The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) is delighted to invite you to a Westminster Debate with keynote speaker Prof Dr Nuray Mert, political scientist and columnist.
The event will take place on Friday 10 June 2016, between 6.30PM and 8.30PM in Diskus Room of Unite House (128 Theobald’s Road, Holborn, London, WC1X 8TN).
Prof Dr Nuray Mert will discuss current political changes in Turkey with a focus on the controversial presidential system and a new constitution and how this prospect of regime change will affect the government’s approach to the Kurdish issue and how the Kurdish political movement will shape itself under the new regime. Prof Mert will also analyse Turkey’s frustrated foreign policy over Syria, its fight against DAESH and strained relations with other neighbouring countries.
We look forward to welcoming you at this Westminster Debate.
Booking is required for this event to ensure adequate seating availability.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Speaker biography
Prof Dr Nuray Mert is a political scientist, columnist and former TV presenter from Turkey. She is a lecturer at the Department of Economics at University of Istanbul, and writes regular columns for national newspapers on current affairs, including Hurriyet Daily News. She hosted a TV show on current and political affairs at a national channel, and this was taken off air after the then Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan publicly criticised her. Her doctorate thesis was on ‘Secular Thought in Early Republican Period’. In 2012–2013, she was an International Scholar in Residence at the Stanford Humanities Center. Her published books include Hep Muhalif Olmak (Always in Opposition) (2001) and Turkiye’de Sivil Toplum ve Milliyetcilik (Civil Society and Nationalism) (2002).