Publications

Koçak, B. (2026). Ten years after Ellen Meiksins Wood: Reading political theory under historical pressure. Historical Materialism (website). Link

Koçak, B. (2024). Kant’s Universalism in Historical Context: Repoliticising the Foundations of a Seminal Political Philosophy (Doctoral Thesis). Faculty of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences, Political Science and Public Policy, The University of Waikato, Waikato, New Zealand. Link

Koçak, B. (2021a). Alienation And Emancipation In The Work Of Karl Marx [Review of the book Alienation And Emancipation In The Work Of Karl Marx by G. Comninel]. Progress in Political Economy (PPE) Sydney. Link

Koçak, B. (2017). Critical Analysis of Marxist Orthodoxies: A Contribution of Social History of Political Theory (Master of Science). Faculty of Economics, and Administrative Sciences, Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. View Abstract

Analyses

Koçak, B. (2025, May 18). Emperyalist hegemonya rekabetleri, yeşil dönüşüm ve yeniden sanayileşme. Textum Dergi. Link

Koçak, B. (2024, May 26). Siyasi Kapitalizm: Küresel kapitalizmin yeni çağına taze bir bakış [Political Capitalism: A Fresh Look at the New Era of Global Capitalism]. Textum Dergi. Link

Koçak, B. (2023, May 30). Erdogan’s triumph is Turkey’s crossroads. Otago Daily Times. Link

Koçak, B. (2023, May 17). Run-off to settle Turkish Destiny. Otago Daily Times Link

Koçak, B. (2023, May 2). Crucial poll looming in Turkey. Otago Daily Times. Link

Conference Participation & Seminars & Interviews

Koçak, B. (2025, December 8). Almanya’da feodalizmin krizi, Kant ve Hegel: Evrenselciliğin ve devletin sınıfsal izdüşümleri [Online Guest Lecture]. İnönü University, Türkiye.

Koçak, B. (2025, November 17). Resilience and strategic control: The role of political-economic instruments in Türkiye’s authoritarian consolidation in the post-pandemic period. Paper presented at 2025 New Zealand Political Science Association Conference, 2025, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Koçak, B. (2025, June 29). Climate change as class war: An interview with Matt Huber. Textum Dergi. Link

Koçak, B. (2024, August 14). New Debates on Social Domination: Revisiting Marxist Political theory in the Post-Pandemic Era. Presented at canterbury Socialist Society, space Academy, Christchurch, Canterbury, New zealand. Link

Koçak, B. (2024, May 29). The Crisis of Feudalism in Germany, Kant & Bildungsbürgertum: Class Projections of Universalism. Presented at 2024 Politics Programme Research Seminars, Dunedin, Otago New Zealand.

Koçak, B. (2024, May 15). Almanya’da Feodalizmin Krizi, Kant ve Bildungsbürgertum: Evrenselciliğin Sınıfsal İzdüşümleri. Presented at 2024 Political Science and Public Administration Research Seminars, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.

Koçak, B. (2024, May 14). Siyasal Düşünceler Tarihinde Tarihsel Maddeciliği Yeniden Düşünmek: Immanuel Kant’ın Siyaset Felsefesinin Toplumsal Tarihine Alternatif Bir Bakış . Presented at ODTÜ Philosophy Society Seminars, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.

Koçak, B. (2024, April 5-7). Repoliticizing the Social Ontology of Capital: Restoring the Impersonal and Coercive Nature of Economic Power to Marxist Political Theory. Paper presented at the Historical Materialism Istanbul 2024 Conference, Kadir Has University, Istanbul. View Abstract

Koçak, B. (2022). Authoritarian Consolidation or Return to Democracy? Rethinking Turkey’s 2023 in the Context of Global Political Economy. Paper presented at 2022 New Zealand Political Studies Association Conference, University of Waikato, Waikato, New Zealand. View Abstract

Koçak, B. (2022). Politics of Kant’s Universalism: The Ideological Context of Freedom, Equality, Property & State in the Prussian Enlightenment. Paper presented at 2022 New Zealand Political Science Association Conference, AUT, Auckland, New Zealand.

Koçak, B. (2021b). Politics of Kant’s Universalism: The Ideological Context of Freedom, Equality, Property & State in the Prussian Enlightenment. Paper presented at 2021 Political Science and Public Policy PhD Seminars, Hamilton, New Zealand. View Abstract

Koçak, B. (2020). Kant in Context: Revisiting the Prussian Enlightenment in the Making of the Absolutist State. Paper presented at 2020 Political Science and Public Policy PhD Seminars, Hamilton, New Zealand. View Abstract

Koçak, B. (2019b).The Bourgeois Paradigm in the Context of Early Modern European Feudalism(s). Paper presented at 2019 ALPSS Graduate and Postgraduate Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Koçak, B. (2019a). Towards the End of the Long Downturn: Politicizing the Transition of Turkey. Paper presented at 2019 New Zealand Political Studies Association Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.View Abstract

Koçak, B. (2018b). Repoliticizing the Question on Representation in Turkey in the Context of Presidentialism. Paper presented at 2018 New Zealand Political Studies Association Conference. Wellington, New Zealand. View Abstract

Koçak, B. (2018a). Contextualizing Economic Thought: Towards a Social History of Political Economy. Paper presented at 2018 FASSGRAD Postgraduate Conference, the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.