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Sabri Ciftci earned his Ph.D. from Florida State University (2005). His research interests include political behavior, public opinion, and democratic institutions. He is also interested in Turkish Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, and the European Union. His current research explores the relationship of Islam and democracy, voting behavior in the Middle East, the rise of pro-Islamic parties, and anti-immigrant attitudes in the European Union.

Dr. Ciftci teaches courses on the Middle Eastern Politics, Islam and Politics, Research Methods, and the European Union .

Research and Papers (Details)

Teaching

Turkish Parliamentarians Survey

Publications

“Modernization, Islam or Social Capital What Explains Attitudes toward Democracy in the Muslim World?”(Forthcoming, Comparative Political Studies) PDF

“Committee Assignments in a Nascent Party System: the Case of the Turkish Grand National Assembly”, with Walter Forrest and Yusuf Tekin, International Political Science Review, 29(3), 2008. PDF

“Treaties, Collective Responses and the Determinants of Aggregate Support for European Integration”, European Union Politics, 6/4 (2005). PDF

Selected Publications in Turkish

“1877’den Günümüze Parlamento: 22. Dönem TBMM’nde Parlamento ve Parlamenter Rol Algısı”, Siyasal Kitapevi, Yusuf Tekin ile, 2007 [Parliament in Turkey since 1877: Parliament and Parliamentary Role Perceptions in the Turkish Grand National Assembly in its 22nd Term, 2007, w/ Yusuf Tekin, Siyasal: Ankara, Turkey.]-BOOK

“Parlamenterlerin Rol Davranislari Uzerine bir Inceleme: TBMM Uzerine bir Uygulama”, (Istanbul Universitesi, SBF Dergisi) ---[A study of Parliamentary Role behaviors: The case of Turkish Grand National Assembly, Istanbul University, Journal of Faculty of Political Sciences, 2006].