Ayhan Kaya is Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Chair of European Politics of Interculturalism at the Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University; Director of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence; and a member of the Science Academy, Turkey. He is currently European Research Council Advanced Grant holder (ERC AdG, 2019-2024). He received his PhD and MA degrees at the University of Warwick, England. Kaya was previously a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute,...
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Roles

  • Istanbul Bilgi University

    University, Istanbul, Turkey
    Senior Lecturer and Jean Monnet Chair

Research

Deconstructing migration studies and identity studies: The need for an alternative scientific lens

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Ayhan Kaya
Year 2024
Journal Name International Migration
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1 Journal Article

Introduction: social movements and radicalisation in Europe

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Cristiano Bee
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Contemporary European Studies
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2 Journal Article

Political drivers of Muslim youth radicalisation in France: religious radicalism as a response to nativism

Authors Max-Valentin Robert, Ayhan Kaya
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Contemporary European Studies
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3 Journal Article

The role of Turkey–EU relations and Turkey-to-Europe emigration experience in the treatment of Syrians in Turkey

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2024
Book Title Forced Migration in Turkey
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4 Book Chapter

Correction to: The Neoliberal Face of the ‘Local Turn’ in Governance of Refugees in Turkey: Participatory Action Research in Karacabey, Bursa

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Ayhan Kaya
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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5 Journal Article

The Neoliberal Face of the ‘Local Turn’ in Governance of Refugees in Turkey: Participatory Action Research in Karacabey, Bursa

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of International Migration and Integration
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6 Journal Article

Diaspora politics and religious diplomacy in Turkey and Morocco

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Amina Drhimeur
Year 2023
Journal Name Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
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7 Journal Article

The use of the past by theAlternative for Germanyand theFront National: heritage populism,Ostalgiaand Jeanne D’Arc

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2023
Journal Name Journal of Contemporary European Studies
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8 Journal Article

Alternative für Deutschland's Appeal to Native Youth in Dresden

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2023
Book Title Nativist and Islamist Radicalism
9 Book Chapter

Introduction

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Alexander-Kenneth Nagel
Year 2023
Book Title Politics of Subsidiarity in Refugee Reception
10 Book Chapter

Introduction Nativist and Islamist Radicalism

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Metin Koca, Ayşenur Benevento
Year 2023
Book Title Nativist and Islamist Radicalism
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11 Book Chapter

The local turn in migrant practices in Turkey: Syrians in Bursa

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2023
Book Title Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe
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12 Book Chapter

Epilogue: what is lurking behind migrant integration?

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2023
Book Title New Methods and Theory on Immigrant Integration
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13 Book Chapter

Home-State Politics Vis-à-Vis Turkish Emigrants: Instrumentalizing Emigrants

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2022
Journal Name Middle East Critique
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14 Journal Article

The Crisis Of Civilizational Paradigm: Co-Radicalization Of Islamist And Populist Groups In Europe

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2022
Journal Name Transatlantic Policy Quarterly
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15 Journal Article

Epistemic Justice as a Political Capability of Radicalised Youth in Europe: A Case of Knowledge Production with Local Researchers

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Ayşenur Benevento
Year 2022
Journal Name Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
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16 Journal Article

Thesis 8

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Anna Krasteva, Susanne Stenbacka
Year 2022
Book Title The Renaissance of Remote Places
17 Book Chapter

Politics of Subsidiarity in Refugee Reception: Comparative Perspectives

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Alexander K. Nagel
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 5
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18 Journal Article

Interview 2

Authors Ayhan KAYA
Year 2021
Journal Name Turkish Journal of Diaspora Studies
19 Journal Article

Youth Extremism as a Response to Global Threats?

Authors Jais Adam-Troian, Ayşe Tecmen, Ayhan Kaya
Year 2021
Journal Name European Psychologist
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20 Journal Article

Co-radicalisation of Islamist and Nativist Extremists in Europe

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Jais Adam-Troian
Year 2021
Journal Name Journal of Muslims in Europe
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21 Journal Article

‘We can’t integrate in Europe. We will pay a high price if we go there’: Culture, Time and Migration Aspirations for Syrian Refugees in Istanbul

Authors Susan Rottmann, Ayhan Kaya
Year 2020
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
Citations (WoS) 31
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22 Journal Article

Right-wing populism and Islamophobism in Europe and their impact on Turkey–EU relations

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2018
Journal Name Turkish Studies
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23 Journal Article

Populismo e inmigración en la Unión Europea

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2017
Journal Name Anuario CIDOB de la Inmigración
24 Journal Article

A Tale of Two Cities: Aleppo and Istanbul

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2017
Journal Name European Review
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25 Journal Article

Europeanization of civil society in Turkey : legacy of the #Occupygezi movement

Authors Ayhan KAYA
Year 2017
Journal Name Turkish Studies
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26 Journal Article

Conventional versus non-conventional political participation in Turkey : dimensions, means, and consequences

Authors Cristiano BEE, Ayhan KAYA
Year 2017
Journal Name Turkish Studies
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27 Journal Article

Between practices and demands: ambiguities, controversies and constraints in the emergence of active citizenship in Turkey

Authors Cristiano Bee, Ayhan Kaya
Year 2017
Journal Name Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
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28 Journal Article

Youth and active citizenship in Turkey: engagement, participation and emancipation

Authors Cristiano Bee, Ayhan Kaya
Year 2017
Journal Name Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
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29 Journal Article

Istanbul as a Space of Cultural Affinity for Syrian Refugees

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2017
Journal Name Southeastern Europe
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30 Journal Article

Determinants of young people’s civic and political participation in Turkey

Authors Cristiano Bee, Ayhan Kaya
Year 2017
Journal Name Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
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31 Journal Article

The Alevi-Bektashi order in Turkey: syncreticism transcending national borders

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2016
Journal Name Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
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33 Journal Article

Critical voices against the Bologna Process in Turkey: Neo-liberal governance in higher education

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2015
Journal Name New Perspectives on Turkey
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37 Journal Article

Islamisation of Turkey under the AKP Rule: Empowering Family, Faith and Charity

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2015
Journal Name South European Society and Politics
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38 Journal Article

The Circassian Diaspora In and Outside Turkey

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2014
Journal Name Problems of Post-Communism
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39 Journal Article

Native Minority Claims: The search for acceptance

Authors Ayhan KAYA
Year 2012
40 Report

Challenges to Tolerance in Political Life: A comparative overview of 15 European countries

Authors Maurizio AMBROSINI, Elena CANEVA, Ayhan KAYA, ...
Year 2012
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41 Report

Backlash of multiculturalist and republicanist policies of integration in the age of securitization

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2012
Journal Name Philosophy & Social Criticism
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44 Journal Article

Is National Citizenship Withering Away?: Social Affiliations and Labor Market Integration of Turkish-Origin Immigrants in Germany and France

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Ayseguel Kayaoglu
Year 2012
Journal Name GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW
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45 Journal Article

Transnational citizenship: German-Turks and liberalizing citizenship regimes

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2012
Journal Name Citizenship Studies
Citations (WoS) 6
46 Journal Article

Modernism, Secularism, Democracy and the AKP in Turkey

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2011
Journal Name South European Society and Politics
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47 Journal Article

Euro-Turks as a Force in EU–Turkey Relations

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2011
Journal Name South European Society and Politics
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48 Journal Article

Tolerance and Cultural Diversity Discourses in Turkey

Authors Ayhan KAYA, Ece HARMANYERI
Year 2010
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49 Report

German-Turkish transnational space: A separate space of their own

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2007
Journal Name GERMAN STUDIES REVIEW
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53 Journal Article

Cultural reification in circassian diaspora: stereotypes, prejudices and ethnic relations

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2005
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 9
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55 Journal Article

Aesthetics of diaspora: Contemporary minstrels in Turkish Berlin

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2002
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
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57 Journal Article

“Co-Radicalization”: A Scientific Lens Proposal to Understand the Social Movements in Turkey

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Metin Koca
Year 2024
Journal Name Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi
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58 Journal Article

Kırsal Bölgelerde Göçmenlerin İşgücü Piyasasına Katılımı ve Yerel Ekonomiye Etkisi: Karacabey Örneği

Authors Fatma YILMAZ-ELMAS, Ayhan KAYA
Year 2023
Journal Name Çalışma ve Toplum
59 Journal Article

Nativist and Islamist Radicalism

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Ayşenur Benevento, Metin Koca
Year 2023
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60 Book

Politics of Subsidiarity in Refugee Reception

Authors Ayhan Kaya, Alexander K. Nagel
Year 2023
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61 Book

TÜRKİYE’DE ENTEGRASYON TARTIŞMALARI: AKTÖRLER VE ROLLERİ

Authors Ayhan KAYA
Year 2022
Journal Name İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
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62 Journal Article

Islamist and Nativist Reactionary Radicalisation in Europe

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Year 2021
Journal Name Politics and Governance
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63 Journal Article

AB-15’te Müslüman Karşıtı Önyargının Bireysel Belirleyenleri

Authors Ayhan KAYA, Ayşegül KAYAOĞLU
Year 2017
Journal Name Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi
64 Journal Article

Introduction

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Book Title Islam, Migration and Integration
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65 Book Chapter

Islam, Migration and Integration

Authors Ayhan Kaya
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66 Book

Germany: from Segregation to Integration

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Book Title Islam, Migration and Integration
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67 Book Chapter

The Netherlands: from Multiculturalism to Assimilation

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Book Title Islam, Migration and Integration
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68 Book Chapter

Belgium: a Culturally Divided Land

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Book Title Islam, Migration and Integration
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69 Book Chapter

Building Communities: Comfort in Purity

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Book Title Islam, Migration and Integration
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70 Book Chapter

‘Islamophobism’ as an Ideology in the West: Scapegoating Migrants of Muslim Origin

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Book Title An Anthology of Migration and Social Transformation
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71 Book Chapter

Conclusion: Transnationalizing Integration

Authors Ayhan Kaya
Book Title Islam, Migration and Integration
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72 Book Chapter

Suggested Research

EU-Turkey Relations and Irregular Migration: Transactional Cooperation in the Making

Authors Angeliki DIMITRIADI, Ayhan KAYA, Başak KALE, ...
Description
The aim of the paper is twofold. First, to outline the relationship of the EU and Turkey in the field of irregular migration and present the main drivers that underpin the relations from 1999 to 2017. While acknowledging that emphasis on irregular migration is given particularly post-2011, the paper argues that the dynamics characterising the relationship between Turkey and the EU do not change significantly in the pre-and post-2011 period. Secondly, the paper presents the most likely of the three scenarios – conflict, cooperation, and convergence – in the area of irregular migration drawing from the drivers of the past and present in the EU, Turkey, but also the Southern neighbourhood and beyond. The paper argues that though conflict is unlikely, equally so is convergence, with a model of transactional operational cooperation more likely and reflective of EU-Turkey relation on irregular migration management.
Year 2018
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