Dr. Hakkı Taş

Europe plays a limited role in Gulf investments and the geopolitical considerations behind them. International mediation is urgently required in Gaza and Sudan. Lebanon and Syria are threatened by fragmentation. We present ten things set to inform events in the Middle East and North Africa in 2026.

Once hailed as the “Turkish model” for its successful merging of Islam and democracy, Turkey has morphed into a global cocaine hub. Turkish students and holidaymakers are denied Schengen visas, yet the country’s mafias and narcotics cross Europe’s borders with ease.

In challenging the conventional paradigms of foreign policy analysis, which often privilege materialist and institutional factors, this approach acknowledges both ideational and material forces at play and scrutinizes the co-constitutive relationship between (populist) identity and foreign policy.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Turkish Republic Turns 100: Reflections on a Century of Statehood, GIGA Berlin Büro, Friedrichstraße 206, 10969 Berlin, and online Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Dr. Hakkı Taş (Moderator)

This GIGA Talk commemorates the centennial of the Turkish Republic, providing a comprehensive examination of its political, diplomatic, and societal evolution.