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Dr. Salim Çevik

Research Division:

Turkey/CATS Associate

salim.cevik@swp-berlin.org

Curriculum Vitae
Publications
News

Areas of Expertise

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

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

- Salim Çevik
Ankara and Kabul: Opportunities – and Risks

Erdoğan’s proposal to protect Kabul airport will require Ankara to reach separate agreements with the Afghan government and the Taliban. Salim Cevik argues that a broader settlement is possible – and Europe should support Turkey in this endeavour.

Point of View, 13.07.2021
- Salim Çevik
Political Implications of the Hagia Sophia Reconversion

With his announcement that the Hagia Sophia will be reconverted into a mosque, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan is seeking to foment identity conflict for political gain. Thus far, the opposition has avoided the trap and declined to enter this fight. Salim Çevik argues that Europe should do the same.

Point of View, 17.07.2020
- Salim Çevik
New Political Parties and the Reconfiguration of Turkey’s Political Landscape

SWP Comment 2020/C 22, 18.05.2020, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2020C22
- Salim Çevik
Short- and Long-Term Impacts of the Escalation in Idlib

The current escalation in Idlib between Turkish and Russian-backed Syrian forces has two dimensions: the immediate Turkish involvement in Syria and the broader Turkish-Russian rapprochement. An assessment by Salim Çevik.

Point of View, 12.02.2020
- Salim Çevik
Erdoğan’s Comprehensive Religious Policy

Management of the Religious Realm in Turkey

SWP Comment 2019/C 12, 05.03.2019, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2019C12
- Salim Çevik
The Future of Opposition in Turkey

Overcoming Identity Politics Is the Key for Success

SWP Comment 2018/C 35, 29.08.2018, 4 Pages
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External publications

- Salim Çevik
Ottomanism and Varieties of Official Nationalism

in: Olof Heilo and Johanna Chovanec (eds.): Narrated Empires, Perceptions of Late Habsburg and Ottoman Multinationalism, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp. 57-76.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-55199-5
- Salim Çevik
Erdogan’s Endgame with Egypt

Rapprochement with Egypt is a necessary first step for Turkey to break out of its self-induced isolation, but it will require concessions that Erdogan may not be willing to make.

in: The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Global Forum, 06.08.2021 (online)
- Salim Çevik
- Mehmet Yegin
Would a Farewell To Erdoğan Mean Democracy for Turkey?

in: Turkish Policy Quarterly, 20 (1), Spring 2021, pp.69-76
- Salim Çevik
The End of a Détente: Turkish-Iranian Relations after the Iranian Presidential Elections

Following a period of exceptionally warm relations, Turkey and Iran are now on a collision course. The outcome of the elections will not alter this course.

in: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), 10.06.2021 (online)
- Arzu Yılmaz
Arzu Yılmaz ile 2021’e Doğru Ortadoğu (5) – Körfez ülkeleri ve Ortadoğu – Dr. Salim Çevik: “Anti-İran ve anti-İhvan politikalarına anti-Türkiye boyutu ekleniyor”

2021’e Doğru Ortadoğu’da bu hafta Alman Bilim ve Politika Vakfı’ndan (SWP) Dr. Salim Çevik, Körfez ülkelerinin Ortadoğu politikalarını değerlendirdi. Çevik, Körfez ülkelerinin anti-İran ve anti- İhvan politikalarına, anti- Türkiye boyutunun eklendiği görüşünde.

in: medyascope.tv, 05.10.2020
- Salim Çevik
Rise and Fall of the Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean

in: Diplomatist, 03.10.2020 (online)

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