R2 Catalogue

Research & Writing

My writing explores how political institutions, identities, and inequalities take shape through historical change. This collection brings together course papers, reports, essays, and personal reflections on these questions.

8 works

RW-010 · Reflection · 2026 · EN

Universal Values, Coercive Modernity, and the Postcolonial Dilemma: Rethinking Democracy and Human Rights between Modernism and Its Critics

  • Political Theory
  • International Relations
  • Modernization

A personal reflection on the tension between universal political values and the unequal power relations through which they have been institutionalized. It asks how democracy and human rights can be defended while confronting their coercive histories and the authoritarian appropriation of anti-colonial critique.

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RW-004 · Report · 2026 · EN

Reflection to Public Financial Management and Control Law No. 5018

  • Public Administration
  • Political Economy

An analysis of Turkey’s public financial management reform through Law No. 5018, focusing on internal control, auditing, and accountability. Drawing on institutional reports and interviews, the study examines the gap between the reform’s formal framework and the practical capacity and independence of oversight institutions.

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RW-003 · Course Paper · 2026 · EN

Basque Country and Local Governance

  • Public Administration
  • Political Economy
  • Nationalism

An examination of the Basque Country’s local governance, fiscal autonomy, and regional development. Drawing on Marxist, pluralist, and Weberian-institutionalist perspectives, the paper explores how self-government shapes economic inequalities, regional identity, and relations with the Spanish state.

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RW-006 · Course Paper · 2024 · EN

Defining Oneself Anew: A Story of Urbanization

  • Urban Studies
  • Modernization

A course paper that uses a science-fiction narrative to explore urbanization, family history, and the making of identity. Moving between an imagined future and intergenerational experiences of social change, it considers how work, place, and memory shape a sense of self.

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RW-008 · Essay · 2023 · TR

Modern Singapur’un İnşası

  • Political Economy
  • Modernization

Singapur’un kalkınma deneyimini sömürge mirası, teknokratik yönetim ve devletin ekonomik rolü üzerinden inceleyen bir yazı. Yabancı yatırım ve piyasa odaklı politikaların güçlü devlet müdahalesiyle nasıl bir araya geldiğini, ekonomik büyümenin siyasal ve toplumsal gerilimleriyle birlikte ele alıyor.

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RW-009 · Essay · 2023 · TR

Türkiye ve Avrupa Birliği: Üyelik ve Müzakere Süreçleri

  • International Relations
  • Modernization

Türkiye’nin Avrupa Birliği ile ilişkilerinin tarihsel seyrini, üyelik hedefi ve reform süreçleri üzerinden ele alan bir yazı. Müzakerelerin belirsizliğini demokratikleşme, Batılılaşma ve Avrupa kimliğinin sınırları hakkındaki tartışmalarla birlikte değerlendiriyor.

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