Videos
Explore our archive of recorded lectures, panels, and talks.
2024-25 Academic Year
Saturday 7 June 2025
In this conversation recorded during the 34th BATAS Spring Symposium in collaboration with Contemporary Turkish Studies at LSE (June 7, 2025), Elif Toker-Turnalar speaks with Emel Sevinç, a London-based writer, project curator, and practitioner, about her compelling project and display " More than a Bundle Story."
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
As digital technologies transform the lives of young people across the globe, profound shifts are occurring in the way young people negotiate their identities.
Tuesday 8 October 2024
The conflict in Gaza has disrupted the delicate power dynamics in the Middle East.
2023-24 Academic Year
Wednesday 12 June 2024
With recent elections in Turkey, and forthcoming voting in South Africa and the Western world (the UK, EU and the US), this panel will delve into the aspirations and perspectives of global middle powers, and will analyse the impact of their rise on the global order.
Friday 07 June 2024
The US economy used to spend 2% of its GDP on R&D in the 1980s; now, that figure stands at 3.5%. The fraction of the workforce identified as “inventors” has more than doubled since 2000. However, rather than experiencing acceleration, the economy has faced a productivity slowdown in return. Despite proactive policies directing additional resources toward fostering faster growth, where does the economy fall short? This lecture will argue that it’s not solely about the quantity of resources allocated for industrial policy, but also about the “who” behind their utilisation.
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.
Friday 17 November 2023
29 October 2023 marks the centenary of the proclamation of the Republic in Turkey. In this year’s BATAS John Martin Lecture, Professor Şule Kut will take a tour d’horizon of Turkish politics and foreign policy over time and across the major issues with a particular view for continuity and change.
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.
Friday 02 June 2023
Turkey’s economic problems are all rooted in International economics 101. All standard textbook problems with easy and straightforward solutions known by many emerging countries and applied successfully since early 2000s. Why then these problems persist in Turkey?
Thursday 09 March 2023
This forum will present the achievements of prominent female researchers from Turkey and how they have contributed to science and technology in the UK.
Wednesday 08 March 2023
This event will appraise 100 years of the Turkish Republic, taking stock of changing ideas of modernity, progress and Westernisation.
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.
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
How have relations between Turkey and NATO evolved in the past 70 years? What has been the Turkish strategy toward NATO in the past two decades? How have the US and the NATO alliance approached Turkey since the early 2000s? The talk will also assess the future prospects of Turkey’s role in NATO given the changing regional circumstances in the Black Sea region.
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.