic Conflict Management, edited by Marc Ross and Jay Rothman, United Kingdom, Macmillan Press, 1999, pp.103-119.

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'The Never-Ending Story: Turkey and the European Union', Middle Eastern Studies, vol.34, no.4,October 1998, 240-258. (SSCI)

MONOGRAPH Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Turkey and Israel: An evolving partnership, Ariel Center for Policy Research, Tel Aviv, Policy Paper no.47, 1998.

BOOK: Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Turkey's Relations with a Changing Europe. Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester University Press, 1997.

Meltem Müftüler-Baç and Müberra Yüksel, 'Turkey: A Middle Power in the New Order', Niche Diplomacy, Middle Powers after the Cold War,edited by Andrew Cooper, Series in 'Studies in Diplomacy', United Kingdom, Macmillan Press, pp.184-197, 1997.

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'Turkey: A New Player in Middle Eastern Politics', Mediterranean Quarterly, vol.6, no.4, Fall 1995, 110-120.

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'Turkey's Predicament in the Post-Cold War Era', Futures, vol.28, no.3, April 1996, 255-268.(SSCI)

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'Turkish Economic Liberalization and the European Community', Middle Eastern Studies, vol.31, no.1, January 1995, 85-98. (SSCI)

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'İsrail-Filistin Barışının Türkiye ve Bölge Ekonomileri üzerine etkisi' (The Impact of Israel-Palestinian Peace Accords on Turkish and Regional Economies), coauthored with Serdar Sayan, Ekonomik Yaklasim, vol.4, no.11, Winter 1994, pp.15-27.

Meltem Müftüler-Baç, 'Turkey and the European Community: An Uneasy Relationship', Turkish Review, A Quarterly Digest, Vol.8, no.34, Autumn 1993, 31-41.

Languages

Error message