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Dr. Sinem Adar

Research Division:

Turkey/CATS Associate

sinem.adar@swp-berlin.org

Curriculum Vitae
Publications
News

Areas of Expertise

Turkey

Germany
South-East Europe
Syria
Turkey
Civil wars
EU foreign policy
European Union
Migration policy
Nation- and state-building
Regional and interstate conflicts
Strategic partnerships

Focus

Turkish Diaspora Policy, Turkish Refugee Policy, Turkish Domestic Politics, Migration, Nation- and State-Building

Short Curriculum vitae

02/2019 - 10/2019 Einstein Fellow at Humboldt University of Berlin

08/2017 - 12/2018 IPC-Stiftung Mercator Fellow at SWP

10/2015 - 07/2017 Early Career Fellow (Human Rights, Constitutional Politics and Religious Diversity), Lichtenberg Kolleg, University of Göttingen

08/2013 - 08/2015 Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida

09/2007 - 05/2014 PhD (Sociology), Department of Sociology, Brown University

SWP Publications

- Sinem Adar
- Muriel Asseburg
- Hamidreza Azizi
- Margarete Klein
- Mona Yacoubian
The War in Ukraine and Its Impact on Syria

Humanitarian Deterioration and Risks of Disrupting a Volatile Status Quo

SWP Comment 2022/C 32, 28.04.2022, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C32
- Sinem Adar
Perceptions in Turkey about the War in Ukraine

Implications for the Future of EU-Turkey Relations

SWP Comment 2022/C 25, 06.04.2022, 8 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C25
- Sinem Adar
- Friedrich Püttmann
Making EU-Turkey Cooperation on Migration Sustainable
- German
A Greater Focus on the Turkish Host Society Is Required

SWP Comment 2022/C 07, 09.02.2022, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C07
- 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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- 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
Turkey’s Ruling Alliance Facing Protests: On the Attack or the Defensive?

Ankara’s harsh response to the protests at Boğaziçi University belie the vulnerabilities of the AKP/MHP coalition. Sinem Adar argues that Europe should not turn a blind eye to the repression of dissent.

Point of View, 12.02.2021

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External publications

- Sinem Adar
Turkey’s Eurasian ambitions at a time of geopolitical uncertainty

in: Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), 16.11.2022 (online)
- Sinem Adar
- Ryan Gingeras
- Ioannis N. Grigoriadis
Does Erdogan actually want to invade Greece?

in: The Hundred, #38, 07.11.2022 (online)
- Sinem Adar
A Long-Term Outlook at the EU-Turkey Relations: Is (Strategic) Partnership under the Shadow of Strategic Autonomy Possible?

in: Berlin Bosphorus Initiative, The World and Turkey in the Interregnum, Briefing Series, Article – 1, 2022 (online)
- 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)
- Sinem Adar
One-man rule: Can Turkey survive Erdogan?

Turkey’s economy is in crisis. But President Erdogan had his head in the sand. So, how long can he cling on to power? And what will follow?

Moderator: Melinda Crane, Guests: Sinem Adar, Bülent Mumay, Christian Hanelt, in: Deutsche Welle (DW), To the Point, 03.02.2021 (video)
- Sinem Adar
Belarus-Polonya sınırındaki mülteci krizi

Polonya ile Belarus sınırındaki mülteci krizi devam ederken; Türkiye, Avrupa Birliği'ne (AB) Irak, Suriye ve Yemen vatandaşlarının havayolu ile Belarus'a gitmesini -bilet satmayarak- engelleme taahhüdünde bulundu. Ankara daha önce Polonya'dan gelen benzer bir talebi kabul etmemişti. Alman Uluslararası İlişkiler Güvenlik Enstitüsü Uygulamaları Türkiye Araştırmaları Bölümü'nden (CATS) Dr. Sinem Adar, krizi Avrupa Birliği'nin göçmen politikaları ve AB-Türkiye ilişkileri açısından değerlendirdi. AB'nin göç sorununu güvenlik meselesi olarak yaklaşmasının yarattığı sorunlara dikkat çeken Adar, Türkiye'nin AB'den "teşekkür alan" tutumunun da fiiliyatta uluslararası hukukta suç kabul edilen "geri itme" olduğunu belirtti.

Interview by Işın Eliçin, in: Medyascope, 20.10.2021 (video)

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