Turkey in the Modern World

2017 Apr 05

Turkey in the Modern World

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

“The Weakened State of Turkey”

Speakers:

Simon A. Waldman, Co-author, The New Turkey and Its Discontents, Oxford University Press, 2017.

Emre Çalışkan, Co-author, The New Turkey and Its Discontents, Oxford University Press, 2017.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard 
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2017 Mar 22

Turkey in the Modern World

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

"Imagining the New Turkey: Consequences and Contradictions of the Constitutional Referendum"

Speaker:

Henri Barkey, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 

Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard 
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2017 Mar 08

Turkey in the Modern World

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

“Why the Turkish Model Failed”

Speaker:

Mustafa Akyol, Senior Visiting Fellow, the Freedom Project, Wellesley College; Guest Opinion Writer, New York Times and Al-Monitor.com.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard 
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2017 Mar 01

Turkey in the Modern World

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

"Democratic Transition and the Rising Tide of Majoritarianism: Comparing the Cases of Greece and Turkey"

Speaker:

Ioannis Grigoriadis, Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University; 2016-2017 IPC-Stiftung Mercator Senior Research Fellow, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik-SWP), Berlin; Stanley J. Seeger Research Fellow, Princeton University.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard 
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2017 Feb 28

Turkey in the Modern World

4:00pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 38 Kirkland Street, Room 102

“Governing the Family through Religion: Family and Religious Counseling Bureaus and the Politics of the Family in the New Turkey”

Speaker:

Hikmat Kocamaner, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Boston University; Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Please note: this is a special seminar at a different time, day, and location than our usual meeting.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
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2017 Feb 15

Turkey in the Modern World

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

“Turkey and the European Union: From Full Membership to Strategic Partnership”

Speaker:

Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe, Professor of International Relations, Kadir Has University, Istanbul; Visiting Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard 
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Chairs:

Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Faculty...

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2017 Feb 01

Turkey in the Modern World

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

"Robbing the Armenians and the Making of the Gaziantep Urban Bourgeoisie Elites in the Republic of Turkey (1923-1931)"

Speaker:

Umit Kurt, Fellow, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Co-sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard 
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2016 Sep 28

Turkey in the Modern World

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

“Turkey: An Uncertain Ally – Enhancing Security Cooperation Between the US and Kurds in the Region”

Speaker:

David L. Phillips, Director, Program on Peace-building and Rights, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard 
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2016 Sep 07

Turkey in the Modern World

4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262)

“Quo Vadis? The Failed Coup and the Future of Turkey”

Speaker:

Aykan Erdemir, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University, Ankara; Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington, DC; Former Turkish MP 2011-2015.

Contact:

Jessica Barnard
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