CENTRE for TURKIYE STUDIES - CEFTUS

Like many countries in the world, Erdoğan's Turkey is witnessing a dangerous tag of war between democracy and autocracy. How did Türkiye get here and how can it get out of here? These questions are of critical importance for many countries in the…

Joined in March by Paul T. Levin and Cengiz Candar, CEFTUS held its first event of the year as we explored Turkey’s role in attempting to block Finland and Sweden from joining NATO.

CEFTUS recently hosted an upcoming parliamentary event: Turkey: After Erdogan?. The discussion was chaired by Bill Park, with keynote speaker Sinan Ciddi. Some of the key questions raised were: In the context of a Turkish State increasingly…

Saturday, 25 September 2021 15:30 – 16:20 - Turkish Twilight: How Erdoğan Gov’t Cornered Itself At Home And Abroad - Book your tickets Monday, 27 September 2021 18:30 – 19:20 - Gordian Knot: Cyprus trapped between a federal and…

CEFTUS Online Talk: Under the Banner of Islam: Turks, Kurds, and the Limits of Religious Unity, with Dr Gülay Türkmen and Dr Mehmet Kurt Monday, 28 June 2021 18:00 BST Photos of the event This online meeting discussed Dr Gülay…

CEFTUS Online Talk ‘Constituting the Political Economy of the Kurds: Social Embeddedness, Hegemony, and Identity’ with Dr Ömer Tekdemir, Dr Bahar Baser and Prof. Michiel Leezenberg When: Tuesday, 8 June 2021 18:00 BST Photos of the event…