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Turkish Politics and Society in Flux: Identity, Policy, and Transnational Dynamics

Hosted by Contemporary Turkish Studies and British Association for Turkish Area Studies (BATAS)

In-person Symposium (MAR.1.04, Marshall Building, ½ûÂþÌìÌà )

The 34th BATAS Spring Symposium, held in collaboration with Contemporary Turkish Studies at ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, brings together scholars and experts to explore Turkish politics, society, and culture in a time of transformation.

The symposium will present new research and activities by renowned academics, practitioners, and cultural commentators. Participants will showcase interdisciplinary perspectives on political change, diaspora identity, memory and art. Themes that will be explored include Turkish foreign policy in the context of global populism and the collective experiences of displacement in Türkiye and the UK.

Confirmed Speakers:

Emel Akçalı, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Defence Studies Department, King's College London

Tuğçe Bıçakçı-Syed, Independent literary scholar, editor, and writer based in Birmingham

Yaprak Gürsoy, Professor of European Politics and Chair in Contemporary Turkish Politics, ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ

Başak Kale, Associate Professor of International Relations, Middle East Technical University, Ankara; European Studies Centre, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford

Aslı Kandemir, Research Fellow and Critical Sociologist, School of Education, University of Birmingham

Mustafa Kutlay, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, City St George's, University of London

Emel Sevinç, Writer, project curator and practitioner based in London

Diğdem Soyaltın Colella, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Politics and Public Policy, University of Aberdeen

Elif Toker-Turnalar, Researcher and Lecturer in Political Communication, Regent’s University London

Özge Zihnioğlu, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool

Programme:

10:00 – 10:30 | Registration and Coffee

10:30 – 11:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks by Yaprak Gürsoy and Elif Toker-Turnalar

11:00– 12:30 | Panel Session 1: Turkish Foreign Policy: Start of a New Era in an Age of Global Change?

12:30– 13:30 | Lunch Break

13:30 – 14:45 | Panel Session 2: Diaspora, Displacement and Collective Trauma: Policies and Dialogues of Identity Across Time and Space

14:45 – 15:00 | Break

15:00 – 15:30 | Discussion Session 3: Exploring Identity through Memory: More than a Bundle Story | Emel Sevinç in discussion with Elif Toker-Turnalar

15:30 – 15:45 | Closing Remarks for the Symposium

15:45 – 16:00 | Break

16:00 – 17:00 | BATAS Annual General Meeting (AGM)

 

More about this event

Contemporary Turkish Studies focuses on the politics and economy of Türkiye and its relations with the rest of Europe. The programme aims to promote a deeper understanding of contemporary Türkiye through interdisciplinary and critical research, teaching and related public activities.

 () aims to bring together and provide a forum for people interested in and keen to know more about Turkish life, society, history, language and culture. It is the only organisation in the United Kingdom dedicated to such an aim which it seeks to achieve by means of lectures, symposia, the sponsorship of publications and the distribution free to members of a substantial biannual journal, the .

Hashtag for this event: #½ûÂþÌìÌÃTürkiye 

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