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Dr. phil. Günter Seufert

Research Division:

Turkey/CATS Head of CATS

guenter.seufert@swp-berlin.org

Curriculum Vitae
Publications
News

Areas of Expertise

Cyprus
Kurds in the Middle East
Turkey
EU enlargement policy
European Union
Migration
Minorities

Short Curriculum vitae

2007-2010 Freelance author and journalist, Istanbul

2004-2007 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Cyprus, Nikosia

2001-2004 Freelance author and journalist, Istanbul

1996-2001 Research fellow and acting director of the German Orient-Institut, Istanbul

1996 Post-doc researcher, University of Lausanne

SWP Publications

- Günter Seufert
Germany’s New Government and Its Foreign Policy on Turkey: Lines of Conflict and Areas of Cooperation
- German
SWP Comment 2021/C 55, 25.10.2021, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021C55
- Günter Seufert
Erdoğan the Builder in Northern Cyprus
- German
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Visit to the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” Cements a Shift in Turkey’s Cyprus Policy and Reinforces Ankara’s Isolation

SWP Comment 2021/C 47, 06.08.2021

doi:10.18449/2021C47
- Günter Seufert
- Ilke Toygür
EU-Turkey relations: Between democracy and transactionalism

Following the European Council meeting last week which suggests a dual approach for Turkey-EU relations, William Noah Glucroft talks to Günter Seufert and Ilke Toygür about the most important issues that are confronting the EU-Turkey relations with a special focus on the next steps.

SWP Podcast 2021/eP 05, 01.04.2021
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- Sinem Adar
- Günter Seufert
Turkey’s Presidential System after Two and a Half Years
- German
An Overview of Institutions and Politics

SWP Research Paper 2021/RP 02, 01.04.2021, 39 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021RP02
- Sinem Adar
- Nicola Bilotta
- Aurélien Denizeau
- Sinan Ekim
- Dorothée Schmid
- Günter Seufert
- Ilke Toygür
- Karol Wasilewski
Customs Union: Old Instrument, New Function in EU-Turkey Relations

SWP Comment 2020/C 48, 15.10.2020, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2020C48
- Günter Seufert
Turkey Shifts the Focus of Its Foreign Policy
- German
From Syria to the Eastern Mediterranean and Libya

SWP Comment 2020/C 06, 24.02.2020, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2020C06

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External publications

- Günter Seufert
Türkiye & Avrupa 5.0 (7): Gümrük Birliği ve uluslararası ticaret

Discussion led by Dr. Bahadır Kaleağası, discussants: Selim Yenel, Selim Kuneralp, Günter Seufert, Dilek Aydın, in: Medyascope, 11.11.2020 (video)
- Daria Isachenko
- Günter Seufert
The gamble of Turkey with Europe and Russia

Interview by Pavlos Papadopoulos, in: H Kathimerini, 09.01.2022
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- Günter Seufert
There is indeed a prospect of a change of government in Turkey

Interview by Georgios Skafidas, in: Defence and Diplomacy, 07.11.2021
- Günter Seufert
Almanya Seçim Sonuçlarının AB ve Türkiye-AB İlişkilerine Etkileri

İKV, 30 Eylül 2021 tarihinde “Almanya Seçim Sonuçlarının AB ve Türkiye-AB İlişkilerine Etkileri” başlıklı bir webinar düzenledi. Açış konuşmasını İKV Başkanı Ayhan Zeytinoğlu’nun yaptığı toplantının moderatörlüğünü İKV Genel Sekreter Yardımcısı M. Gökhan Kilit üstlendi. Webinarın özel hitabı AB Nezdinde Türkiye Daimi Temsilcisi Büyükelçi Mehmet Kemal Bozay tarafından yapılırken, konuşmacıları Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik CATS Direktörü Guenter Seufert, Türk-Alman Üniversitesi Öğretim Üyesi Dr. Ebru Turhan, Hamburg Hochschule Öğretim Üyesi Dr. Yaşar Aydın ve İKV Genel Sekreteri Doç. Dr. Çiğdem Nas idi.

in: youtube.com, 30.09.2021
- Günter Seufert
A Rules-Based Relationship

in: Kadri Tastan (eds.): Defining New Modes, Models, and Agendas for EU-Turkish Relations, German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), Policy Paper, June 2021, pp. 5-7 (online)
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- Günter Seufert
EU-Turkey Relations: Towards a Positive Agenda?

This online event is part of a series of events and analyses organized as part of the GMF-TOBB Fellowship on Turkey, Europe, and Global Issues launched by GMF in partnership with the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) in 2017.

Discussion led by Ian Lesser, Vice President and Executive Director, Brussels Office, GMF; Welcoming Remarks by Karen Donfried, President, GMF; Keynote Speakers: M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President, TOBB and Peter Clever, Co-Chair, EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee, European Economic and Social Committee; Discussants: Senem Aydın Düzgit, Professor of International Relations, Sabancı University, Günter Seufert, Head of the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS), Kadri Tastan, GMF-TOBB Senior Fellow, GMF, 29.04.2021 (video)

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