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Dr. Hürcan Aslı Aksoy

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Turkey/CATS Head of CATS

huercan.asli.aksoy@swp-berlin.org

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Areas of Expertise

Turkey

Turkey
Crisis management
EU foreign policy
European Union
Human rights
Political systems

Focus

Turkish foreign policy in the region, Turkey in the Middle East and North Africa, Domestic politics, Gender politics, Civil Society

Short Curriculum vitae

09/2019 - 03/2023 Deputy Head of the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS) at SWP, Berlin

2016 - 2019 Research Associate at the Chair of Middle East Politics and Society at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

01/2015 - 03/2015 Junior Visiting Fellow at Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, Austria

11/2012 - 12/2012 Guest fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies in Amman, Jordan

2009 - 2014 PhD and adjunct lecturer at the Institute of Political Science at the Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen

2003 - 2008 M.A in Political Science and Philosophy at the Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen

SWP Publications

Turkey’s New Cabinet

A Wind of Change in Turkish Politics?

SWP Comment 2023/C 42, 19.07.2023, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2023C42
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Salim Çevik
One man rule: What Erdoğan’s re-election means for Turkey’s political system and foreign policy

Turkey’s President Erdoğan is entering his third decade in power after winning a tightly contested run-off election. Hürcan Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik discuss how he managed to secure a third term, why the opposition failed to unseat the president and what the election results mean for Ankara’s relations with NATO allies, the EU and Germany.

SWP Podcast 2023/eP 02, 02.06.2023
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- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Salim Çevik
Possible transfer of power in Turkey: Would Erdoğan concede defeat?

As Turkey heads to the polls on May 14, many fear that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan might not respect the election results if he is defeated. Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik argue that a violent rejection of the transfer of power is unlikely.

Point of View, 12.05.2023
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Salim Çevik
Is extensive election fraud possible in Turkey’s fiercest elections?

Turkey will soon vote for a new parliament and president. With the electoral process lacking in fairness, there are fears of fraud. Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik explain why this is unlikely.

Point of View, 10.05.2023
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Salim Çevik
At a crossroads: What is at stake in Turkey‘s elections?

On May 14, Turkish voters head to the polls. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is running for reelection. Six opposition parties have united to compete against him. Hürcan Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik are taking a look at the candidates, the prospect of political change and how the results could impact relations between Turkey and the EU. Host: Esme Nicholson.

SWP Podcast 2023/eP 01, 25.04.2023
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- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Salim Çevik
Political and Economic Implications of the Turkish Earthquakes

Centralisation of power has eroded state capacity

SWP Comment 2023/C 19, 23.03.2023, 6 Pages

doi:10.18449/2023C19

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External publications

- European Parliament (ed.)
Hearing of the Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee on security, integrity and fairness of the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Turkey 2023

CATS joined the Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee at the European Parliament (EP).

Delegation chair: Sergey Lagodinsky (MEP). Contributions by: Didem Yılmaz (Bahçeşehir University), Ertim Orkun (Oy ve Ötesi [Vote and Beyond]), Ulvi Akhundlu (ODIHR); comments by Hürcan Aslı Aksoy (CATS); in: European Parliament, Multimedia Centre, 13.04.2023 (online)
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
Politics must not impede the EU's delivery of earthquake aid to Turkey and Syria

Brussels can avoid the politicisation of its aid in Turkey and Syria by ensuring its funds reach local authorities and civil society actors

in: The Parliament, 30.03.2023 (online)
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Meliha Altunışık
- Nicholas Danforth
- Gönül Tol
- Mustafa Gurbuz
Turkey and the Arab World: Ankara’s Shifting Relations and Evolving Foreign Policy

Panelists: Hürcan Aslı Aksoy, Meliha Altunışık, Nicholas Danforth and Gönül Tol; Moderator: Mustafa Gurbuz, in: Arab Center Washington DC (ACW), 29.09.2022 (video)
- Sinem Adar
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
Turkish Ambitions and Presence in Northern Syria 2030. Status Quo, Decentralization, or Adana Agreement 2.0?

Sinem Adar and Hürcan Aslı Aksoy hold that, even with a change in government in Ankara, Turkey’s main interests in Syria will remain unchanged, in particular, preventing Kurdish autonomy under the leadership of the Democratic Union Party (PYD)/YPG, warding off a new influx of refugees in Turkey, and resettling Syrian refugees in Syria.

in: Muriel Asseburg and Salam Said (eds.): Peace and Security. Looking Ahead. Geopolitical Dynamics and Scenarios for Syria in 2030, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, April 2022, pp. 23-26 (online)
- Kristina Jovanovski
Turkey’s Regional Relations Reset Falls Short

Ankara has backed away from its more aggressive foreign policy amid domestic economic strain

in: The Media Line, 29.04.2021 (online)
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
Turkey and the Corona Crisis: The instrumentalization of the Pandemic for Domestic and Foreign Policy

in: IEMed Mediterranean Yearbook 2020, pp. 240-243 (online)

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