Transcripts of our past events
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The Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies is committed to broadening its reach and ensuring that its public lectures are easily accessible. You can explore our transcripts by theme or in chronological order, accompanied by short descriptions from the original event blurbs.
Recent Transcripts
2025-26 Academic Year
Tuesday 10 February 2026
This panel features a conversation between two scholars on the past, present, and future of water infrastructure, policy, and scarcity in Türkiye, exploring these issues through the contested idea of a national ‘hydraulic mission.’
Thursday 11 December 2025
This panel examines developments in Türkiye in the past year through broader historical, economic, and institutional patterns to determine the extent of change and its implications going forward.
Wednesday 12 November 2025
This panel examines how marginalised youth develop alternative forms of political participation through participatory art, co-production, and inclusive deliberation, transforming exclusion into meaningful engagement across the world, including Türkiye, South Africa and Uganda.
2024-25 Academic Year
Thursday 5 June 2025
This lecture compares recent inflation dynamics in Türkiye and the United States to explore how political pressures and institutional credibility shape inflation expectations and policy effectiveness.
Friday 29 November 2024
This report summarizes the key points and recommendations that were discussed in the workshop.
Tuesday 8 October 2024
Bringing together experts and practitioners, this panel examines Türkiye’s past and future role in the Middle East through current dynamics.
2023-24 Academic Year
Thursday 07 March 2024
This panel aims to discuss possibilities for settlement in Syria and reappraise the role of regional and global powers, including Türkiye.
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Bringing together experts and practitioners, this panel examines Türkiye’s past and future role within NATO in light of the organisation’s 75th anniversary, its recent enlargement and current challenges.
Wednesday 4 October 2023
This panel will reflect on the Turkish political economy since the Kemal Derviş era in the early 2000s. It will address questions related to the legacies of previous reforms, the contributions of Kemal Derviş to public policy, and the future of the Turkish economy. The panel will also assess the impact of the IMF, international loans and transnational links in relation to economic stability and crisis.
2022-23 Academic Year
Thursday 8 June 2023
This event will explore the consequences of the 6 February 2023 earthquakes for Turkish society, politics and foreign policy. The 7.6–7.8 magnitude earthquakes that impacted the southern regions in Turkey were inhabited by more than 15 million people.
Wednesday 08 March 2023
As part of the Turkish Week at LSE, this event will discuss the impact of the 7.6–7.8 magnitude earthquakes in February on cities in Turkey. Speakers, who have witnessed the devastation first hand, will share their observations, with a focus on the immediate needs of the victims. The panel will also explore how cities can be rebuilt through solidarity between multi-ethnic and diverse communities, other cities, local governments, non-governmental organisations and international aid. The aim of the panel is to raise awareness about the continued needs of the local communities with practical recommendations on what can be done, based on lived experiences and other global incidents of urban destruction.
Tuesday 07 March 2023
This talk will look at the discourse of Orientalism and Occidentalism in Turkish and Hollywood cinemas and how they feed upon and reflect each other.
Tuesday 18 October 2022
Join us for this event, co-organised with the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), that will explore linkages between archaeology, soft power and international relations.
2021-22 Academic Year
Wednesday 8 June 2022
Although Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952, its contribution to the Western alliance has been questioned in the past two decades due to deteriorating relations. The recent war in Ukraine has once again highlighted Turkey’s role in NATO. Taking into consideration the historical ups and downs in relations, this event will assess the past and future of Turkish membership in NATO.
Wednesday 9 February 2022
This panel event will analyse the road to the FTA and its future from the perspectives of political economy, international trade law and business.