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Dr. Salim Çevik

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Turkey/CATS Visiting Fellow

salim.cevik@swp-berlin.org

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Areas of Expertise

Turkey

Turkey
Elites and elite change
Human rights
Nation- and state-building
Political Islam / Islamism
Political systems
Populism

Focus

State and Religion, Islamist Movement, Political Islam, Domestic Politics, Populism, Nationalism, Turkey in the Middle East

Short Curriculum vitae

2020-2023 Associate at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS), SWP (Germany)

2016-2017 Post-Doctoral Fellow at Lund University Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Sweden)

2013-2016 Lecturer at Ipek University Political Science Department (Turkey)

2011-2012 Visting Scholar at Lund University Center for Middle Eastern Studies (Sweden)

2009-2011 Research Assitant at Istanbul Bilgi University (Turkey)

2008-2009 Visting Scholar at Columbia University (USA)

SWP Publications

- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Salim Çevik
Turkey’s Authoritarian Turn: İmamoğlu’s Arrest and Europe’s Strategic Dilemma

Erdoğan expects that Turkey’s rising importance in the security realm will force Europe to ignore his crackdown on the opposition. But without basic democratic foundations, Turkey cannot be a credible security partner, say Hürcan Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik.

Point of View, 25.03.2025
- Hürcan Aslı Aksoy
- Salim Çevik
Turkey’s Authoritarian Drift Accelerates: Istanbul Mayor Faces Imprisonment

Erdoğan’s government is tightening its grip on power, using the judiciary to sideline key opposition figures like Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. This represents another step toward full authoritarian rule, say Hürcan Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik.

Point of View, 26.02.2025
- Mehmet Yegin
- Salim Çevik
From Biden to Trump: Waning Turkish‑American Relationship Demands Greater European Engagement

SWP Comment 2024/C 54, 09.12.2024, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024C54
- Salim Çevik
Turkey’s Reconciliation Efforts in the Middle East

Ambitions and Constraints in a Changing Regional Order

SWP Research Paper 2024/RP 15, 14.10.2024, 31 Pages

doi:10.18449/2024RP15
- Salim Çevik
- Berk Esen
Turkey after the local elections: How Erdoğan‘s defeat could change domestic and foreign policy

Turkey’s political landscape is shifting. President Erdoğan and his AKP party suffered their biggest defeat in more than two decades at the country’s recent municipal elections. Turkey’s western allies will be looking to see whether the changing tide at home may affect Ankara’s foreign policy.

SWP Podcast 2024/eP 02, 25.04.2024
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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

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External publications

- Salim Çevik
Turkey’s Repositioning in the Middle East’s Emerging Order

in: Arab Center Washington DC, 17.06.2025
- Salim Çevik
The Arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu: A Critical Turning Point in Turkey’s Politics

in: Arab Center Washington DC, 29.03.2025
- Salim Çevik
A New Phase in Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict: Ocalan’s Call and Its Implications

in: Arab Center Washington DC, 12.03.2025
- Salim Çevik
Turkey and the Transition to a Post-Assad Regime in Syria

in: Arab Center Washington DC, 20.12.2024 (online)
- Salim Çevik
Salim Çevik on Turkey’s Middle East reset

Salim Çevik, visiting fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), on his recent paper “Turkey’s Reconciliation Efforts in the Middle East: Ambitions and Constraints in a Changing Regional Order“. The conversation weighs up the successes and failures of this initiative, how it has been impacted by Israel’s Gaza war, and how it could be affected by the results of the US presidential election.

Interview by William Armstrong, in: Turkey Book Talk, #231, 05.11.2024 (audio)
- Salim Çevik
Turkey Is Not an Actor in the Gaza Conflict

in: Arab Center Washington DC, 21.08.2024 (online)

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