Interviews Interviews with Scholars at Risk in Italy: Gökhan Demir What are the challenges faced by at-risk scholars abroad? Starting from this question, this interview aims to give an idea to the administrative sections of universities, who are unfamiliar with ⋙
Turkey Authoritarianism, Occupation and Resistance: Boğaziçi University On 19 January 2022, Boğaziçi University’s elected deans of three faculties (Özlem Berk Albachten, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; R. Metin Ercan, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; and ⋙
Turkey The deep crisis of the Turkish mafia-State Last month the notorious mobster Sedat Peker started posting incriminatory videos on Turkish media. Staring at the camera, Mr Peker discloses some alleged secrets and crimes of the so-called Turkey’ ⋙
academic freedom Boğaziçi University under attack: resistance against the violence of heterosexualism Democracy is backsliding as different parts of the world from Europe to Asia turn to authoritarian government or democratures. Among the hallmarks of this trend are attacks on academic freedom, ⋙
Turkey Turkish universities’ long and hard struggle for autonomy “We do not want a trustee rector.” Not a day passes without people in Turkey witnessing a new anti-democratic attempt. Boğaziçi University, one of the most prestigious universities in Istanbul, ⋙
Turkey From the “Zero Problems With Neighbours” doctrine to an aggressive foreign policy posture: a paradigm shift in Turkey’s regional strategy (2) Alongside the military intervention in Syria and the outbreak of renewed hostilities with the PKK, Turkey has also focused its foreign policy ambitions on Libya and the eastern Mediterranean. These ⋙
Turkey From the “Zero Problems With Neighbours” doctrine to an aggressive foreign policy posture: a paradigm shift in Turkey’s regional strategy (1) In the last decade, Turkish foreign policy has experienced a series of upheavals that have not only changed Ankara's behaviour towards foreign countries but have also affected the domestic political ⋙
scholars at risk The double-vulnerability of scholars at risk: from exile to precariousness in the neoliberal Western academia Scholars are being persecuted by illiberal regimes due to their exercise of academic freedom. In a previous article, we focused on the situation of Turkish scholars signing the Declaration of ⋙
scholars at risk Academic freedom and the precarious situation of scholars at risk Even in societies where it was long taken for granted as a key liberal value, academic freedom is currently experiencing a significant setback in many countries across the world, as ⋙
ERIS Conference on Turkey’s Foreign Policy: Continuity and Change 9 December 2020 – 9.00-11.15 (CET) – Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies – Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa (online on Webex, please note: registration required) The preeminence of Turkey in international relations ⋙
Turkey New Political Debate in Turkey: Istanbul Convention While violence against women worldwide is on sharp rise, we are also witnessing a backlash and attack against the rights that protect women from such violence. One such recent example ⋙
Turkey Building bridges: the role of civil society towards a possible Armenian-Turkish reconciliation The Republic of Turkey is a relatively young nation state, born from the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. The question of national minorities was among the factors that led to ⋙
Armenia The Armenian question: where does it stand more than a century after the genocide? On the night of April 24th, 1915, executives of the Ottoman Young Turks-led government emitted an ordinance giving way to the 20th century’s first genocide: the killing of one ⋙
academic freedom Academic freedom in pandemic times The ravages of Covid-19 at a global level are under the spotlight. Everyday lives, health systems and economies are not, however, the only domains where the current pandemic makes its ⋙
Academics for Peace Turkey: Repression Everywhere As we reported several months ago on this blog, the first challenge to the illiberal order gradually shaped over the last few years by the Turkish President has been a ⋙
Debate First they came for... Academic (or otherwise) freedom threatened in Turkey. Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s lynching and defamation modes are again on the headlines, this time with the charges and accusations ⋙
