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International Affairs
Erdoğan is now banishing his own men
Cristoforo Spinella 6 November 2017

When Melih Gökcek was mayor of the Turkish capital of Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appeared on the national stage as Istanbul’s highest ranking official. It was 1994 and victory in the nation’s two most important cities achieved by representatives of political Islam, marked a turning point in the balance of power in a country still largely in the hands of secular elites and governed by the army.
Gender, Human Rights
Turkish Marriages between Religion and the State
Chiara Maritato 6 November 2017

On October 18, Turkish Parliament passed a law allowing muftis to perform civil marriages. “Want it or not, this will be passed by the Parliament!” announced Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in response to the opposition parties, women’s rights organisations, feminist associations and women’s right activists who have protested the bill since its draft version.
Human Rights
Osman Kavala: a significant anti-democratic arrest
Lea Nocera 6 November 2017

A little less than a year and a half after the attempted coup d’état, the political and social situation in Turkey continues to be extremely critical. The vice on the opposition and on civil society, which in spite of everything continues the struggle in defence of democratic rights, becomes tighter every day.
Human Rights
The Struggle for Cultural Power in Turkey
Nilgün Tutal 3 November 2017

After the failed coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, the AKP set about securing what Recep Tayyip Erdoğan referred to as ‘social and cultural power’. Nilgün Tutal studies processes of Islamisation in Ankara and Istanbul, showing how the political struggle in Turkey is about the imposition of a ‘legitimate’ cultural vision.
Human Rights
Ahmet Altan, a Voice from Turkish Prison: “The Writer’s Paradox”
Ahmet Altan 19 October 2017

Ahmet Altan was imprisoned in Turkey with his brother Mehmet in September 2016. Despite being denied access to receiving and sending written communications, he wrote The Writer’s Paradox for publication on the eve of his trial, which starts on 19 September
Philosophy
From Our Archives – 9 Years of Istanbul Seminars
5 October 2017

Our 9 year long Istanbul Seminars have established themselves as a recognizable cultural fixture for a remarkable community of scholars. It has been able to promote and consolidate a network of cultural, intellectual and academic relationships among senior and junior scholars of the social sciences, political theory, sociology, legal and religious studies. Explore our Istanbul Seminars archive.
Human Rights
Blow by Blow: the Assault on Academic Freedom in Turkey
Ayse Çaglar 29 September 2017

In Turkey, the curtailment of academic freedom and the diminishing autonomy of universities, that assumed unprecedented dimensions after the failed coup attempt, attracted increasingly attention both in the Turkish and international media. Ayse Caglar gives an in deep analysis on the inner workings and the consequences of these assaults on academic institutions, in order to highlight the politics of law in this regime’s authoritarian form of governance.
Human Rights
The 2016/2017 Amnesty International Report; “The Rhetoric of Hatred Undermines Human Rights”
Ilaria Romano 1 June 2017

Armed conflicts, civilians debased by both terrorist groups and dictatorial governments, a worrying repression of dissent and waves of populism and racism experiencing a staggering rise
Human Rights, International Affairs, Society
Turkey: the Feast of Generals. An Excerpt from Basharat Peer’s a Question of Order
25 May 2017

A month has passed since the outcome of the referendum held in Turkey approved significant constitutional changes, first among them the passage to a presidential regime expected to come into force in 2019.
Political Theory, Society
India and Turkey: the Return of the Strongmen
Lea Nocera 24 April 2017

In November 2014, six months after the Indian general election that resulted in a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance and consequently for the BJP’s leader Narendra Modi,