Turkey/CATS Associate
Thematic working group the challenge of autocratisation Co-Chair
Political transformation in Turkey, interactions between Turkish domestic and foreign policy, German, European and American policy towards Turkey, security and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean
Since January 2024 Head of the thematic working group the challenge of autocratisation (together with Dr Muriel Asseburg)
Since October 2023 Member of the expert advisory board of the TREX project funded by the BMFSFJ
October 2022 - April 2023 Lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin (Governing Wider Europe)
Since October 2019 Associate, CATS
02/2019 - 10/2019 Einstein Fellow at the Humboldt University of Berlin
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
doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46173-6
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.