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Bayram Balci

CNRS Research Engineer, HDR

Center for International Studies (CERI)

Research Interest(s): Islamism, migrations, pilgrimages, identity conflicts.

Discipline(s): Political Science, Sociology

Subdiscipline(s): International Relations, Comparative Politics

Research Group(s): State, political regimes, mobilisations, Migrations, diasporas, borders, cities and territories, Nationalism, religion, identity and discrimination, International order, foreign policy, diplomacy, Security, defence, nuclear weapons, Violence, war and peace

Geographical Area(s): Caucasus / Central Asia, Global realm , Russia, Middle East

Country(ies): Turkey

Biography

Bayram Balci holds degrees in political science and in Arab and Islamic studies from the Political Studies Institute of Grenoble and Aix-en-Provence. He wrote his doctoral dissertation on Turkish Islamic movements and their missionary activities in post-Soviet Central Asia. He was a Jean Monnet post-doctoral fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, where he worked on Central-Asian communities in Saudi Arabia and their contribution to the re-Islamization of the region. Further in his career, he was a scholar at the French Institute of Anatolian Studies in Istanbul and set up the French Institute of Caucasian Studies in Baku, while researching on relations between the Chia and the Sunni Muslims in Azerbaijan and in Iran. From 2006 to 2010, he was the director of the French Institute of Central-Asian Studies (IFEAC) in Tashkent. From 2012 to 2014, he was a visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C.Bayram Balci’s current research focuses on Islam and politics in the former Soviet Union and on Turkey in its regional environment (Central Asia, the Caucasus and the Middle East). From 20017 to 2022, he was the director of the Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes (IEFA) in Istanbul.

Current Research

His current research focuses on the relationship between Islam and politics in the post-soviet space and on Turkey in its regional environment, Caucasus, Central Asia, Middle East. Turkey in Africa and Africa in Turkey is his next program of research.

publications

  • Bayram Balci, Didier Billion. Türkiye and France in Africa: Rivals or Partners?. Institut du Bosphore. 2025, 9 p. ⟨hal-05318008⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Didier Billion. La Turquie et la France en Afrique : Rivales ou Partenaires ?. Institut du Bosphore. 2025, 9 p. ⟨hal-05317974⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Entre islamisme et nationalisme, la difficile marche turque vers un modèle libéral et démocratique. Alain Dieckhoff (dir.). Radicalités religieuses, Albin Michel, pp.195-210, 2025, 9782226501400. ⟨hal-05267481⟩
  • Nicolas Monceau, Bayram Balci. La Turquie, une puissance médiatrice entre la Russie et l’Ukraine ?. The Conversation France, 2023. ⟨hal-05250612⟩
  • Nicolas Monceau, Bayram Balci. Introduction: From the Ottoman Empire to Republican Turkey - A Century of Disjunctions and Continuities. Turkey. A Century of Change in State and Society, 2023. ⟨hal-05008624⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Vers une nouvelle Syrie ?. Études : revue de culture contemporaine, 2025, 4324, pp.7-18. ⟨hal-04995414⟩
  • Bayram Balci. L’Asie centrale dans la tectonique géopolitique des conflits d’Ukraine, du Haut-Karabakh et de Palestine. Les Études du CERI, 2025, Regards sur l’Eurasie. L’année politique 2024, 277-278, pp.32-37. ⟨10.25647/etudesduceri.277-278.05⟩. ⟨hal-04961268⟩
  • Bayram Balci. From the End of the Soviet Union to the War in Ukraine: Russia's Decline in Central Asia. Transatlantic Policy Quarterly, 2025, 23 (3), pp.10-19. ⟨10.58867/HTOE7424⟩. ⟨hal-04956366⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Grandeur et déclin d’un mouvement pas comme les autres, la nébuleuse de Fethullah Gülen. Bulletins de l'Observatoire international du religieux, 2024. ⟨hal-04828608⟩
  • Bayram Balci. La Turquie est-elle toujours dans le camp occidental ?. Études : revue de culture contemporaine, 2024, 4318, pp.9-18. ⟨10.3917/etu.4318.0010⟩. ⟨hal-04696599⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Turkey-Kazakhstan Relations: A Strong Partnership in the Turkic World. 2024, 9 p. ⟨hal-04492578⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Les Etats d’Asie centrale face aux turbulences du monde. 2024. ⟨hal-04503496⟩
  • Bayram Balci. L’engagement turc dans les guerres en Ukraine et au Haut-Karabakh ou comment la Turquie s’impose dans l’espace d’influence russe. Les Études du CERI, 2024, Regards sur l’Eurasie. L’année politique 2023, 273-274, pp.57-62. ⟨10.25647/etudesduceri.273-274.09⟩. ⟨hal-04459400⟩
  • Bayram Balci. La Turquie face à la nouvelle guerre israélo-palestinienne : une neutralité impossible. Les Dossiers du CERI, 2023, "Après le 7 octobre 2023". ⟨hal-04281909⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Islam ou nationalisme comme facteur déterminant dans les élections turques de 2023 ?. Bulletins de l'Observatoire international du religieux, 2023, n° 45. ⟨hal-04217021⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau. Conclusion: Turkey at the Crossroads in 2023. Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau (eds). Turkey, a Century of Change in State and Society, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.189-192, 2023, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 9783031334443. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-33444-3_8⟩. ⟨hal-04121065⟩
  • Bayram Balci. The State and Religion from 1923 to 2023: Major Tendencies in an Incomplete Development. Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau (eds). Turkey, a Century of Change in State and Society, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.71-100, 2023, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 9783031334443. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-33444-3_4⟩. ⟨hal-04121054⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau. Introduction: From the Ottoman Empire to Republican Turkey—A Century of Disjunctions and Continuities. Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau (eds). Turkey, a Century of Change in State and Society, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.1-13, 2023, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 9783031334443. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-33444-3_1⟩. ⟨hal-04121047⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau (Dir.). Turkey, a Century of Change in State and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.210, 2023, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 9783031334436. ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-33444-3⟩. ⟨hal-04121026⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau. Introduction - Elections présidentielle et législatives du 14 mai 2023 : le retour de la démocratie en Turquie ?. Les Dossiers du CERI, 2023, "Le retour de la démocratie en Turquie ?". ⟨hal-04281960⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau. Elections présidentielle et législatives du 14 mai 2023 : le retour de la démocratie en Turquie ?. Les Dossiers du CERI, 2023. ⟨hal-04281794⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau. 2023, une année électorale déterminante en Turquie. 2022. ⟨hal-04222478⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Islam and Politics in Turkey: Alliance and Disunion Between the Fethullah Gülen Movement and the Justice and Development Party of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2022, en ligne, 16 p. ⟨10.1080/19448953.2022.2143859⟩. ⟨hal-03870178⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Les nouvelles relations entre la Turquie et la Russie. Études : revue de culture contemporaine, 2022, Septembre 2022 (9), pp.7-18. ⟨hal-03765413⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Orta Asya ve Kafkasya’da İslami Yenilenme. Ege Yayınları, 250 p., 2022, 9786258056228. ⟨hal-03716312⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Entre Moscou et Kiev, le grand écart de la diplomatie turque. Les Dossiers du CERI, 2022, Dossier « Guerre en Ukraine ». ⟨hal-03643063⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Influences croisées de la Turquie et de la Russie en Asie centrale. Isabelle Facon (dir.). Russie-Turquie. Un défi à l’occident ?, Passés/Composés, pp.127-142, 2022, 9782379335747. ⟨hal-03651484⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Kazakhstan : nouvelle victoire pour Vladimir Poutine ?. 2022. ⟨hal-03643286⟩
  • Bayram Balci. D’un ancrage à l’Ouest à de nouvelles opportunités à l’Est, la politique d’Erdoğan dans l’espace postsoviétique. Les Études du CERI, 2022, Regards sur l’Eurasie. L’année politique 2021, 261-262, pp.41-47. ⟨10.25647/etudesduceri.261-262.06⟩. ⟨hal-03845439⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Islam et politique en Turquie : alliance et rupture entre le mouvement de Fethullah Gülen et le Parti de la Justice et du Développement de Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Revue internationale de politique comparée, 2021, Vol. 28 (1-2), pp.135-156. ⟨10.3917/ripc.281.0135⟩. ⟨hal-03516583⟩
  • Bayram Balci. L’Asie centrale à l’heure des talibans. 2021, pp.en ligne. ⟨hal-03434458⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau. Russie, Iran, Turquie, quelle puissance s’imposera au Moyen-Orient ?. 2021. ⟨hal-03384105⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Sümbül Kaya. Ideological interventions in the Covid-19 health crisis in Turkey by power, politics, and religion. Transatlantic Policy Quarterly, 2021, 20 (2), pp.93 - 105. ⟨hal-03384119⟩
  • Bayram Balci. The Syrian Crisis and Its Contribution to Authoritarian Transformation of Turkish Domestic and Foreign Policy Identities. Bayram Balci; Nicolas Monceau. Turkey, Russia and Iran in the Middle East. Establishing a New Regional Order, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.33 - 58, 2021, 9783030802905. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-80291-2_3⟩. ⟨hal-03380921⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau. Introduction: Turkey, Russia, and Iran—New Dominant Powers in the Middle East?. Bayram Balci; Nicolas Monceau. Turkey, Russia and Iran in the Middle East. Establishing a New Regional Order, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.1 - 14, 2021, 9783030802905. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-80291-2_1⟩. ⟨hal-03380920⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Nicolas Monceau (Dir.). Turkey, Russia and Iran in the Middle East. Establishing a New Regional Order. Bayram Balci; Nicolas Monceau. Palgrave Macmillan, pp.249, 2021, The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy, 9783030802905. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-80291-2⟩. ⟨hal-03380919⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Philippe Bourmaud, Sümbül Kaya (Dir.). Analyses pluridisciplinaires sur la crise sanitaire COVID-19 en Turquie. Bayram Balci; Philippe Bourmaud; Sümbül Kaya. Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes, 28, pp.en ligne, 2021, La Turquie aujourd’hui, ⟨10.4000/books.ifeagd.3644⟩. ⟨hal-03366749⟩
  • Bayram Balci. La Russie et le conflit du Karabagh : Moscou est-il toujours le maître des horloges ?. 2020. ⟨hal-03021240⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Face à la Turquie, la Russie toujours maître des horloges dans le Caucase ?. 2020. ⟨hal-03021239⟩
  • Bayram Balci. L’avenir du Karabakh dans les mains du condominium russo-turc. 2020. ⟨hal-02998772⟩
  • Bayram Balci. La Diyanet dans le contexte de la lutte contre le Covid 19 en Turquie. 2020. ⟨hal-02951028⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Islam et gestion de la crise du Covid-19. Les Dossiers du CERI, 2020, pp.en ligne. ⟨hal-02951030⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Face au Covid-19 en Turquie, les rendez-vous manqués. 2020. ⟨hal-02951032⟩
  • Bayram Balci. L’eurasisme et le rapprochement entre la Turquie et la Russie. La revue internationale et stratégique, 2020, 2019/4 (116), pp.134 - 145. ⟨10.3917/ris.116.0134⟩. ⟨hal-02951034⟩
  • Bayram Balci. L’embarras de la Turquie face au drame ouïghour. 2019. ⟨hal-03392097⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Евразийский вектор в свете сближения Турции и России. 2019. ⟨hal-03391836⟩
  • Bayram Balci. L’« eurasisme » fondement du rapprochement russo-turc. 2019. ⟨hal-02178099⟩
  • Bayram Balci. What Remains from Turkish Soft Power in the Caucasus?. 2019. ⟨hal-02178100⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Emmanuelle Armandon. La Russie dans l'espace postsoviétique : une référence parmi d'autres ?. Anne De Tinguy. La Russie dans le monde, CNRS Éditions, pp.113 - 140, 2019, 9782271116949. ⟨hal-02178101⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Turquie-Tunisie. Deux expériences de « pouvoir islamiste ». 2019. ⟨hal-02178103⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Jean-Paul Burdy. L'affaire Khashoggi. Quelles implications régionales et internationales pour la Turquie ?. Études : revue de culture contemporaine, 2019, 2 (Février), pp.7-18. ⟨10.3917/etu.4257.0007⟩. ⟨hal-02178104⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Thomas Liles. Turkey’s Comeback to Central Asia. Insight Turkey, 2018, 20 (4), pp.11 - 26. ⟨10.25253/99.2018204.06⟩. ⟨hal-03399585⟩
  • Bayram Balci, Sylvie Taussic. Grandeur et déclin d’une alliance entre deux structures politico-religieuses, le mouvement de Fethullah Gülen et le parti AKP de Recep Tayyip Erdogan en Turquie. Critica Masonica, 2018, 12. ⟨hal-02178110⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus since the Fall of the Soviet Union. Hurst & Company, pp.248, 2018, Comparative politics and international studies series, 9781849049689. ⟨hal-03385277⟩
  • Bayram Balci. Situating the Gülen movement in France and in Europe. Politics, Religion and Ideology, 2018, ⟨10.1080/21567689.2018.1453262⟩. ⟨hal-03570950⟩
  • Bayram Balci. La Turquie, l’Iran et la Russie, nouvelles forces de stabilisation du Moyen-Orient ?. Les Études du CERI, 2018, 235-236, pp.39 - 43. ⟨10.25647/etudesduceri.235-236.06⟩. ⟨hal-03440942⟩

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