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Dr. Hürcan Aslı Aksoy

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Turkey/CATS Deputy Head of CATS

huercan.asli.aksoy@swp-berlin.org

Curriculum Vitae
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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

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

1997 - 2002 B.A. in Philosophy, Bosporus University, Istanbul, Turkey

SWP Publications

- Salim Çevik
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
The Conviction of Ekrem İmamoğlu and the Prospects for Democracy in Turkey

Prosecution of Istanbul mayor is the latest in a series of moves designed to abolish the competitive dimension of Turkey’s political system, argue Salim Çevik and Aslı Aksoy.

Point of View, 21.12.2022
The Need for New Concepts to Address Conflicts in Europe’s Broader Southern Neighbourhood
in:
- Günther Maihold
- Stefan Mair
- Melanie Müller
- Judith Vorrath
- Christian Wagner (eds.)
German Foreign Policy in Transition
- German
Contribution to a Research Paper 2021/RP 10, 13.12.2021, 125 Pages, pp. 33–35
- Nebahat Tanrıverdi Yaşar
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
Making Sense of Turkey’s Cautious Reaction to Power Shifts in Tunisia

Turkey Adjusts Its Foreign Policy in Europe’s Southern Neighbourhood

SWP Comment 2021/C 52, 06.10.2021, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021C52
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Stephan Roll
A Thaw in Relations between Egypt and Turkey
- German
Weaknesses in Foreign Policy and the Economy Bring the Regimes in Cairo and Ankara Closer Together

SWP Comment 2021/C 39, 29.06.2021, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021C39
- Sinem Adar
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
Turkey’s foreign policy between domestic dynamics and international interests

Turkish foreign policy has changed considerably in recent years and has become increasingly aggressive. Esme Nicholson talks with Sinem Adar and Hürcan Aslı Aksoy on how domestic political dynamics shape Ankara’s foreign relations with Europe.

SWP Podcast 2021/eP 06, 29.04.2021
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- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
What lies behind Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention?

Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is a clear attack on human rights and the rule of law. This move is part of President Erdoğan’s strategy to remain in power. Brussels should demand a reversal of the withdrawal, says Hürcan Aslı Aksoy.

Point of View, 29.03.2021

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External publications

- 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)
- Viktor Heikel
I Turkiet blev coronaepidemin politisk - hanteringen kan bli ett allvarligt hot mot president Erdoğans makt

Trots explosionsartad spridning vägrade Recep Tayyip Erdoğan och hans regering att ta till karantän, mot experters krav. Hanteringen kan komma att kräva ett hårt politiskt pris och Erdoğan har redan gått till motangrepp mot oppositionen. Coronakrisen politiserades snabbt i Turkiet medan tusentals insjuknade.

in: Svenska Yles, 27.04.2020 (online)
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
Gendered Strategies between Democratization and Democratic Reversal: The Curious Case of Turkey

in: Politics and Governance (Special Issue: The Feminist Project under Threat in Europe), Vol. 6 (3), 2018 (online)

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