- Aydın-Düzgit, S., Kutlay, M. and Keyman, E.F. (2025). Strategic autonomy in Turkish foreign policy in an age of multipolarity: lineages and contradictions of an idea. International Politics. doi:10.1057/s41311-024-00638-w.
- Kutlay, M. and Öniş, Z. (2024). Governance crises and resilience of authoritarian populism: 2023 Turkish elections from the perspective of Hirschman’s ‘exit, voice, and loyalty’. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 24(2), pp. 383–403. doi:10.1080/14683857.2024.2315652.
- Kutlay, M. and Yıldırım, K. (2024). Authoritarian populist turn and market capture in Turkey: The political economy of public procurement. Competition & Change. doi:10.1177/10245294241235390.
- Aydın-Düzgit, S., Kutlay, M. and Fuat Keyman, E. (2024). State capacity and populist rule in times of uncertainty: COVID-19 response in South Korea, Brazil, and Turkey. Globalizations, 21(4), pp. 684–704. doi:10.1080/14747731.2023.2256567.
- Kutlay, M. and Öniş, Z. (2024). A Critical Juncture: Russia, Ukraine and the Global South. Survival, 66(2), pp. 19–36. doi:10.1080/00396338.2024.2332055.
- Aydın-Düzgit, S., Kutlay, M. and Keyman, E.F. (2023). How Erdoğan Rules Through Crisis. Journal of Democracy, 34(4), pp. 80–93. doi:10.1353/jod.2023.a907689.
- Karaoğuz, H.E. and Kutlay, M. (2023). The ties that don’t bind: trading state debates and role of state capacity in Turkish foreign policy. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 23(2), pp. 409–429. doi:10.1080/14683857.2022.2109828.
- Kutlay, M. and Öniş, Z. (2023). Liberal Democracy on the Edge? Anxieties in a Shifting Global (dis)order. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 48(1), pp. 20–37. doi:10.1177/03043754221096511.
- Kovras, I. and Kutlay, M. (2022). The EU’s truth by omission: Learning and accountability after the Eurozone crisis. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 24(1), pp. 187–204. doi:10.1177/13691481211013705.
- Kutlay, M. and Öniş, Z. (2021). Understanding oscillations in Turkish foreign policy: pathways to unusual middle power activism. Third World Quarterly, 42(12), pp. 3051–3069. doi:10.1080/01436597.2021.1985449.
- Öniş, Z. and Kutlay, M. (2021). The anatomy of Turkey’s new heterodox crisis: the interplay of domestic politics and global dynamics. Turkish Studies, 22(4), pp. 499–529. doi:10.1080/14683849.2020.1833723.
- Kutlay, M. and Onis, Z. (2021). Turkish foreign policy in a post-western order: strategic autonomy or new forms of dependence? International Affairs, 97(4), pp. 1085–1104. doi:10.1093/ia/iiab094.
- Öniş, Z. and Kutlay, M. (2020). The New Age of Hybridity and Clash of Norms: China, BRICS, and Challenges of Global Governance in a Postliberal International Order. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 45(3), pp. 123–142. doi:10.1177/0304375420921086.
- Kutlay, M. (2020). The politics of state capitalism in a post-liberal international order: the case of Turkey. Third World Quarterly, 41(4), pp. 683–706. doi:10.1080/01436597.2019.1699400.
- Öniş, Z. and Kutlay, M. (2020). The Global Political Economy of Right-wing Populism: Deconstructing the Paradox. The International Spectator pp. 1–19. doi:10.1080/03932729.2020.1731168.
- Öniş, Z. and Kutlay, M. (2019). Reverse transformation? Global shifts, the core-periphery divide and the future of the EU. Journal of Contemporary European Studies pp. 1–19. doi:10.1080/14782804.2019.1708280.
- Öniş, Z. and Kutlay, M. (2019). Global Shifts and the Limits of the EU’s Transformative Power in the European Periphery: Comparative Perspectives from Hungary and Turkey. Government and Opposition, 54(2), pp. 226–253. doi:10.1017/gov.2017.16.
- Kutlay, M. and Karaoğuz, H.E. (2018). Neo-developmentalist turn in the global political economy? The Turkish case. Turkish Studies, 19(2), pp. 289–316. doi:10.1080/14683849.2017.1405727.
- Öniş, Z. and Kutlay, M. (2017). The dynamics of emerging middle-power influence in regional and global governance: the paradoxical case of Turkey. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 71(2), pp. 164–183. doi:10.1080/10357718.2016.1183586.
- Dinçer, O.B. and Kutlay, M. (2013). The Arab Spring: A Game Changer in Turkey-EU Relations? Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 14(4), pp. 418–430. doi:10.1080/15705854.2012.753701.
- ÖNİŞ, Z. and Kutlay, M. (2013). Rising Powers in a Changing Global Order: the political economy of Turkey in the age ofbrics. Third World Quarterly, 34(8), pp. 1409–1426. doi:10.1080/01436597.2013.831541.
- Kutlay, M. (2012). Internationalization of finance capital in Spain and Turkey: Neoliberal globalization and the political economy of state policies. New Perspectives on Turkey, 47, pp. 115–137. doi:10.1017/S0896634600001722.
- Öniş, Z. and Kutlay, M. (2012). Economic integration/political fragmentation paradox: The Euro crisis and the future of European Union. Uluslararasi Iliskiler, 9(33), pp. 3–22.
- Kutlay, M. (2012). The political economy of "New Turkish foreign policy": A critical appraisal. Uluslararasi Iliskiler, 9(35), pp. 101–127.
- Öniş, Z. and Kutlay, M. (2012). Beyond the global financial crisis: Structural continuities as impediments to a sustainable recovery. All Azimuth, 1(1), pp. 10–27.
- Kutlay, M. (2011). Stopping ‘Blame Game’, Revealing the Euro Zone’s Design Faults: Complex Interdependence within the Nation-State Framework. Review of International Law and Politics, 7(27), pp. 87–111.
- Kutlay, M. (2011). Economy as the 'practical hand' of 'new Turkish foreign policy': A political economy explanation. Insight Turkey, 13(1), pp. 67–88.
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About
Overview
Mustafa Kutlay is a senior lecturer in the Department of International Politics at City, University of London. His current research focuses on the comparative politics and political economy of developing countries, Turkish politics and foreign policy, institutions and development in the global South, and political risk analysis. His articles appeared in International Affairs, Journal of Democracy, Globalizations, Government & Opposition, Third World Quarterly, and The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, among others. His most recent book, 'Industrial Policy in Turkey: Rise, Retreat and Return' is published by Edinburgh University Press (co-authored with M. Toksoz and W. Hale).
He is also a senior scholar at the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC). Before joining City, he was an assistant professor in Politics and International Relations at TOBB University of Economics and Technology. He was also a research fellow at Royal Holloway University of London (2013-2014) and Marshall Memorial Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the US in spring 2013.
Dr Kutlay has participated in research projects (funded by international institutions, such as GCRF and BIAA) and organised workshops. He occasionally writes policy reports and briefs for policy-making institutions. His works were published by The German Marshall Fund of the US, The Istituto Affari Internazionali, Istanbul Policy Center, and Institut du Bosphore, among others. He also contributes commentaries and short opinion pieces to international media outlets.
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Geographic Areas
- Europe - Southern
- Middle East
Publications
Publications by category
Books (3)
- Toksoz, M., Kutlay, M. and Hale, W. (2023). Industrial Policy in Turkey: Rise, Retreat and Return. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-399-51014-1.
- Kutlay, M. and Karaoğuz, H.E. (2023). Development and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Rethinking Interconnectedness in a Multipolar World. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-031-12116-6.
- Kutlay, M. (2018). The Political Economies of Turkey and Greece: Crisis and Change. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3-319-92788-6.
Chapters (2)
- Kutlay, M. (2019). Politics of New Developmentalism: Turkey, BRICS and Beyond. In Ersen, E. and Kostem, S. (Eds.), Turkey’s Pivot to Eurasia: Geopolitics and Foreign Policy in a Changing World Order (pp. 183–196). New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-02306-4.
- Kutlay, M. (2017). Changing politics of the global trade regime: Eu-Turkey trade relations in context. Global Political Economy after the Crisis: Theoretical Perspectives and Country Experiences (pp. 221–235).
Journal articles (27)
Reports (5)
- Kutlay, M. (2019). Global Power Shifts and Turkey-EU Relations in the Age of Hybridity. Paris: Institut du Bosphore.
- Kutlay, M. (2016). Whither the Turkish Trading State? A Question of State Capacity. German Marshall Fund (GMF).
- Kutlay, M. (2015). Turkish Economy at a Crossroads: Unpacking Turkey’s Current Account Challenge. Instituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).
- Kutlay, M. (2015). Turkish Political Economy Post-2011: A Turbulent Period. ISPI. ISBN 978-88-909499-6-8.
- Kutlay, M. (2013). Skating on Thin Ice: The Political Economy of Turkish Foreign Policy Over The Last Decade. ISPI.