Turkish Republic Turns 100: Reflections on a Century of Statehood

This GIGA Forum focuses on the foreign policies of three powers: India, Turkey, and Indonesia. Our experts will investigate the domestic roots and the consequences of their status-seeking strategies, and their respective abilities to help shape a changing global order.

Although known as a host and transit country, Turkey today is in the midst of its fifth wave of emigration as a result of the country’s authoritarian and economic challenges. From asylum seekers to wealthy businesspeople, many seek to leave Erdoğan’s Turkey to make a fresh start elsewhere.

The GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies is one of the leading institutes for Middle East research in Germany and Europe. Scholars examine topics such as state and regime structures, energy security, violent conflicts, forced migration, Islamist movements, and the reshaping of the regional order.

This Focus analyses Turkey’s sociopolitical conflict constellations ahead of the country’s upcoming presidential elections on 14 May 2023, and assesses what the opposition’s chances are of ousting incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe werden aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive zentrale Themenfelder der hundertjährigen Geschichte der Republik Türkei einer aktuellen Bilanz unterzogen. Höhepunkt der Veranstaltungsreihe ist eine Podiumsdiskussion am 21. Juni 2023, in der die Ergebnisse und Folgen der am 14. Mai 2023 stattfindenden Präsidentschafts- und Parlamentswahlen in der Türkei betrachtet werden.

The war against Ukraine has created possibilities for emerging actors in Africa – such as Iran and Turkey – to scale up their engagement with the continent. This Focus deals with the question of how the changing global dynamics are allowing Iran and Turkey to boost their ties across the African continent.

This GIGA Forum focuses on the foreign policies of three powers: India, Turkey, and Indonesia. Our experts will investigate the domestic roots and the consequences of their status-seeking strategies, and their respective abilities to help shape a changing global order.

Although known as a host and transit country, Turkey today is in the midst of its fifth wave of emigration as a result of the country’s authoritarian and economic challenges. From asylum seekers to wealthy businesspeople, many seek to leave Erdoğan’s Turkey to make a fresh start elsewhere.

The GIGA Institute for Middle East Studies is one of the leading institutes for Middle East research in Germany and Europe. Scholars examine topics such as state and regime structures, energy security, violent conflicts, forced migration, Islamist movements, and the reshaping of the regional order.