Dr. Yaşar Aydın
Turkey/CATS Associate
Areas of Expertise
- Turkey
- Migration
- Migration policy
Germany-Turkey and EU-Turkey relations, Turkish migration and diaspora in Germany, Turkey's economy and customs union, international politics, geopolitics
Working GroupsShort Curriculum vitae
2022 - 2023 Research Assistant and Head of Office of a Member of Parliament at Bundestag
2021 - 2022 Lecturer at the Hamburg Protestant University for Social Work and Deaconry
2020 - 2021 Research Assistant at Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Department of Extremism, Bonn
2015 - 2020 Project Manager „New Ways - Prävention of Antisemitism“ at the Türkische Gemeinde Hamburg, in cooperation with Anne-Frank-Zentrum Berlin
10/2018 - 9/2019 Guest professor at the Turkish German University in Istanbul
SWP Publications
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Geopolitics on Wheels: The Repositioning of the Turkish Automotive Industry
SWP Comment 2025/C 45, 10.11.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C45
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Turkey: Strategic Ambiguity and Transactional Diplomacy in the Rebuilding of European Security
in: The Tipping Point: An Emerging Model of European Security with Ukraine and without RussiaContribution to a Research Paper 2025/RP 05, 06.11.2025, 96 Pages, pp. 69–74
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A New Chapter in German-Turkish Relations: From Distance to Critical Pragmatism
Security challenges are drawing Germany closer to Turkey. Although no breakthrough was achieved during the Chancellor’s inaugural visit to the country, Friedrich Merz’s critical pragmatism lays the groundwork for deeper security cooperation, argues Yaşar Aydın.
Point of View, 05.11.2025 -
Turkey’s Industrial and Supply Chain Policy
Goals and Prospects for German-Turkish Economic Cooperation and Bilateral Relations
SWP Research Paper 2025/RP 02, 04.08.2025, 36 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025RP02
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PKK entwaffnet sich – kein Freifahrtschein für Frieden
Nach Jahrzehnten des bewaffneten Kampfes beginnt die PKK mit der Waffenabgabe. Doch wie stabil ist der Friedensprozess wirklich? Angesichts eines geopolitischen Machtspiels mit ungewissem Ausgang bleibt eine demokratische Lösung der Kurdenfrage in weiter Ferne, meint Yaşar Aydın.
Kurz gesagt, 14.07.2025 -
Turkey on the Path to Autocracy
Economic Consequences and Policy Options for the EU and Germany
SWP Comment 2025/C 20, 07.05.2025, 6 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C20
External publications
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Türkiye–Almanya ilişkilerinde yeni dönem
in: Fikir Turu, 30.10.2025 -
Almanya'da göçmenler neden AfD'ye oy veriyor?
Hosted by Gökçe Göksu and Eren Mahir Gençer, in: COSMO türkçe, 29.09.2025 (Audio) -
T&T15: Aktuelle Proteste in der Türkei
Interview mit Yaşar Aydın, in: Tee & Taktik, 25.09.2025 (Audio) -
Türkische Opposition unter Druck -Erdogans Machtapparat gegen die CHP
Interview, in: radioeins, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, 16.09.2025 (Audio) -
Demografie und Rente in der Türkei: Einen Bienenkorb bekommen mit Yaşar Aydın
Interview von Elmar Stracke, in: Alter, was geht?, 22.06.2025 (Audio) -
Cracks in the palace - The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor aimed to dismantle the opposition. Instead, it united over 13 million citizens in political solidarity
in: International Politics and Society (IPS), Democracy and Society, 27.05.2025