In Reflections on Conservatism, there are thirteen articles covering a wide range of aspects on conservatism. Six of these articles offer analyses of certain theoretical aspects of conservatism and focus on issues such as the definition of conservatism, the theme of inequality in conservative thinking and the applicability of conservative principals to postcolonial politics. Following these, there are seven articles that focus on conservative movements or thinkers from different countries. Here, readers will find detailed discussions on the contemporary state of British and US conservatisms as well as Sarkozy’s UMP. There are also other articles that present the portrayal of post-war cultural conservatism in Denmark, Antall’s conservatism in Hungary and radical conservative trends in Turkey.

This is a source book on the political parties of Turkey founded in the period between the establishment of the republic in the country up to 2006. All of the 277 political parties founded within that period are included in the book, and detailed information about each of these parties is presented. First edition was published by one of the most renown publishers of Turkey, the İmge Publishing. A second edition is planned to be published in 2010.

This article focuses on the resemblances between neoconservatism and the classical conservatism. Against the dominant view which proposes that the pro-active style of neoconservative politics differentiates it from the reactive politics of the classicals, it concludes that classical conservatism is as 'ideational' as any other political ideology, and hence, their stance against status quo cannot differentiate them substantially from the neoconservatives.

"It is precisely at this moment when the substantial bond between tradition and presence is broken, or when it is admitted that such a bond had never been existed, that the pandora's box is opened for conservatism and the whole conservative project turns out to be a kind of praxis, a creative act. Pointing at the lack of such a bond will allow one to comprehend the unsettled, and even contradictory arguments observed between the lines of every conservative text. (...) This lack is the reason to regard all traditions as artifacts."

This work offers an introduction to Derrida's philosophy and his deconstructive reading, through its misreading in the Turkish literature of social sciences.

This is a 2,300 words entry on Conservatism. It is published in the Dictionary of Political Concepts, and is intended to present a brief outline of the conservative ideology and its variants.

Rather than reducing the problem to ethno-cultural characteristics, we explain the persistence of customary killings in Turkey through the shortcomings of the Turkish modernization project. As we argue, the problem persists because of the failure of modernization to have a real impact on rural regions, and of the conceptualization of woman by the modernizing elite as an object to be moulded. Also, by utilizing proverbs and novels we address the prevalent patriarchal culture which endorses customary killings but, far from being problematised, it is even promoted by this project. As an alternative to this we propose a more critical and deliberative modernization.