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28 Feb 2025
📢In our latest CATS Network Roundup @huercanasli & @ayhankaya discuss the motivations behind Erdoğan´s "Year of the Family" initiative in 🇹🇷, its impact on marginalised communities & how around the 🌎similar family policy tools are being istrumentalised for political control 👇
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26 Feb 2025
📣 In out latest CATS Network Roundup issue @sinanbirdal1 explores President Erdoğan´s declaration of 2025 Turkey’s “Year of the Family”.
At the heart of the initiative is Turkey’s aging population 👇#TurkeyStudies
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26 Feb 2025
Read the latest CATS Network Round Up issue analysing motivations behind this initiative 👆, its impact on women & marginalised communities, & how similar right-wing movements around the world 🌎are using family policy as a tool of political control.
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26 Feb 2025
Turkey’s political future is at a critical juncture. If President Erdoğan succeeds in neutralising key opposition figures, the next elections may mark the final transition to a fully authoritarian regime, write @AsliHurcan and @salimcevikk @CATS_Network. swp-berlin.org/publikation/t…
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26 Feb 2025
The fall of the Assad regime has led to a shift in power relations in the Middle East. @sinemadar @cats_network, Muriel Asseburg, @HamidRezaAz, Guido Steinberg @SWP_MEA and @MKlein1973 @SWP_EEE analyse the interests of multiple actors in the region. swp-berlin.org/en/publicatio…
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25 Feb 2025
In 2015, the peace process between the 🇹🇷 state & the PKK failed. Now, 9 years later the government surprised everyone with a possible release of PKK leader Öcalan & a possible call for the PKK to disband.
Read more in this @zeitonline interview (in 🇩🇪 only) with @AsliHurcan 👇
21 Feb 2025
Verhaftungen, Repression, Tote: Seit Jahrzehnten kämpfen der türkische Staat und die PKK gegeneinander. Nun gibt es Hoffnung auf Frieden. Ein Überblick über den Konflikt trib.al/mkN2mc7
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24 Feb 2025
The collapse of the 🇩🇪 coalition government & ongoing 🇺🇦 crisis have left 🇩🇪 at a crossroads. With strong economic & defense ties with 🇹🇷, yesterday´s election results will shape future relations. Read more on coalition scenarios & their effects 👇 @yasaraydin10 & @zeyneppalemdar
19 Feb 2025
📌Turkish-German relations in light of the upcoming German elections
📌 In this report, we wrote with @zeyneppalemdar, we discus different coalition scenarios and their effects on the bilateral relations. It is on the @EdamOrg website.
@CATS_Network
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24 Feb 2025
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We will broadcast our event also on YouTube 📺
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17 Feb 2025
The Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative cordially invites you to the panel discussion "German Elections: The Day After" on February 24, 2025, from 16:00–17:30 at IPC Karaköy, Istanbul. The event will feature 2024/25 Mercator-IPC Senior Fellow Heinrich Kreft, Secretary General of IKV Çiğdem Nas, Turkish-German University Faculty Member Ebru Turhan, and 2024/25 Mercator-IPC Fellow Johanna Wietschel as speakers, with IPC Director Senem Aydın-Düzgit as moderator.
🔗Please click here for registration
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21 Feb 2025
The future of German-Turkish ties is an important issue in the run-up to next Sunday's German elections. 🇩🇪
Against this background, we recommend taking a look at some of our recent publications on German-Turkish relations 👇
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21 Feb 2025
🌐Discover the economic relationship between Germany and Turkey. From trade growth to future potential, this in-depth analysis dives into key trends shaping both economies.
Also explore how this partnership impacts 🇪🇺 and beyond 👇
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21 Feb 2025
Noteworthy read by @yasaraydin10 on the consequences for bilateral & intersocietal relations of 🇹🇷’s policy towards its diaspora in 🇩🇪, recommending the adaption of a comprehensive strategy that considers the paradoxical nature of the diaspora bit.ly/CNPV2YA
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21 Feb 2025
❗️Read this @Turkeyrecap issue where @AsliHurcan explains how the ongoing pressure in 🇹🇷 on opposition figures is likely linked to the Kurdish peace talks.
Read more here 👇
turkeyrecap.com/p/the-riot-t…
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21 Feb 2025
🇹🇷's recent approach to the Kurdish issue has raised hopes for peace, but the fragile situation of Kurdish forces in 🇸🇾 & increasing uncertainty have caused concern.
Read this @ME_Council analysis on 🇹🇷´s shift & the significant challenges that persist.
bit.ly/42k9Eo9
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19 Feb 2025
“🇹🇷&🇩🇪 need to acknowledge each other’s foreign policy framework & reconcile 🇹🇷’s autonomous line with 🇩🇪’s 🇪🇺-oriented approach” say Daria Isachenko & Franziska Smolnik in our new CATS Network Paper on 🇩🇪’s perceptions of 🇹🇷’s policy in the South Caucasus
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19 Feb 2025
This CATS Network Paper Series explores how 🇹🇷's policy in the South Caucasus is perceived by selected EU member states & other major global powers. The series aims to identify areas of cooperation & divergence, while assessing implications for 🇪🇺 policy
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18 Feb 2025
After the fall of the Assad regime, the power balance in the Middle East has shifted. @sinemadar, former CATS fellow @HamidRezaAz & further @SWPBerlin experts analyse (🇩🇪only) how the interests & priorities of different states are changing & what the possible consequences are 👇
12 Feb 2025
Mit dem Sturz des Assad-Regimes haben sich die Machtverhältnisse im Nahen Osten weiter verschoben. Wie genau, beschreiben @sinemadar @cats_network, Muriel Asseburg, @HamidRezaAz und Guido Steinberg @SWP_MEA sowie @MKlein1973 @SWP_EEE.
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17 Feb 2025
In light of the MSC 2025 & the question of the future of the transatlantic partnership, read @DimitarBechev´s @istanpolinst piece.
🇹🇷 has balanced its relationship with both NATO & 🇷🇺. Now with global politics shifting, what role will 🇹🇷 play next? 👇
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17 Feb 2025
The MSC 2025 took place last weekend with a thematic focus on global security challenges, in particular the war in 🇺🇦. The conference highlighted that with Trump's administration, the decades-old relationship between 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇸, as previously known, may undergo certain changes.
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17 Feb 2025
Revisit this article by @GalipDalay for @ChathamHouse, in which he discusses the pressing need to discuss the future of the European security order, and the need to clarify Turkey's role within that order 👇
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