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Talk: <\/strong>Populist Nostalgia: Yearning for the Ottoman Past in Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Ya\u011fmur Karakaya, Yale University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 3 April 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>The Wavelength<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Michelle Weitzel, Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 25 March 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Rural Notables, Professionals, and Ideologues: The Social Bases of AKP Local Power<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> H\u00fcseyin Zeyd Koytak, University of Mississippi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 12 March 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Risk, Party Integration, and Crisis Policy Process in Federal Systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> \u00d6nsel G\u00fcrel Bayral\u0131, Binghamton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 11 March 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>The New Politics of Artifical Intelligence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Matthias Haslberger, University of St. Gallen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 10 March 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Public Lands and Dimensions of Citizenship: A Comparative Analysis of Mexico and Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> \u00d6zge Y\u00fcksekkaya, Ko\u00e7 University & University of Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 4 March 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Varieties of Child Social Citizenship: Family Income Support Configurations in 29 European Welfare States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Ertu\u011frul Polat, University of Oxford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 3 March 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-129B<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>(Re)imagining, (re)interacting, (re)constructing nationalisms: A comparative analysis of politician discourse during the post-disaster scenes of Belgium, Turkey and United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Ebru Akg\u00fcn, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the University of Antwerp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 26 February 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-129B<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Normalized Without Winning: Coalition Politics and the Far-Right in Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Ezgi El\u00e7i, \u00d6zye\u011fin University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 24 February 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Democratic Parties, Autocratic Possibilities: Politics in Turkey During the 1950s and its Legacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Reuben Silverman, University of California San Diego<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 20 February 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Authoritarian Technocracy in Turkey: Presidentialism, Accountability, and Executive Power<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> D\u00fczg\u00fcn Arslanta\u015f, University of Cologne<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 13 February 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> H-232<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>The Post-Colonial Origins of Generous Authoritarian Welfare State: The Middle East and Beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> \u0130brahim \u00d6ker, Union College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 10 February 2026 | 17:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> Zoom (QR)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Autocractization in an Age of Digitalization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> H\u00fcseyin Emre Ceyhun, Princeton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 6 February 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Antiheroes of the Manosphere: Popular Culture, Digital Masculinities, and the Appeal of Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Ate\u015f Alt\u0131nordu, Sabanc\u0131 University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 28 January 2026 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Policy Capacity as Catalyst? Power Resources and Transforming Potential Power to Actual Power in the Policy Process<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Kerem \u00c7oban, SOAS, University of London and Kadir Has University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 19 December 2025 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-326<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>The Pyschological Underpinnings of Support for Authoritarianism: Evidence from Wartime Russia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Alper Ya\u011fc\u0131, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 11 December 2025 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Opposition Vilification in Turkey: An Analysis of Media Language Evaluation <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Alper Ya\u011fc\u0131, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Bogazici University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 19 November 2025 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>From ‘The Saving Moment’ to ‘The Root of All Troubles’: Tracing Memories of the 12 September 1980 Military Coup in Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> G\u00f6khan \u015eens\u00f6nmez, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 12 November 2025 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Understanding and Addressing Citizens’ Support for Violence Against Politicians? Evidence from Experiments in Belgium and France <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Damien Bol, Assistant Professor, Center for Political Research (CEVIPOF), Sciences Po<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 30 October 2025 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:<\/strong> A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>A PORTRAIT OF TURKISH VOTERS IN 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Kerem Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 25 September 2025 | 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>WOMEN, WORK AND WELFARE: COMPARING THE CONDITIONALITY OF SURVIVORS BENEFITS IN SPAIN AND TURKEY (1900-2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers:<\/strong> Laura Andrea \u00c1lvarez Tobar, Doctoral researcher, Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM), University of Bremen; Kerem Gabriel \u00d6ktem, Postdoctoral researcher, Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM,) University of Bremen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 17 June 2025, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>AFTER INCLUSION: PROPERTY AND SOCIAL RELATIONS ON MEXICO\u2019S FINANCIAL FRONTIER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> In\u00e9s Escobar Gonz\u00e1lez, Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 22 May 2025, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>DOES PARTISANSHIP UNDERMINE DEMOCRACY? A RESEARCH DESIGN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Zeki Sar\u0131gil, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 15 May 2025, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>EDUCATION POLICY IN PRACTICE: DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Merve Derebasoglu, Postdoctoral Researcher, European University Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 22 April 2025, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>WHAT DEMOCRACY FOR TOMORROW? DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC POLICY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Jos\u00e9 Duarte Ribeiro, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Social Studies, University of Lisbon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 21 April 2025, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>NAVIGATING UNCERTAINTY: RADICAL RETHINKING FOR A TURBULENT WORLD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Prof. Ian Scoones, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, The United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 14 April 2025, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Implementation of the UN Women, Peace & Security Agenda in the occupied Palestinian territory: a tool for feminist peace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Laura Sulin, Centre for Peace & Security, Coventry University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>On The Effects Of The Earthquakes On Electoral Behavior In The May 2023 Turkish Parliamentary And Presidential Elections<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr.Mert Moral, Associate Professor, Political Science & International Relations, Sabanc\u0131 University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 26 December 2024, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>A Coalitional Perspective On Democratic Backsliding: Elite Coalitions And The Bureaucracy In Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. M. Kerem Coban, Lecturer in Public Policy & Management School of Finance and Management SOAS, University of London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 18 December 2024, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Democracy as Liberal Governance or Social Justice? A Global Inquiry into the Popular Understandings of Democracy.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Kadir Ayd\u0131n G\u00fcnd\u00fcz, Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, TOBB University of Economics and Technology; Dr. Kerem Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 17 December 2024, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Predispositions, Trigger Points, and Refugee Antipathy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Yasushi Hazama, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> 12 December 2024, 12:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Statism in Early Republican Turkey: An International Perspective<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Asst. Prof. Samuel J. Hirst, Department of International Relations Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 15:30 p.m.
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Talk: <\/strong>Cultural Diplomacy Despite the State: Mobility and Agency of State and Amateur Musicians in Turkish Classical Music Choirs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Audrey M. Wozniak, Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology
Harvard University & Visiting Researcher Orient-Institut Istanbul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 12:30 p.m.
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Talk: <\/strong>The ‘new elites’ of X: Identifying the Most Influential Accounts Engaged in Hamas\/Israel Discourse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Mert Bayar, Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 12.30 p.m.
Place: <\/strong>A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>A History of Threats: Investigating the Construction of Security Threats in National Strategy Documents<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Prof. Andrew Neal, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 4.00 p.m.
Place: <\/strong>A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>An Experimental Study of Public Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from T\u00fcrkiye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers:<\/strong> Dr. Burcu \u00d6zdemir-Sar\u0131gil, Global Citizenship Program, TED University; Assoc. Prof. Zeki Sar\u0131gil, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Monday, March 25, 2024, 12.30 p.m.
Place: <\/strong>A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>A Paradox of Ethnic Politics? Minority Language Recognition and Political Trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers:<\/strong> Dr. Sevin\u00e7 \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, Department of Management & Organization, Bitlis Eren University; Dr. Aykut \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, School of Social & Political Sciences, The University of Glasgow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 12.30 p.m.
Place: <\/strong>A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Autocratization and the Welfare State<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Kerem Gabriel \u00d6ktem, Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM), Bremen University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Monday, February 26, 2024, 12.30 p.m.
Place: <\/strong>A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Limits of the Humanitarian: Liminal Legality, Social Exclusion, and Segregation of Asylum Seekers and Refugees<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Dr. Burak S\u00f6nmez, Social Research Institute, University College London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Thursday, January 11, 2024, 11.00 a.m.
Place: <\/strong>A-326 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>The General Theory of Politics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Assoc. Prof. James Alexander, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 12:30 p.m.
Place: <\/strong>A-130 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk: <\/strong>Does Islamic Religiosity Constrain Democratic Attitudes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Assoc. Prof. Zeki Sarigil, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 12:30 p.m.
Place: <\/strong>A-130 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Nostalgia, Memory, and the 2023 Turkish Centennial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Nathan Young, Lecturer at the Ohio State University in Columbus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Thursday, November 9, 2023, 12:30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Electoral Integrity in Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Prof. Emre Toros, Hacettepe University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Monday, 30 October 2023, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: The International Thought of Turkish Islamists: History, Civilisation and Nation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Katerina Dalacoura, London School of Economics and Political Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Thursday, 5 October 2023, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130 <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: The Predicament of Islamic Decoloniality in Turkey: Sufi Political Thought and the “Great East” Project of Necip Faz\u0131l K\u0131sak\u00fcrek<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Prof. Alev \u00c7\u0131nar, Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Thursday, 14 March 2023, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130 & Zoom<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Locked in Place: Financilized Growth, Central Bank Credibility, and Authoritarianism in Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Ay\u00e7a Zayim, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mount Holyoke College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Thursday, 2 March 2023, 12.30 p.m.
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Talk<\/strong>: Street-level governing: Researching politics from below in Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Elise Massicard, Senior Research Fellow at French National Center for Scientific Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Thursday, 28 February 2023, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130 & Zoom<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: An Experimental Analysis of Crisis Narratives: Religious, Political and Scientific Narratives and Frames<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers<\/strong>:
Assoc. Prof. Zeki Sarigil, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University

Asst. Prof. Ay\u015fenur Dal, Department of Communication and Design, Bilkent University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Thursday, 23 February 2023, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130 & Zoom<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Memory, Nostalgia, and the Turkish Centennial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Nathan Young, Ohio State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Turkish Capitalism Revisited: Between Neoliberalism, Cronyism and Statism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Ali Burak G\u00fcven, Birkbeck, University of London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Anatolian Rock, ’60s Politics, and Youth Counterculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Kenan Behzat Sharpe, Ph.D. in Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Gendered Nostalgia: Neo-Ottomanism in Islamist Women’s Journals and Magazines in Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Petek Onur, University of Copenhagen <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Tuesday, 22 November 2022, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: A-130<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Why is the Middle East and North Africa so Patriarchal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Alice Evans, King’s College London <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: H-232<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: NATO and Democracy in Turkey: A View from the U.S. Archives<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Nicholas Danforth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Thursday, 31 March 2022, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: Online<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: The Production of Space in Hong Kong and Taipei: Socio-Spatial Struggles over Global City Formation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. S\u0131rma Altun, Ankara University <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Monday, 14 February 2022, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: Online<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Fractals of Governance: The Management of Systemic Risk at the Limits of Advanced Liberalism, 1913\u20132008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Onur \u00d6zg\u00f6de, Harvard University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Thursday, 27 January 2022, 17.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: Online<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Long-Term Consequences of Public Policy Reforms: The Track-Record of the 1990s’ Decentralisation in Six African Countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Dr. Jan Erk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: Online<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Party Networks and Hierarchical Local Governance in Emerging Democracies: A Case Study of Tunisia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Salih Yasun, Indiana University Bloomington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 12.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: Online<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Talk<\/strong>: Commons Management in Migrant Communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker<\/strong>: Godfreyb Ssekajja, Indiana University Bloomington <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date & Time<\/strong>: Monday, 17 January 2022, 17.30 p.m.
Place<\/strong>: Online<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Talk: Populist Nostalgia: Yearning for the Ottoman Past in Turkey Speaker: Ya\u011fmur Karakaya, Yale University Date & Time: 3 April 2026 | 12:30 p.m. Place: A-130 Talk: The Wavelength Speaker: Michelle Weitzel, Graduate Institute, Geneva (IHEID) Date & Time: 25 March 2026 | 12:30 p.m. Place: A-130 Talk: Rural Notables, [\u2026] <\/p>\n

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