Research

Full list also in my CV and on Google Scholar.

Refereed journal articles

• Lowest common denominator messaging: Issue prioritization in #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo digital coalitions2025. Social Network Analysis and Mining 15, 106. With Alp Unal.
• Strategic convergence, ideological discounting, and pre-electoral coalition formation: Evidence from the 2023 Turkish presidential elections2025. Turkish Studies, 1–35. With Uzay Cetin.
• A comparative analysis of online mobilization through slogan specificity: The case of the countermovements to #BlackLivesMatter2025. New Media & Society. With Cihan Duran, Suzan Uskudarli, and Orkun Irisoy.
• Is justice served for Black victims of police brutality? The effect of online activism on court processes and verdicts2025. Politics, Groups, and Identities, 1–26. With Cihan Duran and Suzan Uskudarli.
• Structural inequalities exacerbate infection disparities2025. Scientific Reports 15(1), 9082. With Sina Sajjadi, Mehrzad Shadmangohar, Pourya Toranj, Ulya Bayram, Mavi Peru, and Fariba Karimi.
• Protesting during the Covid: When the abstention cost overweighs infection risk2024. Social Movement Studies 23(6), 830–848.
• Do activists prioritize solutions over grievances? A Twitter study of Black Lives Matter2024. Marmara Universitesi Siyasal Bilimler Dergisi 12(1), 1–22. With Cihan Duran and Suzan Uskudarli.
• At the intersection of faith, allegiances toward the state, and economic deprivation: The case of the Christian Democratic unions in 19th century Western Europe2022. Alternatif Politika 14(3), 612–640.
• Tweeting through a public health crisis: Communication strategies of right-wing populist leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic2022. Government and Opposition, 1–22. With Berk Esen and Suzan Uskudarli.
• Tolerable levels of disagreement: Collective action capacity and shape of coalitions2021. Social Networks 68, 15–30.
• Simulating phase transitions and control measures for network epidemics caused by infections with presymptomatic, asymptomatic, and symptomatic stages2020. PLOS ONE 15(9), e0238412. With Ben Braun, Brian Beckage, and Jane Molofsky.
• The Irish bailout: When resolve breaks down2012. Contemporary European Studies 2, 83–113.
• A comparative approach to Euroscepticism2008. Journal of Contemporary European Studies 16(2), 249–266.

Book chapters

• Exploring the diffusion of computational social science methods in political science using network analysis2026. In Paulo Ravecca and Mehtap Soyler (eds.), How to Research Researchers: Methods for Studying Political Scientists Worldwide. Routledge.
• Karsilastirmali perspektifte Osmanli anayasal gelismeleri2026. In Şebnem Gümüşçü and Berk Esen (eds.), Türkiye’de Siyasetin Temel Dinamikleri. İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.
• Etiket aktivizmi ve çerçeveleme stratejileri: Sosyal medya verilerini ağ analiziyle incelemek2025. In Akın Ünver (ed.), Sosyal Veri Bilimi. İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 195–215.
• Incorporating computational social science in political science2022. In Enes Abanoz (ed.), Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology. IGI Global, 23–44.
• When does repression trigger mass protest? The 2013 Gezi protests2016. In Julie M. Mazzei (ed.), Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, Vol. 41. Emerald, 205–239. With Defne Over. Awarded the Sidney Tarrow Best Article Prize.

Other publications

• Studying alliance formation using case studies and network analysis2019. SAGE Research Methods Cases.
• Review of Checking Presidential Power by Valeria Palanza2020. Democratization.

Under review

• Protesting for progress: The impact of Black Lives Matter protests on policing reform in the U.S.With Emekcan Yucel.
• Sincerity and conformity: A network game of political expressionWith Tolga Umut Kuzubas and Murat Ali Cengelci.
• Media portrayals of racial minority protests: An in-depth analysis of BLM coverage in the New York TimesWith Cihan Duran, Ugur Deniz Kutlu, Suzan Uskudarli, and Ozgur Togay.
• Recurring authoritarian revivals: Evidence from Ottoman and Republican Turkey
• When talk is not enough: Social context and the persistence of ideological polarizationWith Isaac Mehlhaff and Irem Kocak.

Selected work in progress

• A SIR model for misinformation spreadWith Isaac Mehlhaff and Irem Kocak.
• Case studies in the age of big data
• From fandom to frontline: K-pop fan activism and strategies of countering backlash movementsWith Helin Yaren and Suzan Uskudarli.

Media

• Activists’ strategic use of hashtags kept justice for George Floyd in the spotlightLSE USAPP, August 2025.
• Erdogans riskanter Kurs: Bringt die Lira-Krise ihn zu Fall?Die Presse, December 2021.
• An introduction to network analysisSAGE Methods video interview, 2018.