Sinem Adar is an Associate at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Her research interests focus on state- and nation-building practices in ethnically and religiously diverse societies, migration, and diaspora politics. Her academic publications have appeared in Sociological Forum, Political Power and Social Theory, History and Family, and in peer-reviewed edited volumes. She also writes policy-oriented articles and opinion pieces that target a larger audience. Her policy and popular pi…