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Call for Submissions: Autumn 2025 Turkish Politics Online Workshops by PSA’s Turkish Politics Specialist Group

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The Turkish Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association invites submissions for the Autumn 2025 Turkish Politics Online Workshops, co-convened by Dr Aykut Ozturk (University of Glasgow) and Dr Digdem Soyaltin-Colella (University of Aberdeen).

Photo: Digdem Soyaltin-Colella

Turkish Politics Online Workshops are back!

We are happy to announce the call for submissions for the Autumn 2025 Turkish Politics Online Workshops organised by the Turkish Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (PSA). This online workshop series aims to provide detailed and constructive feedback for working papers on Turkish politics.

We recognize that publishing is essential to secure employment and promotion in academia. Our goal is to provide junior scholars of Turkish politics (PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, assistant professors, or mid-career researchers) with an opportunity to improve the quality of their manuscripts. We are open to all theoretical and methodological approaches to studying Turkish politics, including those from comparative, international relations, or foreign policy perspectives.

We are planning to organize three sessions in October and November 2025. Each sessionwill feature only one paper and last one hour. We expect the applicant to submit a full draft paper at least ten days before the seminar date. During the seminar, the presenter will make a brief presentation about the paper, no longer than 10 minutes. After that, the submitted paper will be discussed extensively by one or two discussants who are experts on the topic, co-convenors of the online workshop, and other attendees. The session will be finalized with a short Q&A session.

Scholars interested in presenting in the Turkish Politics Online Workshops series should send their draft papers to turkishpoliticspsa@gmail.com (Subject: Online Workshop Autumn 2025) by September 21st, 2025. We accept dissertation chapters and pre-analysis plans, as well as manuscripts written in the format of journal articles. We will prioritizemanuscripts that will benefit most from the workshop. 

We will notify the successful applicants by the end of September.

We very much look forward to receiving your applications!

Scotland to Host Inaugural Workshop on Turkish Politics at University of Glasgow

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We are pleased to share the call for papers for the inaugural Scotland Workshop on Turkish Politics, a one-day academic event to be held on 18 June 2025 at the University of Glasgow’s School of Social & Political Sciences. The workshop will bring together early career researchers to present new work and engage in dialogue on contemporary political developments in Turkey.

Organized by a team of scholars based in Scotland and Turkey, the event aims to establish a recurring platform for interdisciplinary research exchange on Turkish politics, with future workshops expected to rotate among Scottish universities. The organizing committee includes Dr Aykut Öztürk (University of Glasgow), Dr Sevinç Öztürk (Çukurova University & University of Glasgow), and Candaş Ayan (Hacettepe University & University of Glasgow).

The call for papers is open until 30 May 2025, with submissions welcomed from doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career faculty. Accepted participants will be notified by 6 June, and full papers are due by 10 June.

The workshop comes at a time of increasing scholarly interest in Turkey’s political trajectory, marked by democratic backsliding, polarizing populism, and complex shifts in foreign and economic policy. Topics of interest include regime change, digital activism, identity politics, Turkey-EU relations, migration, and more. Both theoretical and empirical approaches across disciplines are encouraged.

The format includes paper presentations with assigned discussants for detailed feedback, a keynote address by Dr Diğdem Soyaltın Colella (University of Aberdeen), and a concluding roundtable on the future of Turkish politics research in Scotland. Dr Soyaltın Colella and Dr Uğur Özdemir (University of Edinburgh) are also confirmed as discussants, with additional names to be announced.

There is no fee to participate, though attendees are responsible for their own travel and accommodation costs. Interested researchers and discussants should send submissions or enquiries to turkishpolitics.scotland@gmail.com.

With its ambition to position Scotland as a hub for critical scholarship on Turkey, the workshop promises to be a milestone for early career researchers and a catalyst for future collaboration across borders and disciplines.

See the full call for papers in the attachment below.

CfP_Scotland Workshop on Turkish PoliticsDownload

Call for Submissions: Spring 2025 Turkish Politics Online Workshops

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We are happy to announce the call for submissions for the Spring 2025 Turkish Politics Online Workshops organised by the Turkish Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (PSA). This online workshop series aims to provide detailed and constructive feedback for working papers on Turkish politics.

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We recognize that publishing is essential to secure employment and promotion in academia. Our goal is to provide junior scholars of Turkish politics (PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, assistant professors, or mid-career researchers) with an opportunity to improve the quality of their manuscripts. We are open to all theoretical and methodological approaches to studying Turkish politics, including those from comparative, international relations, or foreign policy perspectives.

We are planning to organize five session in the Spring term.Each sessionwill feature only one paper and last one hour. We expect the applicant to submit a full draft paper at least ten days before the seminar date. During the seminar, the presenter will make a brief presentation about the paper, no longer than 10 minutes. After that, the submitted paper will be discussed extensively by one or two discussants who are experts on the topic, co-convenors of the online workshop, and other attendees. The session will be finalized with a short Q&A session.

Scholars interested in presenting in the Turkish Politics Online Workshops series should send their draft papers to turkishpoliticspsa@gmail.com (Subject: Online Workshop Spring 2025) by January 5th, 2025. We accept dissertation chapters and pre-analysis plans, as well as manuscripts written in the format of journal articles. We will prioritize manuscripts that will benefit most from the workshop. 

We will notify the successful applicants by the 15th of January .

We very much look forward to receiving your applications!

Co-Convenors

Dr. Aykut Ozturk (University of Glasgow)

Dr. Digdem Soyaltin-Colella (University of Aberdeen)

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Call for Submissions: Turkish Politics Specialist Group Research Colloquium in Summer 2024

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We are happy to announce the call for submissions for the Summer 2024 Research Colloquium organized by the Turkish Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (PSA). This colloquium aims to bring together postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, early-career, and senior academics who study various aspects of Turkish politics.

The colloquium will be conducted virtually in early June 2024 in accordance with Turkish time. It will offer scholars an opportunity to receive feedback on their works in progress and develop their knowledge of different theoretical and methodological approaches to studying Turkish politics.

The colloquium is structured to accommodate four paper presentations. During the initial 20 minutes of the session, each speaker will deliver their working paper. Subsequently, a minimum of one discussant will provide their insights on the draft paper for 20 minutes. To conclude, the final 20 minutes will be dedicated to an extensive Q&A session with the virtual audience.

All participants are required to thoroughly review all papers before the event and be ready to offer constructive feedback in a supportive environment on the respective works. To facilitate this, we kindly request that speakers submit their draft papers at least two weeks ahead of the colloquium. This will grant ample time for both the discussants and the audience to critically assess the drafts.

Applicants should send the abstracts of their draft papers to turkishpoliticspsa@gmail.com (Subject: ResColloq Summer 2024) by March 15th, 2024.

We will notify the successful applicants by March 31st, 2024. We will prepare the line-up once the successful applicants are determined.

We very much look forward to receiving your applications!

Colloquium Organizers

Dr. Buğra Güngör (American University of Central Asia)

Prof. Özlem Kayhan Pusane  (Isik University)

Dr. Seçkin Sertdemir-Ozdemir (University of Turku)

Dr. Begüm Zorlu (City, University of London)