A.KADİR YILDIRIM Baker Institute for Public Policy Rice University P.O. Box 1892 Houston, TX 77251 Email: ay18@rice.edu Phone: 1-614-284-7136 U.S. Permanent Resident Positions Held Rice University, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Fellow, July 2017 present Rice University, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Research Scholar, August 2015 June 2017 Furman University, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2011 2015 Princeton University, Postdoctoral Fellow, Niehaus Center, 2010-2011 Education 2004-2010 Ph.D. in Political Science, The Ohio State University 2007 Intensive Summer Language Course (Arabic), University of Chicago 2004-2006 M.A. in Political Science, The Ohio State University 2002-2004 Graduate Coursework in Political Science, University of Houston 1998-2002 B.A. in International Relations, Bilkent University, Ankara-Turkey Book Muslim Democratic Parties in the Middle East: Economy and Politics of Islamist Moderation. Indiana University Press. (2016). Refereed Publications The Big Impact of Owning a Small Business: Evidence from the European Social Survey. (with S. Sokhey and J. Schaffer) Comparative European Politics (2017). Patronage and Industrial Football: Explaining the De-politicization of Turkish Soccer Fandom. Soccer & Society (2017). Between Anti-Westernism and Development: Political Islam and Environmentalism. Middle Eastern Studies 52(2): 215-232. (2016) Bending with the Wind: Revisiting Islamist Parties Electoral Dilemma. (with C. Lancaster) Politics and Religion 8(3): 588-613. (2015) Globalization, Political Islam, and Moderation: The Case of Muslim Democratic Parties. Sociology of Islam 3(1-2): 76-106. (2015) Islamist Moderation in Perspective: Comparative Analysis of the Moderation of Islamist and Western Communist Parties. (with S. Karakaya) Democratization 20(7): 1322-1349. (2013) Economic Liberalization and Political Moderation: The Case of Anti-System Parties. (with S. Sokhey) Party Politics 19 (2): 230-255. (2013) New Democrats: Religious Actors, Social Change and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey. Contemporary Islam 7(3): 311-331. (2013)
Yildirim, page 2 The Political Economy of Turkey s Eastern Turn: An Empirical Analysis of Erdogan s State Visits. (with F. Ekmekci) Romanian Journal of Political Science 13 (1): 52-75. (2013) The AKP and the Eastern Turn (?) of Turkey: An Economic Analysis. (with F. Ekmekci) USAK Yearbook of International Politics and International Relations 5: 37-60. (2012) Muslim Democratic Parties in Turkey, Egypt and Morocco: An Economic Explanation. Insight Turkey 11 (4): 65-76. (2009) Other Publications (Book Reviews, Policy Reports, and Policy Briefs) Contemporary Turkish Politics. Policy Report, Baker Institute for Public Policy in collaboration with POMEPS, December 8, 2016. U.S. Engagement with Islamists. Policy Brief, Baker Institute for Public Policy, December 5, 2016. Review of Luca Ozzano and Francesco Cavatorta, eds., Religiously Oriented Parties and Democratization (New York: Routledge, 2014). Party Politics. (2017) Military, Political Islam, and the Future of Democracy in Egypt. Insight Turkey 15(4): 61-68. (2013) Review of Ümit Cizre, ed., Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey: The Making of the Justice and Development Party (New York: Routledge, 2008). International Journal of Middle East Studies 43 (2): 358-361. (2011) Under Review Do Political Elites Represent their Followers? Quantitative Text Analysis of Turkish Tweets. (with A. Aydogan and T. Tuna) Religious Parties and Ideological Change: The Case of Iranian and Turkish Islamists. (with M. Tabaar) Ongoing Projects Invoking God: Institutions and Religious Party Evolution in Western Europe and the Middle East. (book manuscript) Fundamentalism and Perception of Discrimination: Political Behavior of American Muslims. Grants and Academic Honors 2017 PI Luce Foundation Grant Religious Authority and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East ($400,465) 2016 PI Carnegie Corporation of New York Confronting the Governance Crisis in MENA: Rewriting the Social Contract Post-Arab Spring ($598,653) 2016 PI Strategy & Policy Fellow Program Grant Smith Richardson Grant ($60,000) 2015 PI IIIT Political Christianity vs. Political Islam: Institutional Sources of Moderation ($2,250) 2015 PI Demokrasi Denetcileri Turkey Democracy Report ($3,500) 2012-2014 Furman University Furman Advantage Program 2012 Furman University RPG Grant 2004-2010 Graduate Associate, The Ohio State University 2009 Mershon Center Grant 2008 James C. Cotting Research Abroad Grant
Yildirim, page 3 2008 OIA Travel Grant 2008 CAS International Travel Grant 2007 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS) 2007 Foreign Language Enhancement Program (FLEP) Fellowship 2002-2004 Teaching Assistant, University of Houston 1998-2002 University Fellowship, Bilkent University Opinion Pieces What the Iran Sanctions Case in New York Means for Turkey and Erdogan, The Washington Post, December 2, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/12/02/what-theiran-sanctions-case-in-new-york-means-for-turkey-and-erdogan/?utm_term=.1ceb16e1d2b3 How Erdogan Won More Power But Lost Legitimacy in Turkey s Constitutional Referendum, The Washington Post, April 20, 2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkeycage/wp/2017/04/20/how-erdogan-won-more-power-but-lost-legitimacy-in-turkeys-constitutionalreferendum Is There Still Hope for Turkish Democracy, The Washington Post, December 8, 2016 (with Marc Lynch). https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/12/08/is-there-still-hope-for-turkishdemocracy Turkey s Impending Eastern Turn, Sada (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), August 18, 2016. http://carnegieendowment.org/sada/64358 How Erdogan May Exploit Turkey s Failed Coup, The Washington Post, July 20, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/20/how-erdogan-may-exploitturkeys-failed-coup/ Religion and the Middle East in U.S. Foreign Policy, Huffington Post, May 31, 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akadir-yildirim/religion-and-the-middle-e_b_10110130.html The Reality of Turkey s Pakistanization, Huffington Post, March 16, 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akadir-yildirim/the-reality-of-pakistanization-of-turkey_b_9458936.html Why Turkey s Government is Threatening Academic Freedom, The Washington Post, January 16, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/01/16/why-turkeys-growing-antiintellectualism-is-a-threat-to-academic-freedom/ Why Aren t There Any Progressive Muslim Parties and Why That s a Problem, Huffington Post, January 11, 2016. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akadir-yildirim/why-arent-there-any-progressive-muslimparties_b_8940644.html The Tragic Fatalism of Islamic Revivalism, Houston Chronicle, October 5, 2015. http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2015/10/the-tragic-fatalism-of-islamic-revivalism Repeat Elections in Turkey: Erdogan s Hope for Survival, Houston Chronicle, August 26, 2015. http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2015/08/repeat-elections-in-turkey-erdogans-hope-for-survival Turkey s Kurdish Party at the Threshold, The Washington Post, May 26, 2015. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/05/26/turkeys-new-kurdish-party-at-thethreshold Clientelism 2.0 vs. Democracy in Erdogan s New Turkey, The Washington Post, March 13, 2015. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2015/03/13/clientelism-2-0-vs-democracy-inerdogans-new-turkey
Yildirim, page 4 Turkish Voters Face Tough Choice, Greenville News, August 8, 2014. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/08/08/turkish-voters-face-toughchoice/13786699 Turkey s Presidential Elections: What is at Stake? Al Jazeera, August 6, 2014. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/08/turkey-presidential-elections-201486148678440.html Turkey: Crackdown on the Opposition and Rule of Law, Open Democracy, July 28, 2014. https://www.opendemocracy.net/akadir-yildirim/turkey-crackdown-on-opposition-and-rule-of-law The Slow Death of Turkish Higher Education, Al Jazeera, July 10, 2014. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/07/turkish-higher-education-reform- 20147106282924991.html Turkish Elections: Money and the Media, Open Democracy, April 8, 2014. http://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/akadir-yildirim/turkish-elections-money-and-media Turkey: The Road to a Democratic Future, Al Jazeera, March 26, 2014. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/turkey-road-democratic-future- 20143247316702394.html Opposition, the AKP and Democracy in Turkey, Open Democracy, March 21, 2014. http://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/akadir-yildirim/opposition-akp-and-democracy-in-turkey Media Appearances Voice of America Turkey, August 11, 2014. (http://www.amerikaninsesi.com/content/gul-basbakan-olur-mu/2409883.html) Evening TV News Bulletin, BBC World News, August 10, 2014. Newsday, BBC World Service, August 10, 2014. Voice of Russia London, August 8, 2014. (http://voiceofrussia.com/uk/news/2014_08_08/turkey-election-who-will-triumph-and-where-is-turkeyheaded-politically-4562) Voice of Russia Moscow, August 8, 2014. Invited Talks & Workshops Turkey at the Crossroads: Contemporary Debates and Future Scenarios. Invited Talk at Ohio University, April 13, 2017. Elite Competition, Threat Perception, and Ideological Change. Workshop at Arizona State University, February 16-17, 2017. Middle East Developments. Invited Talk at Rotary Club of Tryon, May 15, 2014, Tryon, NC. A Defining Moment in Turkey s Democratic History. Invited Talk at Columbia Rotary Club, April 12, 2014, Columbia, SC. Turkey s Challenges. Invited Talk at St. Louis Council on World Affairs, March 20, 2014, St. Louis, MO. Middle East Developments. Invited Talk at Hendersonville Rotary Club, February 25, 2014, Hendersonville, NC.
Yildirim, page 5 Political Islam, Sacred and Freedom of Expression. Presentation at Freedom of Expression vs. Respect for the Sacred Conference at John Carroll University, April 13, 2013, Cleveland, OH. The Arab Spring: Prospects for Democratization. Invited Talk at Hendersonville Rotary Club, February 26, 2013, Hendersonville, NC. The Arab Spring: Prospects for Democratization. Invited Talk at High Noon, February 20, 2013, Greenville, SC. Peace in the Middle East. Invited Talk at St. Giles Presbyterian Church, February 11, 2013, Greenville, SC. Islam, Modernity and Democracy in Turkey: The Case of the Gulen Movement. The Witherspoon Institute, March 29, 2011, Princeton, NJ. The Gulen Movement and the Justice and Development Party: Religion and Democracy in Turkey. Department of Near Eastern Studies, February 28, 2011, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. A Century of Turkish Democracy: Elites, Masses and Secularism. Invited Lecture, October 7, 2010, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA. Professional Service Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Section Chair for Politics of the Middle East, 2018 Turkey Workshop at Baker Institute, October 14, 2016 (co-organized with Marc Lynch) Reviewer for World Politics, British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, Party Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Politics & Religion, Mediterranean Politics, Insight Turkey, European Journal of Economic and Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, International Journal of Conflict Management, Turkish Studies, Democratization, and Temple University Press. Research with Students M. Livermore Muslim Media Coverage in the US (2012) M. Scholtens Islamist Parties in the Arab Spring (2013) J. McCall Socioeconomic Causes of Arab Spring (2013), Political Christianity vs. Political Islam (2014) C. Lancaster Islamic Party Votes (2013), Hegemonic Party Systems (2014) Teaching Experience FYS 1218 Islam, Women, and Media PSC 102 Introduction to World Politics PSC 225 Islam and Politics PSC 223 Politics of Developing Nations PSC 281 Politics of the Middle East PSC 283 - Arab-Israeli Conflict MXP 212 Soccer and Society Field Research March 2017 Lebanon Interviews with journalists, clerics, and scholars March-April 2017 Tunisia Interviews with party officials April-May 2017 USA, UK, Interviews with party and movement officials Canada December 2009 Morocco Interviews with party officials and businessmen October-December, 2008 Egypt Interviews with party officials and businessmen
Yildirim, page 6 August-October, 2008 Turkey Interviews with party officials and businessmen Professional Affiliations American Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association Middle East Studies Association Skills Language: Turkish Native, Arabic Intermediate Statistical: Stata, R, SPSS Computer Programming: Java References Sarah Brooks Ohio State University Amaney Jamal Princeton University Marcus Kurtz Ohio State University Irfan Nooruddin Georgetown University