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
Reasons for Popularity, Limits to Influence
doi:10.18449/2024RP03
How Has the Security Landscape Changed under AKP Rule?
doi:10.18449/2023C55
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
Eine stärkere Fokussierung der türkischen Aufnahmegesellschaft ist nötig
doi:10.18449/2022A14
A Greater Focus on the Turkish Host Society Is Required
doi:10.18449/2022C07
Under AKP rule, Turkey has attempted to chart an independent course, focusing on the Eastern Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and Africa while not shying away from confronting the West. But there are limits to this strategy.
Sinem Adar, associate at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, on Turkey’s response to the Israel-Gaza war. The conversation builds on her recent article for War on the Rocks arguing that the crisis shows the limits of Turkey’s regional influence. She also co-wrote a piece for the Middle East Institute with Hamidreza Azizi, looking at how Turkey and Iran’s interests converge and diverge on this and other issues.