Dr. Hakkı Taş

Research Fellow

Dr. Hakkı Taş

  • Kurzer Lebenslauf

    • Since 2/2018: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies

    • 2017 - 2018: Philipp Schwartz Fellow, Institute for Intercultural and International Studies, University of Bremen

    • 2016 - 2017: The Swedish Institute Fellow, Department of Strategy, Security, and Leadership, Swedish Defence University

    • 2013 - 2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Ipek University

    • 2012 - 2013: Visiting Scholar. Department of Political Science, American University in Cairo

    • 2007 - 2008: Visiting Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, Yale University

    • 2003 - 2007: Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, Bilkent University

    • Education: PhD, Political Science, Bilkent University; MA, Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University; BA, Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University

    Aktuelle Forschung

    • Democratization

    • Civil-Military Relations

    • Political Islam

    • Identity Politics in the Middle East

    • Power and Resistance

    Länder und Regionen

    • Turkey

    • Egypt

    Dr. Hakkı Taş

    Research Fellow

    T. +49 (40) 42825-537[email protected]


    GIGA Focus Nahost | 1/2026

    Ten Things to Watch in the Middle East and North Africa in 2026

    Europa bleibt für Golfstaaten bei Investitionen und geopolitischen Überlegungen zweitrangig. In Gaza und im Sudan ist internationale Vermittlung nötig. Der Libanon und Syrien drohen zu zerfallen. Wir stellen zehn zentrale Themen vor, die im Jahr 2026 die Entwicklungen im Nahen Osten und Nordafrika prägen werden.

    Sammelband eines Special Issue | Routledge | 2025

    Turkey’s Diaspora Governance: Policies from the Past to the Present

    This book examines Turkey's evolving diaspora policies, analysing how the state engages, controls, and mobilizes its overseas communities as tools of diplomacy and nation-building. Through an interdisciplinary lens, it highlights the political, ideological, and cultural motivations.

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.10.2024 - 30.09.2027

    World Order Narratives of the Global South, Phase II

    In its second funding phase, the WONAGO project continues to investigate powerful world order narratives in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It particularly aims to understand those perceptions in these regions that - as currently in the Ukraine war - differ significantly from prevailing ideas in the U.S., the EU, and their allies.
    BMFTR, 2024-2027

    Forschungsprojekt | 01.04.2021 - 31.03.2024

    World Order Narratives of the Global South (WONAGO)

    The decades since the late twentieth century are marked by the end of the bipolar world order and the rise of countries of the Global South. Most explanations focus on political and economic power shifts and do not pay much attention to ideas of order, especially those prevalent in the Global South. To provide a more inclusive perspective, this project researches world order narratives in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of its Area Studies strategy.
    BMFTR, 2021-2024

    Berliner Morgenpost | Interview | 22.02.2026

    Türkische Banden: Wie minderjährige Straftäter rekrutiert werden

    Die Verherrlichung von Gewalt und das Versprechen von schnellem Geld und Drogen: In der Türkei werden Kinder und Jugendliche über Tiktok rekrutiert. Berlin wird zum Schauplatz offen ausgetragener Kämpfe zwischen türkischen Mafiabanden. Dr. Hakkı Taş erklärt, wie der Staat reagieren sollte.

    Die Welt | Zitat | 22.12.2025

    Morde, Netzwerke, Bosse – So funktioniert die türkische Mafia in Berlin

    In einem aktuellen Beitrag des Politikwissenschaftlers Dr. Hakki Tas heißt es, die Verwandlung der Türkei in einen Zufluchtsort für die Mafia sei nicht auf ihre Grenzen beschränkt geblieben.

    Nordic Monitor | Zitat | 28.10.2025

    German report warns Turkey’s narco-authoritarianism is fueling organized crime across Europe

    The study, written by political scientist Dr. Hakkı Taş and published in October, describes what it calls Turkey’s “narco-authoritarian turn,” in which criminal networks, political repression and corruption reinforce one another. 

    Podiumsdiskussion | 27.10.2023

    The Same-Old New Turkey: The Contours of Turkish Politics from Atatürk to Erdoğan

    Book Launch: A Companion to Modern Turkey's Centennial: Political, Sociological, Economic and Institutional Transformations since 1923, Istanbul Policy Center, Istanbul Dr. Hakkı Taş (Vortragende:r)

    Within a perpetual state of newness reverberating throughout regimes dubbed ‘Enverland’, 'Kemalland', and then ‘Erdoğanland’, this talk rather focuses on the old habits that inform both the substance and the style of Turkish politics

    Konferenz | 12.09.2022 - 17.09.2022

    Same Path, Different Routes: Legitimation of Repression in Turkey and Egypt

    Deutscher Orientalistentag 2022, FU Berlin, Berlin Organisation: Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft, Freie Universität Berlin Dr. Hakkı Taş (Vortragende:r)

    Two transnational Islamic movements, Turkey’s Gülen Movement and Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, have faced massive crackdown at home, with its repercussions abroad. This paper focuses on how both Turkey and Egypt navigate a versatile strategy for the legitimation of repression depending on the target audience.

    Lehre | Universität Hamburg (UHH) | 2023

    Comparative Politics of the Middle East

    This course seeks to offer students with a comparative historical perspective and introduce them to competing theoretical approaches in order to critically comprehend the Middle East’s past and present.

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