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Spring 2025 Turkish Politics Workshop: Join the Discussion

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We are pleased to invite you to the Spring 2024 Turkish Politics Online Workshop, a forum for scholarly discussions on key political issues shaping contemporary Turkey. Organized by Assistant Professor Aykut Ozturk (University of Glasgow) and Assistant Professor Digdem Soyaltin-Colella (University of Aberdeen), this workshop is open to all academics and researchers with a focus on Turkish politics. The event will take place via Zoom.

The workshop is structured to provide detailed and constructive feedback on working papers, offering presenters the opportunity to engage critically with both scholars and participants. This collaborative environment is intended to support the refinement and advancement of ongoing research. Each session is designed to foster rigorous academic exchange and encourage interdisciplinary dialogue.

Please find below the programme for our Spring workshop. All of the events will take place at 15:00 UK time.

Meanings/Conceptualization of Democracy: A Political Ethnography in Kirklareli, Turkey
  • Presenter: Cana Tülüs Türk (Sabanci University)
  • Discussants: Begüm Zorlu (City University), Tugce Ercetin (Bilgi University)
  • Date: February 10
  • Registration link

Government Type, Electoral Dynamics, and Subnational Unit Proliferation in Turkey
  • Presenters: Murat Abus (Syracuse University) & Sabri Ciftci (Kansas State University)
  • Discussants: Özge Kemahloglu (Sabanci University), T. Murat Yildirim (University of Stavanger)
  • Date: February 17
  • Registration Link

The Language of Diplomatic Contestation: A Quantitative Text Analysis of Turkey’s Response to EU Criticism
  • Presenter: Lungta Seki (Koç University)
  • Discussants: Senem Aydin Duzgit (Sabanci University), Bugra Gungor (American University of Central Asia)
  • Date: February 24
  • Registration Link

Exploring Syrian Refugees’ Local Destination Preferences: Evidence from Turkey and Germany
  • Presenters: Sefa Seen (Nazareth University), Sevinç Oztürk (Çukurova University), Aykut Öztürk (University of Glasgow)
  • Discussants: Sedef Turper (Koç University), Oguzhan Turkoglu (Hertie School, Berlin)
  • Date: March 10
  • Registration Link

Loyalty or Persuasion? Local Voting Behaviour of Electors in Büyükçekmece
  • Presenter: Murat Oztürk (Istanbul University)
  • Discussants: Aysenur Deger (Syracuse University), Mohsin Hussain (University of Aberdeen)
  • Date: March 17
  • Registration Link

For any queries, contact us via email at turkishpoliticspsa@gmail.com. We are looking forward to a comprehensive discussion and knowledge exchange.

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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