The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) will be holding a public forum with Mr Saad Saeed, Solicitor Advocate at Aman Solicitors Advocates; Mr Ozan Askin, Solicitor/Partner at Silvine Law; Mr Yasar Dogan, Solicitor Advocate & Non-practising Barrister at Redstone Solicitors and Ms Semira Dilgil, Head of Private immigration and one of the founding Partners of Ashton Ross Law […]

The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) will be holding a Westminster Debate with Dr Louis Fishman, assistant professor of Modern Middle East history at Brooklyn College, City University of New York on 25th April 2018. This event is kindly hosted by  Mohammad Yasin MP for Bedford and will be chaired by Jonathan Friedman, Director at Stroz […]

3 April 2018 Unite the Union Book Launch with Patrick Keddie ‘The Passion: Football and the Story of Modern Turkey’ The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) hosted Istanbul-based journalist Patrick Keddie in the Diskus Room of Unite House for the launch of his new book, ‘The Passion: Football and the Story of Modern Turkey’ on […]

Due to unforseen circumstances, this event has now been postponed. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.  The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) is pleased to invite you to a public forum with successful entrepreneur Cuneyt Asan, founder and partner of Gunaydin Group, one of Turkey’s largest and best known restaurant chains and meat suppliers. This event is kindly […]

The Centre for Turkey Studies and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) will be holding an exclusive roundtable with Dr Louis Fishman on Turkish-Israeli Relations. This event is invitation only and places are limited. Please email us at info@ceftus.org to reserve your place. It will take place between 2-3:30pm on Thursday, 26th April at RUSI. […]

This event has now been postponed due to Mr Akinci’s busy schedule during his visit to London.  The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) in partnership with the Turkish Cypriot Community Association is pleased to invite you to a public forum with His Excellency Mr Mustafa Akinci, Turkish Cypriot Leader. This event is kindly hosted by […]

Transitioning Towards a Presidential System under a State of Emergency 10 Oct 2017 RUSI CEFTUS and Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) held a joint roundtable with Professor of Law Dr Osman Can, Member of Venice Commission of Council of Europe and former Justice and Development Party (AKP) MP for Istanbul on 9th October 2017. Dr. […]

5 June 2017, King’s College Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) in partnership with King’s College Diplomacy Society held a book launch event with Professor Tahir Abbas, a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and Visiting Senior Fellow at the Department of Government, LSE. The event was chaired by George Dyson of CEFTUS. […]

19 April 2018 Turkish support for recent US-led airstrikes against the Assad regime has underlined the differences between Ankara and Moscow over Syria’s future    Turkey has long called for Western intervention in Syria and remains a staunch opponent of the Assad regime This anti-Assad stance is at odds with Turkey’s growing cooperation with Russia […]

12 April 2018 As the value of the lira continues to fall, the Turkish government faces a decisive moment in its management of the economy The value of the Turkish lira has sunk to record lows amid declining international and domestic confidence in the economy The potential for a currency crisis, a recurring threat to […]

05 April 2018 Turkey’s chances of joining the European Union are more remote than ever, but mutual interests mean a close relationship in likely to continue, potentially in a new form   Relations have improved in recent months, but Turkey’s accession to the EU continues to stagnate amid tension on both sides However, the fortunes […]

29 March 2018 Turkey now holds sway over a large and heavily populated area of Syria, giving Ankara a crucial say in the country’s future The capture of Afrin city has allowed Turkey to connect the areas in Syria under its influence into a continuous territory stretching from Idlib to Jarabulous, a region that holds […]

CEFTUS Director, Ibrahim Dogus, wrote an article for The Guardian on UK-Turkey relations, which appeared on 10 February 2017. Ibrahim argued that the UK and the EU more broadly, while rightly critical of aspects of Turkey’s policy, have not been vocal enough in their support for Turkey in the aftermath of last year’s attempted coup […]

On Saturday night, a car bomber and suicide bomber attacked police positions outside a football stadium in the heart of Istanbul at the end of a match. The blasts killed at least 44 people, with over 150 injured. This is the fourth mass-casualty attack this year in Istanbul alone, one among countless attacks on security […]

EU-Turkey relations and the EU parliament resolution to call for freezing Turkey’s accession process The EU adopts a cautiously confrontational stance towards Turkey as the refugee crisis deal hangs in the balance while Europe’s far right is on the rise and Turkey is ever more looking elsewhere for friends. Relations between Turkey and the European […]

Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) is the country’s oldest, having emerged from grass roots political movements involved in the initial struggle preceding the foundation of the Turkish Republic. It has been the country’s largest opposition party for over a decade. Banned in the 1980 military coup, the party has clawed its way back to its […]

The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS)  is seeking a new Administrator to help with administrative tasks and event organisation. CEFTUS, which celebrated its 6th anniversary in October 2017, organises public forums and roundtable events, fundraising and networking receptions and awards ceremonies. CEFTUS conducts research projects, closely follows regional politics, and seeks to provide a bridge between […]

  Rusen Cakir is senior correspondent for the Turkish daily Vatan and editor of Metis Publishing’s Black and White Book Series, which promotes the work of investigative journalists. Since 1985, he has served with prominent newspapers and television outlets such as Nokta, Tempo, Cumhuriyet, Milliyet, CNN-Turk, and NTV. His publications (all in Turkish) include Neither […]

E. FUAT KEYMAN is professor of International Relations at Sabancı University/İstanbul. He is also the director of Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) at Sabancı University. He works on democratization, globalization, international relations, civil society, Turkish politics and foreign policy, and Turkey-EU relations. He has produced many books and articels, both in English and in Turkish, in […]

  Dr Tunc Aybak is currently the director of International Politics Programme at School of Law, Middlesex University. He graduated from School of Political Science, Ankara University in International Relations and Diplomacy. He completed his PhD at the University of Hull in International law and Politics. He teaches on BA International Politics and MA International […]

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