{"id":5281,"date":"2025-04-23T12:45:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T12:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/veranstaltung\/shaping-turkeys-democratic-future"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:57:57","slug":"shaping-turkeys-democratic-future","status":"publish","type":"kreisky_event","link":"https:\/\/www.kreisky-forum.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/shaping-turkeys-democratic-future","title":{"rendered":"Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future - Event Series in cooperation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oiip.ac.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oiip<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>Venue:<br \/>\n<strong>oiip, W\u00e4hringer Strasse 3\/12, 1090 Vienna<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oiip.ac.at\/events\/shaping-turkeys-democratic-future-event-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration information<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Shaping Turkey's Democratic Future<br \/>\nEvent Series Episode 1: Turkey at the Crossroads - Is this the End or the Beginning of Democracy?<\/h4>\n<p>March 19, 2025, marked a turning point in Turkish history. The detention of Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, the mayor of Istanbul and President Erdo\u011fan's main political challenger, has been seen as an attack on Turkish democracy - or what remains of it. \u0130mamo\u011flu's arrest triggered the largest protests in years. Starting from universities, thousands of people have taken to the streets. The government has responded with police repression and legal prosecution. Students, journalists, and critics have been arrested. However, the regime's repressive measures have so far led to more rather than less public fury and protest. And the main opposition and (in current polls) first party CHP (Republican People's Party) has been able to keep the momentum and channel resistance to new areas, such as an economic boycott of pro-government enterprises and a mass signature campaign demanding \u0130mamo\u011flu's release and early elections. Turkey is at a critical juncture: will the regime maintain the repressive course or at some point comprise?  Will the opposition be able to translate social resistance into a process of change, beginning with \u0130mamo\u011flu challenging Erdo\u011fan in elections as a free man?What role do - and should - external actors play? What role does the diaspora play?<\/p>\n<p><em>Participants:<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>\u015eebnem G\u00fcm\u00fc\u015f\u00e7\u00fc<\/strong><br \/>\nMiddlebury College<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seren Selvin Korkmaz<br \/>\n<\/strong>IstanPol Istitute, IPC at Sabanc\u0131 University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Murat Somer<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00d6zye\u011fin University, CEU<\/p>\n<p><em>Chair:<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>Cengiz G\u00fcnay<\/strong><br \/>\nAustrian Institute for International Affairs<\/p>\n<p><em>In cooperation with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmlv.gv.at\/english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ministry of Defence bmlv<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaping Turkey\u2019s Democratic Future \u2013 Event Series in cooperation with oiip Venue: oiip, W\u00e4hringer Strasse 3\/12, 1090 Wien Registration information &nbsp; Shaping Turkey\u2019s Democratic Future Event Series Episode 1: Turkey at the Crossroads \u2013 Is this the End or the Beginning of Democracy? 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