Turkey/CATS Associate
Turkish Diaspora Policy, Turkish Refugee Policy, Turkish Domestic Politics, Migration, Nation- and State-Building
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
Humanitarian Deterioration and Risks of Disrupting a Volatile Status Quo
doi:10.18449/2022C32
Implications for the Future of EU-Turkey Relations
doi:10.18449/2022C25
A Greater Focus on the Turkish Host Society Is Required
doi:10.18449/2022C07
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.
An Overview of Institutions and Politics
doi:10.18449/2021RP02
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.
doi:10.4000/ejts.7956
doi:10.4000/ejts.8122
Episode 28 of our weekly podcast examines the outcome of the final round of Turkey’s presidential election.
Der regierende Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hat die Wahlen in der Türkei gewonnen. Welche Rolle deutsch-türkische Wähler*innen dabei gespielt haben und was das Wahlergebnis für die Communitys bedeutet, erklärt die Soziologin Sinem Adar im Interview.
Turkey 2023: the nation heads to the polls amid an uncertain future