ELIAMEP Turkey Local Elections Webinar (Athens: ELIAMEP, 11/4/2024)

The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)
is organising an online discussion on:
Key Lessons from Turkey's Recent Local Elections: Domestic and Foreign Relations

As Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections were held in May 2023, Turkey's local elections of 31 March 2024 could be the last before a long period of uninterrupted government rule. This webinar brings together some leading Turkish politics experts, aiming to take stock of the election results and focus on their implications for Turkey's domestic and foreign policy.

Speakers:
Basak Zeynep Alpan: Associate Professor, Middle East Technical University
Ahmet Erdi Öztürk: Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, London Metropolitan University
Nicholas Danforth, Author of The Remaking of Republican Turkey: Memory and Modernity since the Fall of the Ottoman Empire

Moderator:
Ioannis N. Grigoriadis, Senior Research Fellow and Head of Turkey Programme, ELIAMEP; Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair, Bilkent University