POSTPONED We regret to inform you that due to current developments in Turkey, “From War to Peace, From Conflict to Resolution” conference series, which would be held in Ankara on the 17th of October and in Diyarbakır on the 19th of October have been postponed until further notice and the new date will be announced at a future date.
Humor is shaped by the space and time Today, especially in light of the Gezi Uprising of last year, it appears that humor lives in and through social media. Magazines could not deal with television, and they could not keep up with the oppositional humor that was evolving by the minute in social media. To be fair, they are not leading this humor, they contribute to it, but they could not become its guiding force or pulling force. By Levent Cantek
Presidential elections: Debates on regime and constitution The AKP’s 2023 vision includes the demand for a “unitary executive.” Nonetheless, the 2014 presidential elections might potentially create a dualistic or two-headed model vacillating between the parliamentary and presidential systems. This possibility would quickly become reality under the presidency of a leader such as Erdoğan. By Yüksel Taşkın
Turkey's last ten years: From European democracy to autocracy On December 17, 2013, a hitherto unseen graft probe was initiated. When faced with accusations of corruption, the government did not choose to support an independent judiciary probe that would either have either prosecuted or acquitted the accused, as should be the case in a democratic society. Instead, the government passed legislative changes to bring the judiciary under its control. By Serap Yazıcı
Local and International Movements in the First Anniversary of Gezi and Turkey Protests 24-25 May 2014 Place: Cezayir Meeting Hall Hayriye Caddesi 12, Galatasaray, Beyoğlu-İstanbul One year has passed since the protests that spread all over Turkey. This seems to be the right time to...
Gülen versus Erdogan: Zurück zum Motto „Burası Türkiye – so ist die Türkei halt“? Fethullah Gülen,Tayyip Erdogan. Foto: Diyar se, Chilenische Regierung. Creative Commons Lizenzvertrag. Dieses Bild steht unter einer Creative Commons Lizenz. 14. Februar 2014 Ulrike Dufner Wir haben...
Social Media and Freedom of Expression Conference Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law and Heinrich Boell Stiftung Turkey Representation are organizing a conference to elaborate on social media in four different contexts, placing freedom of expression in the heart of the discussions. The aim of this scholarly gathering is to bring together competent names in their respective fields to have comprehensive discussions on the different aspects of this issue.
Perceptions, Actors and the Process in the Settlement of the Kurdish Issue We, as Diyarbakir Institute for Political and Social Research and Heinrich Boell Stiftung Foundation, thought it is necessary to organize a meeting, in such a critically important period, to cover the Kurdish issue in its different aspects and to benefit from international experiences. Differences of perception and the feeling of detachment in the Kurdish and Turkish public opinions, roles and responsibilities of the actors, especially the politicians involved in the settlement process, conditions of settlement, termination of the conflicts, methods for negotiation and dialogue and, the role of the media in the settlement process are among the subjects to be elaborated on in the conference on the 7,8 December 2012 in Ankara.