She is the author of “Between Islam and the State: The Politics of Engagement,” (Stanford University Press, 2007) and the editor of “Secular State and Religious Society: Two Forces at Play in Turkey” (Palgrave McMillan, 2012). Her articles appeared in several journals including British Journal of Sociology, Nations and Nationalism, Journal of Democracy and International Feminist Journal of Politics. She serves in the editorial board of International Journal of Middle East Studies. She has conducted ethnographic field research on everyday interactions between Muslim people and secular states in Turkey, Kazakhstan, Germany and United States. She is currently working on a book, entitled, "Democracy Without Freedom? Urban Space and Political Power from Istanbul to Berlin."